I got both my nips done this past
valentine's day, and besides the pain from
the first day, they never gave me any
troubles. But the place I went to, the
guy didn't tell me how to clean them
properly, and he actually told me to put
neosporen on them (which I found out later
you're never supposed to do) but after
about 3wks to a month they started getting
dry and a nasty crust would form on the
rings where the holes were. I've since
learned the proper way to clean them and
have used the sea salt soak, and the nasty
crust has pretty much stopped, but i've
developed this big painful lump in my
right breast. It grew very rapidly and
is pretty big ( about the size of a flat
golf ball) and the skin is slightly
discolored as if I had a bruise on my
breast. The only thing I could find even
remotly like this on the web was something
about an abcsess due to infection but it
described it being right under the
piercing and the size of a marble, which
mine is much larger, painfull, and in
between my nipple and middle of my chest,
not really that close to the nipple.
I've avoided going to the doctor since I
don't have insurance and doing poorly
enough in my $$ situation. Has anyone
else experienced or even heard of this???
I spoke to a friend of mine that does
peircings for a living and he said he'd
have to see it (but you know how guys are)
and that he'd change my rings to barbells
and that should help them from being
aggravated, but i'm still super freaked
about this lump!! Help me out!!
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2ferano
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 3717
Posted: 04-18-04 09:04am
I would definately go to the doctor! It
may be an infection from your nipple ring,
or it could have nothing to do with that.
It could be a cyst or a lump that needs
to be removed. I would go to like a
family planning clinic. They are cheaper
and they can at least "feel" it and tell
you what you should do. But I would get
it checked as soon as possible. You
don't want to mess around with it. Good
luck.
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Roytimmer
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 4 Location: Nevada
Try This Posted: 05-01-04 09:30am
Hey have you tried asking a doctor online?
There's a site called pdpconnect.Com
where you can email a doctor your concerns
and he'll email you back. If you don't
have enough money to see a doctor
face-to-face, this could be a good option.
I know they've helped me out a few
times.
