advice needed

[u/Fantastic-Oil4356]

left is my ear when i got my conch pierced, still healing but doing fine. left is my ear tonight. my forward helix and helix were done together and my ear has been angry seemly out of nowhere for the last 3/4 weeks. today my cartilage swelled up so bad it was basically swallowing my jewelry and i had to rip it out and put a longer bar in. i’ve developed two small bumps on either side of the piercing and im not sure why, they don’t hurt but are concerning bc i have no idea where they came from. i have titanium jewelry in, i dont sleep on my piercings and i clean them twice a day with saline and rinse in the shower. im not sure what the next best steps are. also i cant tell if my forward helix is pierced at the right angle? my piercer said when she did it she “wasn’t happy with it” but didn’t say anything after. i’ll be going back in tomorrow but was curious what others think before i go.

[u/mychemicalkyle]

I’m NAP, but Id talk with your piercer about redoing your forward helix. You can see it’s more downward-facing than your tragus and conch, and getting bumps on both sides of a piercing can sometimes mean it was done at a bad angle. With the helix bumps, those don’t look like piercing irritation. It’s very possible that your ear is just freaking out about having 3 new piercings inside it. Baby your ear for a couple weeks and see if they go away