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Suggest Remedy For Itchy Bumps Around The Belly Region
Hi I got a belly buttin piercing about a year ago. I changed the jewlery about a month or so it has developed a red itchy bumps around and inside my belly button ring and also it has developed a volcano looking skin at the exit of the belly button ring.
Fri, 31 Oct 2014
Hello and welcome to HCM.
It seems you have got local irritation due to piercing. It called Contact irritant
dermatitis.
Nothing to worry as your skin will be fine soon.
I would advise you a week course of oral prednisolone in low dose (5-10mg).
Apply a mild corticosteroid like desonide and antibiotic like fusidic acid twice a day.
Take antihistaminics for few days to relieve itching.
Hope this was useful.
Take care
Dr Hardik Pitroda
It seems you have got local irritation due to piercing. It called Contact irritant
dermatitis.
Nothing to worry as your skin will be fine soon.
I would advise you a week course of oral prednisolone in low dose (5-10mg).
Apply a mild corticosteroid like desonide and antibiotic like fusidic acid twice a day.
Take antihistaminics for few days to relieve itching.
Hope this was useful.
Take care
Dr Hardik Pitroda
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