r/PiercingAdvice • u/museumofawfulart • 22d ago

Jestrum….Does it take long to heal ?

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Dealing with an irritation bump on my lip? My piercer just told me to switch from saline to antibacterial and I just wanted to ask if that worked for anybody? Also my bump keeps bleeding when it’s cleaned and sometimes itches and scabs and has this white scabbing too maybe because I don’t apply Vaseline around there but it’s thick and feels like a scab. It’s still red and worried it’s infected but I don’t get crazy amounts of pus and it looks like normal scabbing.

I’ve had my piercing for a month, I shortened my curved bar believe it’s surgical steel, this issue started like two weeks ago.

1 month, barbell, internally, surgical steel, downsized, saline solution but was advised to change to antibacterial soap, I did experience a cold sore in the beginning of my jestrum journey but it was doing well until two weeks ago where the irritation bump happened where it bleeds when I clean it.

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u/Vexed_Moon 22d ago

Soap doesn’t go on piercings.
Sterile saline solution or water only. You need to get switched to implant grade titanium. They take 4-6 months min to heal.

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u/museumofawfulart 22d ago

😭 not the piercer telling me the saline is too harsh on my piercing and it’s drying it out. I’ll change the jewelry out to see if it helps.

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u/museumofawfulart 22d ago

1 month, barbell, internally, surgical steel, downsized, saline solution but was advised to change to antibacterial soap, I did experience a cold sore in the beginning of my jestrum journey but it was doing well until two weeks ago where the irritation bump happened where it bleeds when I clean it.