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What to do if i had my tragus pierced 4 month ago the bump is fine but my tragus is very thick and hard not to sore though but looks like whole tragus swoll?

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Dr. Gary Tuma answered

Specializes in Facial Plastic Surgery

Tragus: Remove piercing. You may need to have surgery to reduce cartlidge. It can occur when you traumatize cartilidge it thickens and scars.

Answered 7/4/2014

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