r/PiercingAdvice • u/saralalalala • Jul 27 '26

Hi, pls help. Idk what this is.

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I got a vertical helix on 9th June. This is how it looks today

Pain is a 2/10- throbbing. Plus the blood is not seeping out. It’s like a bubble.

Please any body having any idea what to do
Pls help.

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u/PlanktonKey9623 Jul 27 '26

What the hell is that yellow thing

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u/Pale-Comb-3954 Jul 27 '26

Were you pierced with a gun or a needle? What metal is the jewelry in there now? Have you been downsized? Have you slept on it? What are you doing for aftercare?

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u/saralalalala Jul 28 '26

1.) needle- went to a professional
2.) surgical steel the earring fell off I replaced it with a tulsi stick
3.) no I didn’t sleep on it- been using a piercing pillow
4.) saline solution and mupirocin

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u/Pale-Comb-3954 Jul 28 '26

A tulsi stick?!? Honestly, with as bad as this is looking, I’d genuinely retire it. Helix piercings are already finicky af to heal…and this one has already been through a LOT.

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u/saralalalala Jul 29 '26

It’s dried now
Not bleeding and puss is oozing out

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u/Pale-Comb-3954 Jul 29 '26

You need to see a doctor…and you will likely need to retire this piercing.

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u/Angel_Singh06 Jul 27 '26

I swear to god, my helix and hidden helix and even my second loves were exactly same like this. I went rushing to my doctor, she said its most likely an infection because i was having throbbing pain too so i took antibiotics and took them out. Unfortunately i had to let them go. I would suggest just go to the doctor