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Navel Piercing Scar Repair

After getting pregnant my piercing seemed to stretch causing a "X" shaped stretch mark over the piercing scar. After losing the baby weight...

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How to Tell Between Keloid or Hypertrophic Scarring on Cartilage Piercing?

Three months ago I got my cartilage piercing, the other day I noticed a light pink bump has formed on the front side of my ear right next to my...

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Revision On Two Eyebrow Piercing Scars?

I got a double eyebrow piercing when I was 16 and I wore it util I turned 18, now I'm 20 an I completely regret it. I took it out because it was...

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Hypertrophic Scarring from Belly Button Piercing

HI, I have my belly button pierced and I have hypertrophic scarring at least I think I do...I've had it for 8 months and I think it's healed,...

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I Have Very Small Scars from Lip Piercings and Am Wondering How Much It Would Be to Close the Scars? (photo)

I had both sides of my lips pierced for quite some time. Ive been trying to close them for the past year and on the outside I have a small hole while...

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Hypertrophic Scar from Nose Piercing? (photo)

I have had a nose piercing for about two years. After a lot of infections irritation I decided to remove it. After doing so, a bump had formed. I went...

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How Do I Heal a Little Bump on my Cartilage Piercing?

One month ago I got my cartilage with a gun at Claire's. I always cleaned it with their solution and it doesn't hurt much or anything. Today I...

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Facial Piercings Scars, What Will They Look Like After a Skin Revision?

I've been searching online for photos and images for after surgery skin revisions of facial piercing. But i can't find any!? I fully understand that a...

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How Do I Prevent a Scar from Forming on my Upper Lip from a Piercing I Took Out,

I had a munroe piercing done a week ago.. and I've had too many problems with it so I decided to take it out. How do I prevent a scar from forming...

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Do Cartilage (Helix) Piercings Ever Close?

If I have a cartilage piercing that I want to let close, will it? I've been told that helix piercings shrink but never close. I've been told...

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