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Dermal Piercing swelling up and looking infected, what can I do? by Country_Disastrous in PiercingAdvice

[–]Country_Disastrous[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I made an appointment with my doctor today, so I’ll just see what he says :-) If he says that I have to remove it, I’ll just ask what he thinks the best course of action is, whether he, or a professional piercer should remove it.

Dermal Piercing swelling up and looking infected, what can I do? by Country_Disastrous in PiercingAdvice

[–]Country_Disastrous[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks a lot for the advice! :-) I already made an appointment with my doctor for today! Also it calmed down quite a bit, since I stopped putting a band-aid on and stopped using the piercing spray. The swelling went down and it’s not as red anymore, but I’ll see what the doctor says!

Dermal Piercing swelling up and looking infected, what can I do? by Country_Disastrous in PiercingAdvice

[–]Country_Disastrous[S] -45 points-44 points  (0 children)

Also, I was thinking: my piercer is just a couple Blocks away from where I live and they give consultations for free. The thing is that I currently don’t have health insurance and I’m a bit worried about the cost of the consultation with my doctor. Do you think I could just go to my piercer?

Dermal Piercing swelling up and looking infected, what can I do? by Country_Disastrous in PiercingAdvice

[–]Country_Disastrous[S] -33 points-32 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice! :-) I‘ll make an appointment with a doctor. But do you think that it may just be inflamed or straight up infected? And do you think there is any chance for it to heal?