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i got my nose pierced just before christmas and i had some trouble with it to start with and it was painful but the pain went and everything is fine now except it is red all around it. I got it pierced with a gun and iv been reading on here that guns are not a good idea is that why im having problems? and also what can i do to get the redness to go away?
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Since that may be an infection, this late in the game I'd advise seeing your doctor. if you do, he or she can prescribe antibiotics to clear it up.
But if that isn't it and it's still red or swollen, you may need to let the piercing close up and try again another time in a different spot on your nose, with a needle, which is the only proper way to pierce cartiledge.
You should also get a Hepatitis screen while you're at the doc if you've never had one, or haven't had one since the percing, as guns are not sterile like unused needles, and Hepatitis can be passed that way.
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Ouch!! Getting nose pierced with a gun! bad bad idea, guns aren't very sanitary to pierce with because they you can't really clean them properly, and your piercing has obviously gotten infected.
What I suggest is to see a doctor or piercer, or take the piercing out if it REALLY really bothers you and is painful.
Until you get it looked at I suggest you buy some bactine, thats what I was told to put on my nose piercing when I first got it and it never got infected so that might help.
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its not painfull at all so i wont take it out but i will go to the doctors to see if it is an infection. thanks for the advise
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i was going to go to the docters but i didnt i went to a piercing place and they said that nose piercings can take a long time to heal up to a year and that it isnt that red so it doesnt look like an infection so i should just keep it clean and it should heal properly does this sound like good advise or should i still go to the doctor?
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If a piercing is infected it will have green or rust colored ooz. That is the only tell tale sign for an infected piercing. White or yellow is normal and nearly all piercing will have it, it is not a sign of infection but of a healing or healed piercing. Redness, soreness and swelling are signs of an irritated piercing, but do not determine an infection.
Piercings can act up every once and a while for no good reason as well. As long as it isnt prolonged and horribly painful then taking it out isnt necessary.
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A friend of mine had his nose pierced with a gun almost a year ago and it still is red and he nearly DIES if he accidently brushes something against it from the pain. I got mine done with a needle and it was totally healed in 2 weeks, never had a problem since. I know how much taking a piercing out can suck. I mean, they don't exactly tickle and it's sort of like your badge
Honestly though, I would take it out and have it re-pierced with a needle. Guns are nothing but trouble.
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i took my nose stud out but it is still red will the redness go? and how long should it take? the piercing wasnt infected because it didnt hurt and there was nothing coming out of it, it was just red.
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Never ever take a piercing out if you think it's infected. If you do, the piercing will heal over with the infection trapped inside the body. Absesses would not be fun.
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well, i had my nose pierced with a gun and never had a problem with it. i dont think it's what you got it pierced with, but if it was sanitary, along with how well you took care of your piercing.
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it's been said several times on different threads that white or yellow ooze from a piercing is fine, that's onlypartially true. This is important, both my parents are doctors and have made it very clar that intracellular fluid will ooze from woounds and that is clear or yellow tinged but still transparent. Opaque white or yellow fluid in a wound (piercings included, I have several) is an early sign of infection before it turns green, red, brown, whatever. Anyone care to remember that pus is yellow? Or that yellow phlegm is a bad sign? Clarity of fluid from the wound and change in skin color(beyond red) like white or blue or green skin are what clearly (no pun intended) indicate infection.
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Its rare if a piercing doesnt have white or yellow ooze, extremely rare. The stuff that oozes from a piercing is the same stuff that oozes when you scrape your skin(lymph). It may be an early warning sign of infection, but if you keep your piercing clean it shouldnt turn into one. So basically, dont freak out by the stuff, worry when it turns funky colors.
And neverwishagain... piercing guns can not be cleaned enough to be considered sterile. They have been the root cause of many piercing problems, for numerous reasons.
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a tip of advise.......... Dont EVER take out your piercing and let itself close up if it is infected. That only traps the infection inside the body causeing your immune system to weaken. Clear up the infection first and then you can take it out if you still wish!
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