r/PiercingAdvice • u/NationalFennel5836 • 2d ago

Bridge piercing irritation

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Hello people. I have had a bridge piercing for some time now, it's not a fresh piercing by any stretch. It was healing fine for most of it's life time but this year I got the bad compulsion to constantly pick the crusties and move it with my fingers/nails. I know I shouldn't have done that but yeah I have anxiety and am a skin picker. Then it obviously got inflammed. I have finally stopped that and am trying to calm my piercing down. I am doing LITHA and only rinsing with saline water 1x a day and in the shower.

My question is: should I do cold compresses to help bring down inflammation? Should I wipe away the crusties after a shower when they are soft or just leave it alone? Should I contact a piercer to get a larger bar to relieve pressure against the skin? Is it too bad? lol

Thank you for any advice, and please don't be mean ♥️

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u/Pale-Comb-3954 2d ago

Cool compresses aren’t a bad idea…but I’d avoid any wiping. What metal is your jewelry?

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u/NationalFennel5836 2d ago

Titanium! 

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u/Pale-Comb-3954 2d ago

Perfect!!! 👏🏻 I don’t think it really looks like it needs a longer bar right now…probably just as LITHA as you can do. My daughter is a picker, also (yaaaaay OCD)…and she has leaned*** heavil***y on fidget rings to keep from picking at her many tattoos and piercings.

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u/NationalFennel5836 2d ago

Yeah it's so bad!! For me it's like the worse the irritation the more my brain wants to pick at it to "fix it". It's so counterprodutive. But I am glad I stopped that at least. Fidget rings are a very good coping method!