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 Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:43 pm
Alright.
I clean my navel piercing.
Twice every day with saltwater.
Had it done since April, and It started getting red near the beggining of this month, so I went out and got some tea tree oil, and started using it, just like I have for all my other piercings.
So, a keloid has developed over the top ridge of my navel, directly under the circular stop of the curved barbell. A slightly larger one has developed on the inside of the belly button, under the barbell.
So, basically, I've started using three salt water soaks [hot as possible] since last week. They afren't large enough to the point of worry, but I'd really like to know any non-surgical forms of treatment.
Lots of metal and love,
Rainbow`
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:35 am
How do you know it's a keloid and not a hypertrophic scar?
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:50 pm
The one beneath it is hypertrophic scarring, that much I'm sure.
The one above has all the tendencies of keloiding.
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:53 pm
Slather it in aloe and vitamin E.
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:13 pm
First off- Sea Salt does not clean!! It soothes, it promotes healing and on the flip side it dries out. Have you considered a reaction to the metal? I would change it out to a different material.
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:17 pm
jadedxkitty999 First off- Sea Salt does not clean!! It soothes, it promotes healing and on the flip side it dries out. Have you considered a reaction to the metal? I would change it out to a different material.
My doctor and piercer instructed that I use sea-salt.
What material would you suggest?
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:17 pm
I'm going in this week to see my piercer, as well as get my industrial.
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:52 pm
Yeah, it's hypertrophic scarring, and after two weeks of cleaning, it's downsized and scabbing. :]
That's a good thing, believe me.
My industrial's comming tonite, I'll make a picture post for that when it's done. :]
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:09 am
*shudders*
Why did I click this?!?!? I just got my navel pierced five days ago, so now reading about this is making me really nervous that mine's going to get infected crying
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