#piercing bumps

JKHSDA bestie i wish i knew 😭

i have been struggling, and i mean STRUGGLING, to get rid of the ones on my snug that i've had since january. and now my vertical helix has one as well

i've heard many different methods to getting rid of them:

saline spray or warm salt water (i've been told in the ratio of 1 cup of water to 1/4 teaspoon of uniodized salt)

unscented hand soap (i have not been able to find a single hand soap that is unscented though)

teatree oil (but very diluted, like 2-3 drops in a shot glass worth of water)

crushed asprin (this i've never personally tried)

i recommend asking your piercer. also ask different piercers because i've asked different ones and one will tell me to do one thing and the other will say don't do that. so maybe asking multiple can help come to a consensus? i also recommend going on youtube and watching reputable piercers who make content.

if anyone else has advice feel free to share because hell i'll take it too 😭

I picked at it this morning (which I probably shouldn’t have done, but my anxiety is like “TOUCH IT!! POKE IT!! RID OF IT!!” And it does that to everything 😭) and it kinda came apart?

I only got this pierced in July, so it probably has a lot of healing to do, and I looked at my sister’s one, and it had the same bump. When my mum gets home (cause she got one too!), we’re going to see if hers has one, and maybe try some salt water on them.

Don't touch or rotate the jewelry

Use the appropriate style of well-fitting jewelry (not too short, not too long)

Use a less irritating style of jewelry (straight as opposed to curved/circular, where possible)

Upgrade to a higher quality metal (examples include niobium and implant-grade titanium)

Clean ONLY with saline solution (no peroxide, alcohol, harsh soaps)