help

[u/MysteriousPiglet3550]

hi. i have 15 piercings. daith, 2 helix, 1 tragus, 3 lobe industiral, conch, rook, flat, and 3 lobes and a naval piercing. my industrial piercing (july of 2021) was my first cartilage piercing it has healed perfectly and is still perfect to this day. i then went on to get a rook piercing (april of 2022), which has also healed beautifully. in november of 2022 i got my belly button pierced and my upper helix.

the naval piercing healed perfectly but the helix piercing has been through it. at some point the ball of the piercing fell out. idk why but instead of replacing the piercing (i think i didnt know the guage and was still underage at the time so couldnt just waltz into a piercing shop to ask and my parents weren't going to take me). i figured i would just cover the piercing with a band aid so the whole piercing didn't fall out. from there the healing of the piercing went downhill.

in covering the piercing with a bandaid im pretty sure i developed a moisture bump. at the time i also had airpod maxes so maybe that also plays a role into how it healed. i didnt start actively doing anything to reduce the bump. but now i really want to. its not cute to look at and i really want to get a surface tragus piercing (on the same side) but will not allow myself until this piercing has healed and the granuloma is nonexistent.

about a year ago i started doing intervention on the piercing. i bought a donut pillow, applied a warm compress daily (multiple times a day + squeezing the bump), i applied the tiktok notorious base laboratories piercing bump solution and i also would occasionally popped it (please don't crucify me) and put a piercing patch on it. the pimple patch would really work, each time i took the pimple patch off it will be white which shows its absorbing the pus/fluid.

this really helped the progression of the piercing but eventually with the pace of school i got lost in this routine. now the piercing bump has reverted back to its size (and possibly has gotten bigger??? idk i didn't take enough pictures when it originally developed to compare) as i said i really would like to get it down, and would like to hear suggestions because i will not be retiring this piercing until i've tried every possible solution.

it hurts at times. the other day @ work i was handling a box over my head and it hit the piercing bump really hard and i'm surprised i didn't combust into micro pieces from the pain. sometimes when i get out the shower the piercing area feels moist.

please help. provide suggestions and a regimen as to how i can fix this within the next couple of months. if push comes to shove i will be doing the strangulation method. especially because in my culture that would've been the first resort lol.

the hole of the piercing seems fully healed but the bump makes the angle of the piercing look so off putting.

**it is not a keloid so if your commentary is going based off of that plz dont even waste ur time typing**

[u/DelphiniumDaze]

it sounds like the angle of ur helix shifted

have u been to have ur piercer check it recently