Keloid on monroe piercing - should I take it out!?!
Question: So, apparently I have a keloid (sorta hard skin growing on the side of my piercing - inside). I've had my piercing in for well over a month. Should I take the piercing out? How do I treat a keloid! Help! =(
Answers: So, apparently I have a keloid (sorta hard skin growing on the side of my piercing - inside). I've had my piercing in for well over a month. Should I take the piercing out? How do I treat a keloid! Help! =(
A keloid is nothing more than a fibrous piece of scar tissue. Most piercings have some level of keloid scarring ( that is the firm feeling around the hole in a lobe piercing ) If it isn't bothering you, isn't noticeable, or isn't threatening to absorb the piercing, you should go ahead and leave it in. Good luck!
Take it out, your hot as hell anyways. <3
yeah.. your health is the most valuable thing u got!
Just take it out. Not sure where a monroe pircing is, but you look great without any piercings, probably better without any!
Ya i would cause you could get an infection.
The guy above me deserves best answer, very informative, but its your decision, u'd look hot as either way
Just leave it in, make sure your bar is not too tight as this can cause problems...it could take another month for it to heal properly, maybe longer. Mine took a while to heal.
take it out - you're a hottie.
HI Teddy
Here is an unusual, but very effective method to heal the issue.
BEE VENOM THERAPY
Apitherapy, the medicinal use of honey bee products, has been practiced since ancient times. In the modern world honey bee venom has found wide uses in treating arthritis and other inflammatory and degenerative diseases. The world scientific literature contains more than 1500 articles on bee venom. The French and Russian equivalents of the N.I.H. have been involved in clinical studies of honey bee venom, and in the U.S. the Army has looked extensively at the chemical compounds in bee venom.
Honey bee venom contains at least 18 active substances. Melittin, the most prevalent substance, is one of the most potent anti-inflammatory agents known (100 times more potent than hydrocortisol). Adolapin is another strong anti-inflammatory substance, and inhibits cyclooxygenase; it thus has analgesic activity as well. Apamin inhibits complement C3 activity, and blocks calcium-dependent potassium channels, thus enhancing nerve transmission. Other substances, such as Compound X, Hyaluronidase, Phospholipase A2, Histamine, and Mast Cell Degranulating Protein (MSDP), are involved in the inflammatory response of venom, with the softening of tissue and the facilitation of flow of the other substances. Finally, there are measurable amounts of the neurotransmitters Dopamine, Norepinephrine and Seratonin.
Bee Venom therapy can be useful in a wide variety of medical situations. Charles Mraz, a beekeeper in Middlebury, Vermont who has popularized bee venom therapy for the past 60 years, says that it is reasonable to try bee venom therapy in any clinical situation where nothing else works. However, there are four situations which are most frequent:
1. Arthritis and other systemic inflammations. Bee venom therapy can be useful in both rheumatoid and osteoarthritis, helping with both pain and swelling. In the case of rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid nodules can lessen in size. Other connective tissue diseases such as scleroderma have been (anecdotally) helped by BVT. Even systemic inflammations not related to joints, such as ulcerative colitis or even asthma, may warrant a trial of bee venom. This is presumedly due to stimulation of endogenous cortisol through the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis.
2. Acute and chronic injuries. Bursitis, tendonitis and other areas of injury respond well to bee venom therapy. In this case, the effect is probably a local anti- inflammatory effect, involving the humoral and cellular immune responses to a foreign protein. Chronic back and neck pain may respond, as can other aches and pains.
3. Scar tissue. Keloids and other scar tissue are broken down and softened by the substances in the venom, and can flatten out and fade in color. Internalscar tissue, such as adhesions from previous surgery, may respond to treatment over the area.
Best of health to you
aw, you shouldn't take it out, monroes are gorgeous, i'm thinking about getting one, how was the pain? and youshould keep yours def.
Im guesing its on the insdie of your mouth part? I have a labret stud and got a keloid it was huge and grosss and squishy but it shrunk over about 9 monthes and it completely gone. Over healing is common in the mouth. Unless it really bothers you i would try and wait it out.
I'm sorry Teddy, but I don't know what a Keloid or Monroe piercing is. I do know however , that you might want to consult a dermatologist so that you don't develop an infection .