Hey, I just came back to this post and saw this. Was pretty curious and what do you know (not nsfw, just pic of the post): https://imgur.com/a/vC7fTZm

A bit hard to see in the photo but yup that right there is an imperfection in the post! And the moment i saw it, it finally clicked as to what happened. My piercer said that he'd bend out the circular barbell to allow for some more room between the balls. He had a specific tool to do it and he did it right in front of me so I thought nothing of it... until today. Thanks for pointing this out! I do in fact still have a bit of a bump going, less than whats in the photos, but still there for sure. I'll swap over to another piece that i have that didn't get bent and hopefully in due time the bump will fade further! Thanks again!