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Nose piercing infection
I got my nose pierced with a gun like 4 5 weeks ago. I'm very sensitive to metals so the piercing after a few days started hurting. I removed it and put neem stick and put warm compress too. The place where I got it pierced gave me piercing gel to use and I apply that but it's really swollen a lot now and has pus. The skin looks pushed up and it's like an abscess on the inside of the nose. What should I do? It bleeds too.
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Dr. Vinay S Bhat
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
15 yrs exp
Bangalore
You seem to have developed infection of the nose piercing site probably secondary to allergic reaction towards metallic nose stud. You may need to take antibiotics and apply antibiotic ointment for few days
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