Surface Anchor Producing Lots of Lymph Fluid

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Wednesday March 18th, 2009 @ 7:37 AM

Filed under: Surface/Unusual

I have three surface anchors on my wrist (up-down) arrangement and they each have their own personalities. The first one I got has no problems. I recently had two more done about 6 days ago. The problem one is the middle piercing where it is constantly producing a pool of lymph fluid (clearish color). I have no redness in any of the piercings. I’m not normally concerned about this but the lymph fluid is being producing is A LOT. Every 5 minutes a small pool of fluid forms around the piercing. It’s almost been a week now and it’s still pushing out this much fluid. Should I be concerned?

At this early juncture, I wouldn’t fret TOO much about excessive lymphing. I’m a noted fan of the “better out than in” theory, if it weren’t draining, it’d be much more worrying! I’d salt soak it twice a day or so to encourage that drainage, and it SHOULD start to settle down within a week or two as it begins to heal. If it’s still playing up in a few weeks, consider popping in to see your piercer to get their take on it.