How Do I Get Rid Of A Keloid Under My Tongue Piercing?
No, nothing will get rid of a Keloid short of steroid treatments. Fortunately, I highly doubt it’s a Keloid; Keloids on piercings are extremely rare. Unless you’re predisposed to getting Keloids, honestly, you don’t have one. What you may have, rather, is Hypertrophic scarring or Hypergranulation. Hypertrophic scarring is like a Keloid in that it is a build up of collagen. However, unlike Keloids in which collagen aligns every which way, the collagen in Hypertrohic scars aligns nice and evenly, this makes it possible to reabsorb them; Hypertrophic scars typically go away in time, but warm compresses and emu oil massages can help. But I’m not convinced this is what you have. Hypertrophics on tongue piercings are also kind of rare. I’d bet you have Hypergranulation, which happens when the developing fistula inside the piercing overgrows a little bit, outside of the piercing. I think you have this because it is much more common in wet areas than any other areas, and of course the mouth is
