If a professional pierce your ear or ears will you still have a chance of getting keloid?

Answer 1

keloids are excess scar tissue. I have a friend who had his ears pierced on both lobs professionally with a gun, and he developed keloids the size of a drop of water on each side. I had the top of my cartlidge pierced and developed a very small, dot-sized keloid that no one can see, but I can feel it when I touch it. It doesn't hurt or bother me so I won't bother to get rid of it. It depends on your skin and its own healing process. I haven't met anyone else who ever developed a keloid, so it's probably not that common. Keloids are more likely to occur in people with higher skin pigmentation. I'm Indian and many Indian people get their noses pierced, and most of them develop keloids there at least a few times after they first get it done before the piercing completely heals. They can heel naturally if you leave them alone, but if you have a severe case you may need to see a derm to get steroid injections or some other treatment. Overall you shouldn't have a problem whether you get it professionally or decide to light a needle and do it yourself (not my recommendation). Good luck!!

The often misunderstood"Keloid".

Well here's the skinny on "what it is" and "how it happens". A keloid is a grouping of disorganized skin cells formed in locations of injury where the surface tissue has been damaged or cut. Often referred to as "scar tissue", this tissue because of it's disorganised structure doesn't stretch ( if it does, it doesn't stretch as far as the surrounding normal tissue ). Deep burns, deep cuts and other more invasive injuries will form keloids to fill in the area of damage to protect the bodies inner workings.

Body piercings do not form keloids because the body is guarded from the outside by the jewellery in the piercing, so the body forms a "fistula*" (*a tube of skin ) this is actual organised skin cells that have the ability to stretch unlike scar tissue. Lumps and bumps beside the piercings are quite often called Keloids but this is a mistake made by most inexperienced body piercers ( generally due to a lack of further training and self education ). These bumps are another animal all together known as a "Hypertrophic Reaction".

Hypertrophic Reactions are just what the name infers a "reaction" generally a hypertrophic reaction can occur with any organs in or on the human body ( skin is an organ ). When they occur with a piercing, it's due to the application of an irritant ( generally the cleaner or disinfectant that has been recommended to clean and heal the piercing ). The application of this or the over use of these agents cause irritation to the new "fistula" the body is forming and thus the "reaction" occurs. A bump generally reddish in color will form near or at the entry or exit point of the piercing.

The client will at discovery of this bump, unknowingly apply even more cleaner or aftercare solution or spray and thus annoy the tissue even more. Simply ceasing the application of products and irrigating the piercing daily under running water has been found effective is 99% of the clients who have formed "hypertrophic reactions". The time period to see a change in this reaction can be from a few days to a couple of weeks. I hope you have found the above enlightening and informative and is based on over 16 years of experience professionally providing several thousand piercings over that time period.