Where my ear piercing is there is a lump like a blind pimple or a cyst. How can i get rid of it?

I havent been wearing any strange earings and i try to give my ears a break and swap sterling sliver and surgeical steel ones. I never borrow other peoples earings and the lump isnt noticable it just hurts a little bit when you touch it. Any ideas?|||It probably is scar tissue. Whenever the body receives a trauma (which piercing is) or is exposed to a foreign body (like earrings) one of the ways it responds as it heals is to form scar tissue at the site. As long as the area isn%26#039;t red, warm to the touch, swollen, painful all the time and/or draining pus (all of which could mean an infection or allergy) then it is probably scar tissue which won%26#039;t go away, but is not harmful.|||I think it is just irritation. Mine get like that sometimes. I don%26#039;t wear earrings very often so, when I do, I tear the skin a bit to get them in. They do get red and warm to touch, but this goes away with time once I remove the earrings. Just be sure to sterilize your earrings and wash your hands before you touch your ears- your body%26#039;s natural defenses will prevent a full-blown infection from occurring. A bit of hydrogen peroxide applied to the ears also helps.|||It could be a little keloid scar. They can go away on their own with time, but to help it along you can put a baking powder mask on it. Get a little baking powder (1tsp) and mix in wnough water to make a paste. Put it on and let it do its job. After a little while, maybe 30 minutes, it will dry and you can wash it off. Repeat once a day for a week or so, you should notice improvement soon. Good Luck.|||its an infection. Remove the earring let it heal up and use gold earrings if you decide to pierce it again.