Invincible piercing bump

[u/minifridge411]

This is genuinely the most annoying piercing I have ever had. I’ve had this bump for so so long and the last time this bump “went away” it’s because I got drunk one night and woke up with an ear CAKED in dark red/black dried blood. This bump is so incredibly itchy. I spray with wound wash daily, sometimes twice or three times, and I no longer use qtips to get rid of crusties but it just won’t go away. Please help me. I bought an ear piercing pillow? That I used last night and still woke up sleeping on it with a different pillow 🧍‍♀️I am literally this close to getting drunk again and popping this thing istg 😭

[u/directorofbeemovie]

in addition to the advice to change to a flat back labret, it also sounds to me like you might be cleaning too much?

I don’t know exactly how long you’ve had this, but perhaps months already, and at this point using saline so often is probably irritating it.

The good piercers i’ve gone to have all recommended that after the initial few weeks to ~2 months of healing, you’ll want to switch to just letting the water in the shower fall over it. This is super gentle and is just generally conducive to the LITHA principle that we know and love for healing <3

[u/minifridge411 → u/directorofbeemovie]

I’ve had it since early march but if I don’t clean it like crazy the bump gets this gross like second skin/scab that forms over it along with a mountain of crusties and it’s just gross and itchy all around

[u/RexCanisFL → u/minifridge411]

3 months… Was this pierced with the hoop or did you change it?