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Is My Nose Piercing Bump Just A Pimple Or Infected?
Okay, so I got my nose pierced just a little over a month ago and I'm starting to get a little worried. Upon getting it, my piercer had no problems or anything. I didn't bleed and the piercing went in quite nicely. I got a bottle of salt water spray and I used it a lot throughout the day. Now I use it once or twice a day, and give my nose a good 2 or 3 sprays. A couple days ago, I noticed a small bump near my piercing. I didn't really think to much of it. Today, I noticed that it had gotten REALLY big. I move my piercing a lot, cause the end always ends up in the nook of my nose and it hurts. Am I touching it too much? It looks like a pimple, a whitehead. My sister told me it was a pimple and that I need to pop it. But what if it's not. And won't popping irritate it more and possibly hurt me? If it's a pimple, do I pop it? It's really big and noticeable and I starting to feel horrible about this.. I mean what if it is that 'Horrible Bump' everyone goes on about. And I go on thinking it's a pimple and I get scarred tissue, like that 'keloid' thing. I'm just really worried and I have no idea what to do.
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- 6 years agoFavorite Answer
Don't panic, it's a pollip! Your nose isn't liking being pierced. First of all buy a bottle of surgical spirits, dab on the polio at least three times a day and it should hopefully go down. Surgical spirits kills excess skin cells, which is basically what a Pollip is. What is the jewellery made of? If it's gold, silver or surgical steel it will have nickel in which you might have a slight allergy to. Get it changed to titanium or a 24ct gold stud (9ct has high levels of nickel). But first try the surgical steel (from a pharmacy, very cheap)
Source(s): Experience as a body piercer - 6 years ago
It could be your ring is too big and is irritating your skin near the piercing. My friends piercing got the same thing and it went away when she changed the ring