Scar tissue inside earlobe?

[Zohwhee]

So when I was about 15/16, i was really stupid and decided to stretch my lobes way too fast, one ripped, and when it healed back up it developed a lump. I'm supposing its maybe a keloid. Its inside my actual earlobe, not behind or on front of it, and the lump isnt visible, but the scar is. Its a healed scar, I'm 20 years old now, and it causes me no distress.

However, I want my lobes repierced, and its smack bang in the middle, I can see no feasible way of getting rid of it, and I understand piercing through it would be a foolish thing to do. I'm going to my piercer to talk about it and see if she has any suggestions, however any of your suggestions or opinions would be fantastic.

[The Fetish Faerie]

Tea tree oil will help dry out the scarring. It might help to get rid of the bump on the inside. Keloids usually happen elsewhere than where the piercing is at. A lot of people confuse keloid with hypertrophic scarring so its no biggie. It probably is just a ball of scar tissue. TTO can probably help.

[Unicorina]

I actually had my ear re pierced through scar tissue once. It was probably less than you have, but it went off without a hitch. After my first ear piercing, I'd gotten the stopper of a stud stuck in my earlobe and an infection, freaked out and once we got it out refused to wear earrings for a long time. When I finally went to get them redone, they had to go through some scar tissue in that one ear. It just a little more painful than a normal earlobe piercing.

So, you may be able to get it done yet!

[Flynn MacCumhaill]

If it's actually in the lobe, not a poky-out-bit, the tea tree oil is not a good option. Gentle vitamin E oil massages soften and break up scar tissue. Tea tree oil dries up small protruding scar lumps so they flake off.

It's almost certainly regular scar tissue. You tore your bloody lobe, after all! Keloiding is a type of scarring that just keeps growing like ********.

[Axis of Fabulousness]

If it's a keloid, there's nothing you can do about it and I should know- I'm one of the super-lucky people who develops them very easily. But not on my ears for some reason... just my shoulders, upper back and chest. Anywho, the only way to get rid of them is to either cut them out (not such a good idea for obvious reasons) or to inject them with a corticosteroid cocktail, which hurts like ********.

It's more than likely just your run-of-the-mill scar tissue, in which case Flynn's advice is the way to go.