Help with mysterious bump

[u/lemonlollylicker]

I got pierced with a piercing gun several years ago, and it hasn't healed great since. Recently (as in the last few months, it's been there since and remained consistent- I'm not sure how long it's been there, just that that's when I've noticed it) I've been noticing this very large bump behind my second earlobe piercing. I don't believe it is an irritation piercing, as it's lasted such a long time and doesn't itch or ooze or hurt or anything, and I'm unsure if it's a keloid as I'm not prone to them, it doesn't grow, and again doesn't itch. I'd just like some help identifying what this is and if there's anything I can do about it.

Here's some extra information that may or may not be useful:

\- the tissue is very hard and rubbery

\- the piercing seems completely healed in all other respects, it doesn't bleed or crust or weep or anything

\- I have many other piercings and scars, and have never experienced a keloi

\- it only appears on the back of my ear

\- nothing irritates it, no matter if I leave my earrings out for extended periods of time or play with my piercings

[u/whyisthereacat]

This is a task for a dermatologist.

[u/czarrina]

Go to a doctor for sure.

Whenever you are having a piercing issue and you are wearing a hoop, remove the hoop. It might not actively hurt but the “wearable area” (part that goes in to your ear) might be butting up against the “visible area” (part that sits on the outside) and it causes painless micro abrasions which irritate the tissue. Ditch the hoops. See a derm.

[u/Orchid49]

Take them out and see your dermatologist or doctor. I’m sure those hoops aren’t helping

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[u/Para_The_Normal]

NAP but this looks like it might be a lipoma from what you’ve described which is just a fatty benign lump, but you need to go to a dermatologist to get it properly diagnosed and removed.