I got my nose pierced. Under my nose stud there is a bump...

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Answer by Mona
Submitted on 10/22/2004
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This is what I found when I researched.... What is the "Bump"? The "Bump" looks like a small red or white pimple next to one of the entry holes of your nose piercing. Why does this "Bump" happen? The "Bump" can form for several reasons. Trauma to your nose piercing, poor aftercare, irritation to your nose piercing, changing your nose jewelry before the piercing is healed and excess stress on the piercing due to improper body jewelry can all help contribute to the fomation of the "Bump". How long does the "Bump" usually last? How well you care for the "Bump" will determine how long it lasts. Doing sea salt soaks and hot compresses will help draw impurities out and allow it to heal on its own. Popping it will cause trauma to the area and your piercing causing the "Bump" to come back in a few days and possible scarring. If the "Bump" is not taken care of, it can last days, weeks or even months. How do you avoid the "Bump"? Getting pierced by a reputable professional piercer that uses the appropriate nose jewelry (CBRs for nostril piercings and not screws or bones) and using proper aftercare. Can you change your nose jewelry while the "Bump" is there? Usually changing your nose jewelry will make it worse, so wait until it has completely healed. Consult your piercer if you think that your nose jewelry may be causing the "Bump" to occure.

Answer by Chicky_Boo Kayla
Submitted on 12/24/2004
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Hey ya'll Its me KAYLA again... but this time with hopefully more info... I got my nose done on both sides, it hurt like anything but I done it. At first its just like a little pinch, then its sore for a few weeks, but its not half as bad as gettin the top of your ear done --In the cartilage-- I have my ears done three times on both sides, so I know what Im talkin about when I say, There isn't much to gettin your nose done. Clean it regularly with peroxide, not alcohol, and you'll be fine. It doesnt always leave a scar, but you may get one! I got mine ALL done with a gun, its ALOT better! It faster and hurts less, its still not outlawed in alot of places, so go for it! Bumps are VERY normal, I had them on both sides... They eventually go away! I can answer many more questions, just email me or add me to msn at: king_kayla@hotmail.com See ya! Ps: I am 14...

Answer by Sonia
Submitted on 7/29/2006
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I had an infected nose ring for 5 years. I got a new piece of jewerly, soaked in tea bags, sea salt, hot compress you name it for 2wice a day for a year. It would go away then come back. I kept telling the place where I got my piercing that it wouldn't go away and they kept telling me to soak. I finally did some research and found that many people are allergic to the surgical steel and sometimes there are rough edges that cut and cause irration inside the nose. I finally ordered a diamond "real" platinum nose ring from http://www.bodymattersgold.com/acatalog/Nose_StudsandNose_Pins.html. This is the most petite well made nose ring ever. I popped the bump got the infection out and replaced my nose ring with this u shaped diamond ring. Within two week the bump was gone and has not returned. It has been 6 weeks bump free and my hole has gotten smaller and accepted the platinum ring. I highly recommend that if you have an infection you spend the money and get this ring. The differnce between this nose ring and my old one is like owning a tiny miniture dog v.s a horse. It is worth it.

Answer by ella
Submitted on 5/31/2007
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so i recently got my nose pierced about 2 months ago and it was good until maybe a week ago.. i started getting the little bump under my nose stud and when i went back to the piercing place they just suggested a salt water soak. i have yet to try it but i am going to soon, i have also been researching it to see if there is anything else i can do and found that the reason it came is most likely because i have had to take it out a few times already for my sport, i have put a plug in and it has only been out for about 2 1/2 hours at the most but i will have to continue to do this until july now i fear that the bump will never go down and i don't know what to do any suggestions?? please don't say let it close and re-pierce it later :[

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Question by zbaby
Submitted on 3/12/2004
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I got my nose pierced. Under my nose stud there is a bump and its not small, its kind of big, is this normal?

Answer by Godzdevil
Submitted on 3/29/2004
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Yes it is normal but you should go check it out with the doctor cause it can be infected

Answer by jduh420
Submitted on 4/27/2004
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i had one of those wen after i got my industrial.. just use a lil pollysporin every day and itll go down and eventually disappear

Answer by Zimbabwea
Submitted on 5/19/2004
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I don't know, but I have one too and it's freaking me the heck out...

Answer by bx
Submitted on 6/1/2004
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I also have one, which isn't good because i when i was washing it my stud popped out and now i cant get it back in because of the bump.

Answer by Kayla
Submitted on 6/9/2004
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Hey, DONT WORRY YA'LL!! Its really normal, use a hot compress, Hot water Bottle, or Hot facecloth, 20 minutes everyday, 2 weeks, it will go down! Use polysporin for awhile, or even SCRUB it hard when washing your face. Dont worry about this bump, big or not, If its infected and you get green gunk when you take it out, use peroxide, it doesnt burn. Got more questions? Email me: king_kayla@hotmail.com

Answer by hilly
Submitted on 8/5/2004
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i have the bump to i have it inside my nose but its almost gone but today i woke up with a red bump in the outside of my nose ! and i worked to hard to finally get rid of the one in the inside and look wut happens wut should i do ? im going to the piercer tonight maybe.... im really worried.... is it a infection or not ?

Answer by lilannoyed
Submitted on 9/1/2004
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I have one also. It seems to be getting bigger and bigger by the day. I've tried almost everything from alcohol to sea salt to hot compresses to neosporin and nothing is seeming to work. Everyone I ask tells me something different and I have no clue what to do. It seems that most people say seasalt so I guess that's what I'm going to stick to.

Answer by Twiggy
Submitted on 9/17/2004
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Hey I pierced my nose about 4 weeks ago and it seemed to be healing fine up till about a week ago. Then I noticed that around the hole there was like a raised ring of flesh. Its pink and it hurts when I touch it but it wont bleed. Im planning on going to the doc. soon but I just wanted to know if anyone out there has had the same problem and if they used hrydrocortisone on it?

Answer by fag
Submitted on 10/21/2004
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i had one too on my nose, but it went away after it healed. so DON'T WORRY!!!

Answer by kbaby
Submitted on 10/28/2004
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i have one too! i actually tried popping it, cause it looks like a zit to me, but i don't recommend that. there seemed to be a lot of layers of skin all built up. the polysporin works, but if i didn't do it constantly after it went away, it would come back again. does anyone know why it does that?

Answer by a
Submitted on 11/1/2004
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the bump is called a keyloid( dont know bout spelling though). anyway its scar tissue and its not normal. it happens when your body is rejecting the piercing. your better off taking it out. watch out for future piercings....... this can happen again.

Answer by Brie
Submitted on 11/8/2004
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I also have a little bump on my nose i have had it pierced for about 3 months and just got it. It scared the crap out of me cause it just looks weird but it is starting to go down. I used hot water 3 times a day for 5 days and it is gone.

Answer by Marlen
Submitted on 1/14/2005
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HEY YA'LLI GOT MY NOSE PIERCED A MONTH AGO AND I AM DEVELOPING A BUMP RIGHT AROUND MY NOSE RING IT LOOKS LIKE A VOLCANO I DO NOT WANT TO TAKE OFF MY NOSE RING CUZ I LOVE IT AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING HOT COMPRESSES FOR THE PAST 2 DAYS I ALSO TRIED NEOSPORIN BUT IT LOOKS THE SAME. WHAT ELSE IS THERE LEFT FOR ME TO DO? PLEASE HELP!

Answer by erica
Submitted on 1/23/2005
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get a washcloth and run hot water over it.. make sure it's decently hot and press it on the bump every day.. the steam will lift impurities out.. i also used polysporin every night b4 i went to bed.. it helps if u wear a band aid.. i also did sea salt soaks and washed it with anti bacterial soap and it's pretty much gone

Answer by Sillymeli25
Submitted on 2/9/2005
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I also Have a big bump on my nose. Its on the outside. So If I take my stud out it looks like a big pimple. Please let me know if this is normal or if I should take it out.

Answer by Melsa
Submitted on 3/1/2005
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I have a "screw stud" that they used to pierce my nose with, and I got it done back in November. The diamond fell out of it, and now I'm trying to replace it, but I can't get the stud out. This is my first "body" piercing, so I'm a little new to the process. So, if anyone could tell me how to take it out to switch it with a different stud, that'd be great. Thanks

Answer by Jennifer
Submitted on 3/4/2005
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I have the bump too and I was told that it could be infected and if left untreated I would have to go to the hospital because the stud sinks down into you nose. Is this true?

Answer by emmestone
Submitted on 4/19/2005
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Hi, I have had my nose pierced now for 3 months and i LOVE it. I just noticed a bump to and is it normal for it to appear this far out after getting it pierced?

Answer by Lisa
Submitted on 4/19/2005
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if it's what I had, then it probably hurts when you try scratching it off or picking at it. So it's probably a keloid and they don't go away by those methods. I went to my piercer and he told me to use the soap they sell on it in the mornings, clean around it inside and outside of your nostril, then either do a sea salt soak or use hydrogen peroxide as much as you want because it will dry it up and then it will start peeling away small layers. Oh and don't touch it and it will go away. Otherwise it will only stay there.

Answer by Arielle
Submitted on 5/3/2005
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i have this bump also.. wasn't sure what to do thanks for the answers =) have a good day!!

Answer by Niatinari
Submitted on 5/20/2005
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But what if this bump is inside your nostril and you can't reach it with a hot compress? Yes... that is my problem....

Answer by HELPME!!!
Submitted on 6/4/2005
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please help me, my nose got infected so i took it out, after it is better, i tried to get it threw, it will go threw but won't go threw the bottom layer! Do you no of an unpainful way of gettin it in? Im 14

Answer by Leslie
Submitted on 9/12/2005
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you need to get that checked out because it could be a keloid and those are permanent.

Answer by mekmek
Submitted on 9/13/2005
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i also have a bump which they called a polyp. I have allergies and i was told that because of the new piercing i grew one directly near it because of the tissue lost. My piercer told me to just put peroxide on it for about 2 weeks and it should go down, BUT IT HASNT. it just takes the scab off and i have to start all over again. Just wateva you do dont pop it, let it heal as a scab and it should go away. hopefully you have better luck then me cus i want it to go away NOW.

Answer by Alyssa
Submitted on 9/21/2005
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Heh, thank god I slipped upson this. I also have a bump under the stud of my nose piercing. I was FREAKING OUT doing excessive sea salt soaks, more than normal, and panicing cuz I LOVE my piercing and I dont want to have to take it out. But now that I know its normal... Im okay now. lol. Thanks to everyone for their wonderful answers, and thanks for this GREAT question. lol

Answer by nina
Submitted on 9/29/2005
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hey ya i got one 2, but i poped it and used perozxide and it wen away after a couple days, or even try puting and earing in around the house and it minimizes it then move in with the peroxide.

Answer by Michele
Submitted on 10/4/2005
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Thanks yall! I was worried about, now I'll just chill and take care of it.

Answer by Jessi
Submitted on 10/25/2005
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Hey, I have a quick question. I got my nose peirced 3 days ago, and it still bleeds? Is this normal?

Answer by sadie
Submitted on 1/29/2006
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i took my nose stud out for the first time to change it and now i cant get it back in! =-( can someone help me like give me advise to get it back in please?

Answer by Sara
Submitted on 2/2/2006
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the small bump you have is called a kenoid. its caused from an irratation to your piercing. it is common and treatable if you wash and clean your piercing 2-3 times a day. if the bump is still there after about a week and a half go to a piercing shop and have a professional look at it.

Answer by kaylee
Submitted on 2/2/2006
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Dont worry about when i first got mine done it had a bump but after 2 weeks it was gone if it continues after 2 months get it checked out just incase

Answer by Simone
Submitted on 2/20/2006
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i got my nose pierced 3 days ago, and i also have dis bump to, i av to change my nose ring to a stood, it did not work because of the bump it this normal?

Answer by Crystal
Submitted on 2/28/2006
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This bump is called a keliod, and is caused from rubbing, or playing or bumping your peircing. Buy some Sea Salt from your grociery store, and add a heaping table spoon to a cup of boiling hot water, take a cotton swab and place it on your keloid, everytime the water cools down on the cotton swab, redip it in your sea salt water, do this for 10 min, then add 3 drops of %100 tea tree oil before bed, this will dry it out and cause it to flake away. DO no squeez!!! this will make it bigger

Answer by emeraldsunsets
Submitted on 3/22/2006
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Dont scrub it hard, dont use peroxide in a piercing-EVER, use neosporin or bactine, and sea salt or saline soaks twice a day, and be sure to see your piercer!