I just wanted to say how right you are about not…

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Sunday September 2nd, 2007 @ 11:40 AM

Filed under: Piercing

I just wanted to say how right you are about not popping a boil, especially one near a piercing. I have my right earlobe pierced three times. A few months ago I got what I thought was a pimple above my top piercing. So I popped it. It came back, so I popped it again. Turns out my pimple was actually a boil.

Because I popped it I spread the infection to the top two piercings in my ear. I ended up in the emergency room at 3am to get it double checked by a doctor as I had a fever and a sore, stiff neck and was concerned it was going to spread to the cartilage. My doctor told me it was a good thing I went in that night, if it had spread any further it would have caused a lot more damage. We all know the damage you can get if the infection spreads to the cartilage.<

The next day I went to change the barbells over to a ring, as soon as I grabbed hold of my ear it suddenly became very swollen, all this pus oozed out and my barbell disappeared through the front of my ear and I ended up having to pull it out the back, along with a a few little bits of skin.

So, long story short. Never pop a boil. All it will do is spread the infection. If you’re really concerned about a boil, go to a doctor to get it drained, they know what they’re doing. Luckily the antibiotics plus the sea salt soaks have cleared my ear up.

However, I was most disappointed that the doctor told me to take my jewellery out. The last time I had a doctor tell me that the infection got trapped and now my left ear has some very nasty scar tissue. This time around, thanks to BME I knew to leave something in to let it drain. I also knew that salt water soaks would help with the healing. So now right ear has cleared up and I still have all three of my piercings and no scar tissue.

Thanks heaps BME!

Thanks for sharing your story, you should write up an experience and submit it! I’m glad that you got your boil sorted out before it got any worse, and I’m also glad that the knowledge you gained from BME helped you keep your piercings throughout the healing of your problem. Take care!