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Eris:
Oh Steve, that is the best idea! I don't know why I didn't think of that!
I am a bit tempted to just take some antibiotics to see if that makes a difference, because this is getting ridiculous.
nekowafer:
I'm doubting that it's an infection - unless it's bright red, hot to the touch, and secreting greenish pus, that is. So I don't think antibiotics will do you any good. Do you know what type of barbell is in there? As in, what sort of threading, what material, that sort of thing?
Eris:
Internal threading, titanium bar? Stainless steel? I have no idea what the material is, other than the standard stuff from a reputable piercing place. I got it done by the same people that did my vertical labret and I haven't had any issues with that which could have come from an allergy.
The guy at the piercing place said that some people get irritations when they get cartilage piercings (hence the steroid cream) but that normally if it's happening on my ear then I probably would have had a similar reaction on my nostril piercing. I never got a bump like that, but it would go really red and swell up if I bumped or moved the nose screw for any reason and I only noticed it not being a problem in the last year or so. Maybe there is a connection there...
Sleeping on the ear probably isn't helping, but because of my back issues it takes longer for me to get uncomfortable on my right side than my left so I end up rolling onto that side when I'm half asleep.
nekowafer:
It would probably help to get the other bar switched out to two shorter barbells. The bump could be from the pressure of having a two-point piercing. And the neck pillow that Stephen suggested could do you a lot of good. It's the biggest reason my boyfriend's snug orbitals are healing so quickly.
Welu:
Those pillow things would be a smart thing for me to get, my left cartilage piercings are having issues and I think it's from sleeping on that side. Both have two small keloids above the front side of the piercing. I managed to sleep on my other side for a few weeks and the bump on the lower piercing totally went away and the top one got smaller but after hurting my back I was sleeping on the left side again and they've come back. I've had the piercing for five months now and it still hurts to the touch while cleaning. My right side piercings stopped being sore after three-ish months. I think when I'm next up I'll get the rings switched for studs and use studs for future piercings on that side. I think that'll help if I rollover on the side during sleep.
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