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Treatments for small bumps on nipple piercings ? (Photo)

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Anonymousask00May 27, 2019

Currently I have nipple piercings, I got them almost a year ago. I still have small bumps, they’ve reduced a lot with the hydrocortisone my doctor gave me (3 weeks of application) and I do sea salt soaks. Anything else to reduce the bumps? Or just be patient?

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Thank you for your question.  My patients usually tell me they are sore for about a week, after that they can return to work on lite duty.  I advise my patients to wear a sport bra for 6 weeks after until incisions are healed.  Best of luck!Dhaval Patel Double Board Certified  Plastic Surg...

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Amir Nakhdjevani, MBBS, MRCS, FRCS(Plast)

Thanks fo rthe question. I have found that when just doing the areolas without any additional skin being removed to leave a vertical scar (lollipop scar) there can be the stretch of the scar. I think a circumferential scar is pulled in all directions due to the tension that is created and this ...

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