When your skin is pierced with a needle it causes some trauma to the skin. This may affect the scar tissue that forms once the healing process starts. It may be that you start to see skin growing over your piercing.
Skin overgrowths are most common after going through a piercing. They're experienced on the earlobe or the cartilage after a piercing. Skin growth can appear in different colors, from light pink to dark brown. Keep reading to learn the causes of growth on the skin and how to experience skin healing over your piercings.
If more than half a ball has disappeared or the skin seems to be growing over your jewelry, visit your piercer as soon as possible. Oral tissue regenerates much quicker than other body tissue. Embedding overnight is highly possible.
Embedding is a small but unpredicatable risk and can cause serious complications, it usually starts with aggressive swelling and a build up of fluid around the site of the piercing. A completely embedded piece of jewellery usually requires a trip to A&E but if caught early, speak to your piercer first.
Piercing bumps "can be the body's immune system responding to the wound from the piercing, causing some localized inflammation which, in turn, causes the bump," explains board-certified family nurse practitioner Alexandra Moench, DNP of Schweiger Dermatology Group.
It's most likely an irritation bump, which is exactly what it sounds like. Something has bothered your piercing and in reaction your body has created a bump in order to try and protect itself. But it hurts! Yep, they are not nice, but don't worry you can heal them.
Ear keloids are firm, rubbery, fibrous nodules that form on the ear after minor trauma, most commonly after ear piercing. They can occur in earlobes as well as in the skin and cartilage higher on the ear. Ear keloids can vary in color, from flesh colored to pink to dark brown. Keloids can be itchy or painful.
You should call a healthcare provider if you experience: Chills or fever. Earring or earring clasp that won't move or becomes embedded in your ear. Redness, swelling and pain in your earlobe or cartilage.
If it's red, swollen, painful, raw or irritated, that's likely a problem and it's embedding. This could be due to incorrect jewelry length or sometimes placement and even improper aftercare. You'll want to see your piercer for assistance. Nesting happens with healthy tissue.
In the unfortunate event that the tissue completely grows over the jewelry and you or your piercer cannot push it back through the surface, you must seek medical care. A small incision will be made (generally under local anesthesia) to allow for removal of your unintentional implant.
The reason it feels “stuck” is because it kind of is. Plasma and other juices are being secreted by your body to heal an injury (piercing). These juices dry up and cling to the jewelry and skin.
Causes of Skin Growing Over Earring Back
Infection: If the earring back is not properly cleaned or if the piercing site gets infected, it can result in skin overgrowth. Trauma: Continuous friction or pressure on the earring back can cause the skin to grow over it.
Symptoms of piercing rejection
more of the jewelry becoming visible on the outside of the piercing. the piercing remaining sore, red, irritated, or dry after the first few days. the jewelry becoming visible under the skin. the piercing hole appearing to be getting larger.
Nesting can be a little scary when it first happens, but it's actually an incredibly normal phenomenon with oral piercings! With care, nesting can even be used to help reduce your risks of oral damage and irritation from oral piercings and their jewelry.
An embedded earring is a rare complication after ear piercing. Its incidence as a chief complaint in pediatric emergency departments is 25/100,000, and of all cases reported, the lobule (87%) and the pinna (11%) are the most common locations, while the tragus (2%) is the least reported.
If your piercing is being rejected, you'll notice a shift in the location of the jewellery, possible skin flaking or discolouration, as well as irritation. It must then be decided whether you'll simply have the piercing removed or if a new piece of jewellery could cause less trauma.
Your piercing might be infected if: the area around it is swollen, painful, hot, very red or dark (depending on your skin colour) there's blood or pus coming out of it – pus can be white, green or yellow.
The skin around a new piercing might be swollen, red and tender for a few days. It might bleed slightly. If the swelling, redness and bleeding last longer than a few days, contact your doctor. Prompt treatment can help prevent potentially serious complications.
Call your doctor if you experience any of these infection symptoms: Fever. Red, swollen skin around the pierced area.
The most common cause is simply increased friction between the ear hole and the earring. This is most easily remedied by putting petroleum jelly on the earring post and then inserting it into the ear. The petroleum jelly will lubricate the earring to reduce friction.
The most common reason is that the piercing is healing. This means the body is trying to heal the piercing by creating scar tissue around it. The scar tissue can sometimes form a bump around the piercing. Another reason why industrial piercing bumps might happen is because of an infection.
A raised area around the piercing may be caused by: tissue damage — if the piercing gets knocked or is removed too early. infection — if the piercing is done in unsanitary conditions or is not kept clean. an allergic reaction to the jewelry.
If skin begins to grow over the back of the labret, a person may need to exchange their jewelry for a longer stud for a short time. A person should wash their hands before touching their piercing, avoid playing with their piercing, and take care while eating with an oral piercing.
If a keloid develops around your ear piercing after the piercing has healed, contact a healthcare provider. They may recommend that you take your earring out right away and wear a pressure earring. Or they may recommend that you keep your earring in until they're able to conduct a physical examination of your ear.
Keloids can develop from any scar, including a piercing wound, and become darker over time. Talk to a healthcare provider about prevention and treatments to help reduce the appearance of scar tissue.