Need Help- A Little Worried

I told the gynecologist to test for hpv during my last pap smear, knowing it should show up if I had it. It had been awhile since I'd been with anyone, sexually speaking. Well, apparently everything was okay. I have been with someone since, but as far as I know, they don't have any std's. I had my nipples pierced, but they didn't like the piercings. I was repeatedly removing them when we were together, only to insert them later, sometimes forgetting for hours, and the piercings would start to heal, causing pain, irritation, bleeding, and infection when I pushed the jewelry back through. I finally decided to let them heal. I was afraid I was building scar tissue and also the right one looked a bit off and I was afraid it might scar. Anyway, this is what worries me...... The right side of the right one was the side that originally had me concerned, but then the left side starting getting............bad looking....left side of the right nipple. I now notice, while it looks bad externally, the inside worries me more. If I push on them, both nipples are still a bit open (holes not totally closed) and there is some draining of pus when I push- gross, I know- which is prob. semi normal....but there is something else in the right one. When I push, on the right one, on the left side, something comes out while I am pushing and goes back in when I quit. It looks wart like. Like little separate pieces of flesh, stringy like...like a wart gets. Doctor tested me for HPV, so I don't know if I would have warts. Can you get HPV warts on the nipples?

Please go and get a beast exam for your own pace of mind. with that said i don't think you can get HPV on your beast however i am not a doctor. it could just infected like you said, have the doctor check the wart to see if it is cancerous or not...blesss of luck to you

It sounds like your nipple rings might have gotten infected, that's not good/"normal". Go to your regular doctor immediately to have them evaluated. Don't worry so much about HPV, you can pick that up even without sexual relations! If it really concerns you, have the guy wear a condom for added protection.

it sounds like a typical nipple infection. the stringy/warty stuff could sometimes just be the skin that they punched out during the piercing - sometimes the whole bit doesn't come out until later. so don't stress it too much.

i think the best thing to do would be to go to your doctor. if you went to a reputable piercer, then i would actually suggest going to them (because they typically know a lot more about piercings than drs do) - but if your piercer had been reputable they would have sent you home with aftercare instructions, including what to do should you wish to grow the piercing out again.

most likely, your doc will give you an antibiotic to help it clear up faster. the other thing you can do is to make a saline solution and bathe the piercing site in that for 10mins each day. this helps draw the pus out, makes the inflammation go down, etc.

you can find instructions for making up a saline solution here: http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Salt_Soaks Important!! Don't use more salt than recommended, that will burn the piercing area and cause more problems.

Thank you all. The flesh won't pop out. I mean, it does, but it sucks back in, so I don't think it's loose flesh from the piercing procedure, that is still wedged in there. Also, I had it pierced quite awhile back, but just decided to let it heal up recently, so it seems it would have come out by now? Healing has went badly for one side. It is swollen on that side and red. I went to see a nurse practitioner today. She said it does look like a wart is popping out when I push on it, but before I pushed on it, she thought it looked like a normal little infection. She said she has never seen one in such a place before. She said she can't say for sure what it is, and I should go see a dermatologist for a biopsy and removal. I am broke and need a root canal, so I dunno how to afford this, but I have to try. I'm really worried it might be contagious and incurable. I told them to test me for hpv last time I was there when they did my pap, and I also asked for them to test for some other stds. They never said they couldn't. My test results were fine. But it turns out, I was NOT tested for hpv, and never informed that I couldn't be or wasn't.

Did you know, it can take a month to 2 months to get in to have something biopsied and removed even if it could be contagious or cancerous? They made me a dermatologist appointment for a month away. I called a diff. derm and they said it would be June.

Sweetheart, you are probably not going to like this advice lol.
(I am in the process of becoming a peircer )
As for what it could be, its very hard to say. I'm of the mind though that is probably scar tissue that has built up from the peircing. It could have been done wrong/crooked or just didn't heal because you took them out repeatedly.

If your holes are still draining, it is actually really important that you leave the jewelery IN rather than out until the infection is gone. The reason for this is if you take the jewelery out when infected, what can happen is the outside of the holes on either side will heal first, trapping any infection in, and has a good chance of actually causing scar tissue to build up and giving you a lump inside the nipple. This can cause problems later on.

However. I would ask your doctor because without taking a look at the nipple and what is coming out of it I can't really say for sure what that is, and if it is something problematic, it might be best to keep the jewelry out. You might also want to contact a reputable peircer in the area to have a look at it. But i know in my training that we are ALWAYS told to absolutely leave the jewelery in until the infection clears unless absolutely necessary.

What i reccomend though is picking up some Sea Salt... NOT regular salt unless you ABSOLUTELY have to, because regular salt contains Iodine which can irritate. DON'T use alchohol, or anything containing it as it will dry the area to the point of irritation and it really is not that great for clearing infection either. I suppose you could also use polysporin, but thats not usually reccomended either. The best thing you can do is 3-5 5-10min sea salt soaks per day. This will draw up any pus, infection, or blood that might be in the holes, and will help it heal.

Let me know if there is anything else I can help with and I will see what I can find out.

Thanks Rainbowzz. I dunno what to do. I don't want scar tissue in them, but they have healed up so much, I dunno if it would just make it worse to push the jewelry back through now or not. I was happy with the piercings, but after removing and replacing them so much I am starting to regret it due to scar tissue and now this growth. I do think it is a wart at this point. Even the gyn said it looked like one. The derm appointment I had got pushed a week later and I can't seem to see anyone else. I am freaking out. How do you even remove such a thing from inside the nipple? I am afraid I have damaged my nipples. This sucks. I am also worried about what has caused this. I always had protected sex, but I know that is no guarantee of anything, but I have never had a wart in my genital region and as far as I know, neither have any of my partners. To add to this, I just noticed that when I squeeze it, sometimes, the push is coming out of the top of the nipple as if my ducts, which are plugged in most women until they are pregnant or give birth, are themselves secreting fluid. Maybe they pierced through my duct and the pus is comming out of that?

Hmmm. Yes, if you find the holes are already somewhat healed - you are abosolutely right it probably wouldn't be best to push the jewelery back through.

If it makes you feel better, it may LOOK like a wart, but I have never, in all my experience seen a wart on a nipple. I mean, anything is possible when it comes to warts, but i think it is highly unlikely. I even asked the owner of the shop I frequent and he has never seen anything like it either, and he has been in the game for 28 years Thats not to say 100% it is not - I am not a peircer yet, nor am I a dermatologist who can say for sure. But i do think you can remain positive for now and try not to worry too too much.

I was thinking too that might be the case - in that the peircing was placed wrong. If you still get fluid leaking out of the nipple like that see your doc again, and if you get ANY major breast pain, swelling, redness or heat, see a doc right away because those are signs of mastitis, which can happen when the breast ducts and glands get infected.. and beleive me, its a very UNFUN thing to have. Painful and you get VERY sick like the worst flu ever. Im sure that wont happen though but its good to have worst case scenarios just in case.

For now if i were you just do the salt soaks. The salt soaks will help draw that fluid up and out, and at the very least, help it to heal without getting infected.

When you find out let me know.