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Q: alright, i got my nose pierced in march, for the
second time, the first time i took it out too soon
and it closed up. anyways, ive had it in for about
5 months, i had a fake nosering in, the one they
pierced me with in the first place, but im really
sensitive and cant have anything fake in my nose,
so i put in this solid white gold ring and it was
doing completely fine, for 5 months. then recently,
within the past week theres been this bump outside
my nose, i woke up this morning and it was HUGE.
so i took out the ring and put some cleaning stuff
on it, and now its all puss filled, i know it sounds
gross but if you have alot of piercings youd be used
to hearing this kind of stuff, anywayss.

tomorrow my mom is taking me to get it lanced?

is there anything i can do in the meantime to help
the swelling and stuff, is it possible to keep the
ring in? i rly dont want to close it, again.

Whatever you do, do not take out your nose ring. Ive had my nose pierced for a year and a half. The swell puss filled thing is normal. I had it the first 6 months I got it. They come and go. I'm extremely sensitive to non-real metal as well. It's completely normal. When I got my nose pierced- I went back the first time it happened, and they said just to clean it, and don't mess with it. It goes away in a few days.

Take out your nose ring, wasg your nose, 2 times a day, and let it go.

Whatever you do though, don't take your nose ring out. It's really bad to keep pierce the same part of your body again. The bone hardens, and then breaks.

Good luck.

Rating: 5

thank you so much, i did take the nosering out
though before reading your advice, but i just
figured to keep it clean and wait for the
infection to go away before putting it back in.
i completely sterolized it so its all good.
and my nose got better =] thank you!