Possible Industrial Piercing help? : /?
So i got my Industrial (Scaffold, constructive, what ever you know it as) pierced about three months ago. the bottom hole was not pierced through cartilage because i didn't have any to pierce where the bottom hole would go through; however, the top hole is worrying me a small bit because all of the sudden, its all red and very sensitive! (I did kind of hit it a little) but I'm a little worried because it's red, a little swollen, and its tender/sensitive (it doesn't hurt when I'm not touching it though).
What I've been doing to clean it: (twice daily) heat up some non-iodized salt water until the salt melts, then while the solution is fairly warm, it soak my ear in it for about five minutes. but recently i bought Bactine because i hear that it works VERY WELL for infections. I've also been taking vitamin C supplements as well to help out. So any advice I could get would be great (besides removing it, yeah yeah) thanks and I'll try to keep up :)
November 9th, 2010 - 14:23
Bactine doesn’t really do anything if it’s not infected, and it doesn’t sound infected.
Cartilage piercings take a LONG time to heal – they are seriously not totally healed for over a year, sometimes two or more – and can still hurt on and off after that time.
Since you bumped it, it got angry, and it’s going to take a while to calm down. I would just keep up with the salt soaks, and try to sleep on the other side of your head for a while. The less you poke it the better.
November 9th, 2010 - 14:23
If it doesn’t calm down in a few days, go to your piercer.
Mine still gets irritated and I’ve had it for almost 4 years. There’s usually nothing to worry about.