Nipple piercing problems

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Tuesday May 27th, 2008 @ 6:54 PM

Filed under: Nipple

I got both nipples pierces about two and a half years ago. They both took a long time to heal. My right one occasionally gives me some problems but only if irritated. The left one is always bothering me. It still drains and often has a marble sized lump behind the piercing. It doesnt hurt and sometimes goes away but or the most part I have had it for about a year and a hald. The lump gets smalled and sometimes its large like a large marble. I dont want to take it but O often worry about it. I have a round hoop now…..do u think I should go to a straigt bar. I dont think that will make this on and off lump go away….please help !!!!

Without seeing your piercing I’m pretty limited to what kind of suggestions I can make.

However, if you’ve had the piercing(s) for that long, and they still aren’t healed, it’s an indication that there is something pretty substantial going on. In general, here are a few of the potential issues:

1) The piercings are done too deeply. If this is the case, they may never fully heal
2) This one can be made worse by #1…the diameter of the rings in the piercings are too small for the amount of tissue in the piercings
3) The quality of jewelry you are wearing is substandard is continual irritating the piercing(s)

Those aren’ the only possibilities, but they are the most likely, based upon what you’ve described.

Changing to a barbell might help if the issue is (or at least part of the issue is) #2. It might also help if the issue is #3, assuming you change to a higher-quality piece of jewelry.

Based simply upon what you’ve described, I’d probably advise removing the piercings and having them re-done at a later date. Regardless of what the issue is, a marble-sized bump of any kind is clearly an indication your body is very unhappy about something. After this much time and trauma, it may not be possible to make your current piercings happy…especially if they are pierced too deeply.

Best of luck.

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