Microdermal Irritation

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Sunday June 1st, 2008 @ 2:28 AM

Filed under: Nipple, Piercing

I recently got my second microdermal, 2-3 weeks ago. Up to this point I haven’t had any issues at all, and it has healed well, as has my other one. Today I noticed that the area immediately around it was slightly raised, and there was some funky crust on it. I can’t tell really if it’s red or weird looking besides the raised area, because it’s in a tattoo. I went ahead an cleaned it with my saltwater solution, and am leaving it alone. I want to believe that maybe I banged it or caught it on something during my nap, but I’m not totally sure because it hasn’t already happened up to this point. As this is kind of a newer procedure, I’m not sure if I need to go straight to my piercer, or let it wait a few days like I would any other piercing. The area isn’t painful or hot, and it is not causing me any real discomfort, just the raised area and the nasty crust. What do you think?

If you have any worries/concerns about your piercings you should always be willing to return to the piercer for them to assess the situation. Because if you just let it be the problem will be compounded and just continue if its something serious. So ideally better to have them check and give it the good old thumbs up or suggest you do something different to correct the situation.

Also know your microdcermals AREN’T healed in 2-3 weeks. No piercing, whatever it may be, takes 2-3 weeks to be 100% healed. If there’s no redness or crusty matter it means your piercing is healing well. If it begins to be red, crusty,etc then you must consider something you’ve done or introduced to your piercing to make it this way. It could be impact/catching, soaps, laundry detergent,etc.

Were you informed to wear any sort of bandage within the first week or two? Personally with microdermals and surface piercings I advise my clients to wear some sort of bandage, to reduce the potential of catching,etc. When it comes to the bandage I tell them to use their own judgement but ideally its best to wear a bandage if they are going out, or while they sleep.

So if you haven’t been wearing any sort of bandage, you should maybe try doing so during these times I suggested, to see if any chance occurs. But first visit your piecer and have them inspect the microdermal so they can give you their opinion.

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