cartilage piercing - swelling help!?!


Question: Cartilage piercing - swelling help!?
i got ear done a few weeks ago and i woke up one morning to it being swollen and i think its because my hair got wrapped around the back, i took off the back when i got home from school and it felt a lot better so its allowed the swelling to go down a lot! but now i have this dinger on the back of my ear, how do i get rid of it?! nothing is really pussing or anything everything is normal and i have been taking my earing out occasionally to clean the area, the back has been off all day and i don't wanna put the back on until the swelling is completley gone.): im just afraid of getting my ear chopped off!

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Don't worry, you won't get your ear chopped off. If the area around the piercing isn't sore or exuding pus, the lump you can feel is probably the piercing healing. When a wound heals, it produces collagen, sometimes too much, which hardens and in some cases can feel like a little bump around the piercing. It's pretty common with cartilage piercings, especially if they've been bumped around a bit.

I'd recommend going back to your piercer to put your mind at rest, they will be able to look and tell you if all is a-ok or if you should see your Dr. In the meantime, keep it clean, and stick a plaster or some micropore tape over the piercing to stop your hair getting tangled in it again.


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