Possible nipple infection

I'm worried that my new nipple piercing might have an infection. Can anyone give me any advice on the matter? It's a bit swollen with a little discharge. The same thing happened to one of my eyebrows once but it was after someone elbowed me in the face.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

the absolute best thing for that is antibiotics, I had non stop infections in my nipple and frenum piercings for a few weeks and I was prescribed antibiotics for something unrelated to the piercings and it cleared up the piercing infections right up. If not just soak your nipples in a sea salt and water and it should drain it. The usual two a day cleaning with bactine and dial soap works well to.

Cool, I'm currently popping Ibuprofen and looking at it in terror in the thought that it might have to come out.

A) Check the piercing group. There are a few threads on stuff like this that are very helpful.
B) What color is the discharge? How long have you had the piercing?

Discharge and swelling do not necessarily mean infection. It could just be irritated and your body is trying to fix itself.

call your peircer for the best care.

the dischagre looks like pus, I've had the piercing since Tuesday. I'm going to see the piercer tomorrow.

The only reason I ever took out the piercings was, by accident or because of a surgery I had last june. If you do have an infection it can be stopped. Listen to Destro it's always best to speak to your piercer and even freakpirate is on the right track. It might not be an infectiong it can be sore, irritated or just in a state of repair.

Does it smell bad?

No, I don't think it does.

ok if it did that would be lymph it's like a yellowish pus like material that smells funky.

Thank the sweet lord jesus then!

Check www.bmezine.com for some good info on this sort of thing. If it's a new piercing, it's probably not infected so much as just healing or irritated. Nipple piercings are notorious for discharge . . . I've had mine over a year and still get "crusties" every once in awhile. Lymph is whitish to slightly off-white and your nipples *should* be discharging that for awhile.

I assume you're using salt soaks to heal, so just keep those and the ibuprofen up. You'll be fine. Destro had the best advice of all . . . always go see your piercer if you have any concerns. He/she will be able to tell what's going on and give you some good tips and tricks for preventing any irritation you might have. Happy healing!

Oh god..
I just formed the most wicked mental picture

Get well soon Little Nipple!

I was frightened that this would be a rerun of Lotus-Boob. *shiver*

Hope your infection clears up. They're usually not that hard to treat, but uncomfortable as hell.

Fuck no, that picture has scarred me, even though I know it's a fake.

Thatnks for all the advice folks, I'm off to se my piercer now.

Buy this





from here or from your local piercer

[Edited on Sep 04, 2004 by SurfBetty]

The microwave, duh.
That's a GREAT idea, folks.

you're not suposed to heat it up. I was told when I got my nips done that submerging (sp) the piercing is not a good thing it can cause bacteria to grow...the H2 ocean is a sterile salt water aftercare spray...it keeps em clean...I had a similar problem when I got mine done and used that stuff plus ice I rubbed a lil' neosporine on it for only one day (cause you don't want to cause scar tissue) and it cleared right up....good luck

Just imagine if it got TOO BAD, you might have to have it amputated...

You are evil

I saw my piercer today, I advised ehr that it only started really swelling and shit yesterday morning, She asked if I had bumped it or anything and I mentioned I had caught myself on a seatbelt. She told me that it was just some bruising and that I had nothing to worry about. She replaced the bar with a longer one to alleviate the pressure from the swelling, I'm feeling great now.

Thanks for the advice folks.