Body Piercing Tips : What are Keloids?

Keloids are overgrowths of tissue around a piercing that can be treated with tea tree oil or an aspirin solution. Treat keloids with tips from a licensed piercer in this free video on body modification.

Expert: Tristan McCauley
Contact: www.luckyseventattoo.net
Bio: Tristan McCauley has been piercing for two years after a 9-month apprenticeship under Brian Price, a 12-year veteran in the craft.
Filmmaker: Reel Media LLC

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• piercing
• body piercing
• nose rings
• tongue rings
• eyebrow rings
• belly button rings
• navel piercing
• body modification

[Silvereric05]

eveeryone listen!! im only fifteen and iv had a keloid for 3 years its the size of a small bead and iv benn hearing that tree oil works so i gave it a try it wanly 9 bucks, iv been a week and its starting to dry up and flatten soon it will be gone this works!

[FlamedYoshi007]

do u know what i used for my keloid....i used the acne clenser proactive refining mask....LOL XD ... My keloid is now gone :D

[bluefreak327]

Where do you buy tea tree oil from?

[kittushona]

i hv a keloid on my ear m using tea tree oil,should i remove earring or its ok?repl must

[CookieBitchii]

I have my ears pierced since November...20 something, and now it's the 1st of January 2012 and It's kinda thick and hasn't healed...What do I do??

I heard u should use saliva so I did it a few mins ago...

So I'm waiting for progress :D

[MrMartinReiser]

HELP! so i had a keliod scar on my arm . had my ears pierced and i took my piercing outs and i'm feeling lumps on my ear lobes i'm hoping it's not a keloid or i'm hoping i can prevent it from getting really big and gross! so should i keep my ear ring in or leave it out ? i'm going to buy some tea tree oil online but i don't know what i should do in the mean time!

[Blackrosereaper]

THEY ARE NOT KELOIDS! they are what is called a Granuloma. it's a infection that causes granulated tissue to form into a small, soft lump, it is not a keloid, a keloid is hard and does not go down in size without the use of strong steroid cream, if you have a bump on or very close to your piercing, you need to clean it with warm salty water till the swelling goes down, sometime it can happen from crap jewellery or playing with it too much in the early healing process...

[niwamoza]

this is an amzing tip!!!! i found a keloid and started treating it with sea salt water and hot compresses which made it worse!! i then started the tea tree which helped but not much. I then found this tip and have been doing a tea tree wash and aspirin paste whilst im home or in bed and there has been a massive improvement overnight!!!!! i no longer look like i have a second head growing out the side of my nose!! thank you sooo much. Thanks so much :)

[MsFunk]

@Silvereric05 Thanks for your comment! I got a piercing and I've had this bump on my cartilage for almost 2 years now. I thought nothing could get rid of it. I'm definitely going to give it a try!!

[AshLovesBeauty93]

will lime juice work instead of lemon juice?

[xXpsychofuck666Xx]

idk what to do..ive had my cheek piercings for almost a year, and theres like a ball right next to the piercing, i guess a keloid, but its INSIDE my skin like its not visible, but i can feel it .i want it to go away >:/

[KatPunkari]

Actually it's hypertrophic scarring on peircings. Keloids can be mistaken for hypertrophic scarring easily. You see Keloids won't go away without medical injections and hypertrophic scarring will with treatment. Any paste isn't good for the scarring. You should know that though. Hydracortisone cream is the best way!