Keloid Scars

The piercing technique used ( ear piercing gun, hollow piercing needle, or even sewing needle ) may or may not make a difference to the formation of keloid. Irritation of the piercing during healing, such as changing jewellery before the piercing has fully healed or pulling or tearing of the

With cartilage piercings, scar tissue is more likely to form if the ring is too small in diameter for the length of the piercing, or if the stud is too short, which is often the case of sleeper studs with butterfly clip backs installed with a piercing gun. Bacterial infections can also irritate the piercing enough for a small lump of scar tissue to form. Doctors will inform you that removing the jewellery at the first signs of keloid formation and allowing the piercing to heal will often get rid of the keloid, or minimize its size. Well thats quite true, removing the jewellery will nearly always get rid of the keloid, but they don't seem to understand that some of us really do not want to take the piercings out. They are very special to us and we always leave removal to the last possible moment.

Some people have some success with applying a little Vitamin E liquid to the keloid, this may decrease the formation or chance of formation of scar tissue. There seems to be a mixed success rate via this method. If the keloid does start to get too developed it may well be better to actually

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