What can I use on an irritated nose piercing?

[Anonymous]

I changed my stud to a hoop 2 weeks ago and I ended up getting the piercing bump a few days later. I went back a week and a half later and I told the piercer to change it back to a stud. She did it with no problem but the bump is bleeding still and there’s yellow-ish pus coming from the piercing hole. I use saline solution but I’m not seeing much of a difference...

[hellionthesagereborn]

Sounds infected. Is it silver? Could be an allergic reaction, or it could be something got inside it and its a cis (I knew some one who had this problem with an ear piercing, don't know the specifics or if its possible for nose piercings).

[Asker]

It is silver but I never had a problem with silver jewelry

[hellionthesagereborn]

I would honestly remove it, treat it and let it heal and then try again then. It could be a minor infection, could be a small cyst (during the piercing or putting it in their may have been a small fragment of dirt or something that is causing it to react that way), but either way I think its better to let it heal back up, if the bump is still their see a dermatolagist about it, and then just try again.

[TeeBar]

First, a dab of hydrosporine until the piercing heals and second, stop jabbing metal, bones, or plastic through your skin for decoration: you are not carrying a spear in the jungle.

[Lyndsielee666]

How new is the piercing first of all.
Second you need to be doing warm salt water soaks twice a day, don’t touch it, don’t try to twist it. Nose piercings usually tend to get bumps like they unfortunately

[Asker]

I got it pierced at the middle of August

[Asker]

I do twist it and rotate it a lot trying to clean the crusties off

[Lyndsielee666]

Don’t twist and rotate at all until it’s healed! You’re irritating it more and it’ll make the irritation bump keep coming back. Warm sea salt soaks twice a day and it’ll go down. I just dealt with it when I got my double nostrils pierced

[Asker]

I’m trying my best to not move it but there’s so much dried blood around it and it bothers me lol but thanks for the advice

[Lyndsielee666]

Yea when there’s dried blood grab a q tip and soak in the warm salt water and clean it off instead of twisting with your hands (:

[Screenwriter]

A topical antibiotic might work. Try it. If you don't see an improvement in two days, go to a dermatologist and get it looked at.

[Iron_Man]

Nothing is wrong with your nose at all Use hydrogen peroxide if you have some type of a sore

[amyismyname]

Neosporin cream