Ex-microdermal implant.

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Tuesday February 17th, 2009 @ 4:01 PM

Filed under: Surface/Unusual

So I woke up in a bit of chest pain this morning and went to investigate my (roughly 8 month old) dermal implant. She seemed to have a lot of crust around her, and was a little askew as well, so I washed up and got my cleaning tools (cotton tips - love em). Upon prodding around I noticed that the majority of the ‘crust’ was the lower end of the ‘foot’ of my implant!! The initial reaction was to yank it out, and once I did, LO AND BEHOLD THERE GUSHED A BLOODY SIGHT I HAVE NOT SEEN SINCE.. I got pierced. Not much really, but I freaked out.

My question is pertaining to the lovely wound I now have in the dead center of my chest. How can I keep it clean and free from infection (since I obviously couldn’t manage with the implant itself..)? And is there anything I should be looking for, such as a keloid or hypertrophic scarring?

It’s not unusual that after yanking out a surface anchor you experienced some bleeding.
Keep the wound clean like you would a cut. Mild soap whenever it becomes contaminated (touching it, contact with clothes, etc) keep it out of standing bodies of water for a couple weeks, don’t pick at it.

The resulting scar will depend greatly on how you scar normally. If you’re prone to keloid scars, there is a good chance that one could come up from the piercing.

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