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Find a new piercer. No wound, whether standard or a piercing should ever ever have neat tea tree oil put onto it! Do you live in the US or UK? If so,...

They gave teatree oil and rock salt and said to bathe twice daily, first with teatree and then with the salt water. I've been doing exactly that. I'm...

There's no harm leaving it in as long as it's not embedding. It would be wise in future to know you can get to a piercer again when you get a...

Thanks for your advice, it's really appreciated. It's very throbby but only intermittently. Theres yellow fluid coming out, which I assumed was pus...

Thanks so much for your advise. Its intermittently painful and throbbing. Theres yellow fluid coming out but it's not smelly. The bar is definitely...

Swelling and pain is normal for a new piercing and it can sometimes take a few days to start. Do not use tea tree oil whatsoever. Are you sure it was...

Thanks Mazzy. I'm sorry to hear of your experience :(

No problem at all Sunshineray7.:) It is not dangerous to keep your jewellery in. Only if there is no space left at all and your post is being...

Thanks for your response. It was pierced with a titanium labret. There's a tiny bit of room but not much. I can't get to the piercing studio this...

Thank you Boo for letting me know.:)

Excellent tattoos there Boo! :) Glad you are feeling much better now. I know you "went though it" earlier this year. I think sadly, "I am done"...

Hi Sunshineray7:) Sorry, to hear this. I really don't know about Tea tree oil as I am not keen on it myself. That is good you have got some...

So far so good:) almost 10 days since I remove it, still my urine sometimes flow through one side of piercing...thin flow :) Hope will stop in few...

You're very welcome!

Hey you! Thanks ever so much :) I was fully recovered from the pneumonia after a month or two but the eye thing drove me crazy. I have had to have...

Dunking in a bowl/cuip is fine, I've done it myself. Or they can use a damp, warm compress of hot water. Salt not really needed at this point.

Those are both stunning! Sorry to hear about your poor health, hope you are recovered?

Boo - please could you let me know if this is bad advice or not? :) Would you suggest to blessthegoomy that they should get some rock salt 1/4 tea...

I agree with Boo. This is not good with the problems you have had (sorry, to hear it). I wouldn't ever go back to whoever pierced you. You need...

thanks :) today i will remove it... on december 01. arround 01. November 1999 i did it, so is 20 years and one month, more than half of my life ;)

This year has been "interesting" when it's come to mods for me. Had a couple of disasters, conch punch went all manner of strange recently and have...

With regular massage to break it down, yes, it should soften/minimise.

The process sounds very worrying. We can't tell much from one photo, you'll need to go and see an excellent piercer who can look/feel from all angles...

Thanks on your answer... by your experience, will scar tissue also become softer after some time?

Welcome Clansman. For a minute there I thought you were a fellow Scot.

An update! - Well, it is a complete pain in the bum to heal but, I cannot believe I am typing this to be honest - It is helping with my I.B.S stomach...

It should be fine to simply remove it and let it heal. If you're concerned at any point go see a good piercer.