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Bump on recent cartalige piercing

2017-04-16 01:08:49
I've pierced my right cartalige ear in January and now it's developed a rather painful bumb behind that constantly bleeds no pus though. I need to know if it's infected or it was just inflammatory bump and how to treat it from now on.
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You might be allergic to ear stud you are using which is a type of allergic skin reaction
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Remove ear stud for a week. Use over the counter antiseptic cream and try changing material of ear stud u are using

Answered2017-04-22 13:43:00

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