text: i would advise you go back to the person who did your piercing, but since they did your initial piercing with sterling silver, then they are no good!  they should have done your initial piercing with stainless surgical steel...please find a reputable piercer in your area that uses stainless surgical steel for your initial piercing.\nin the meantime if you want to save your piercing, go find a surgical steel nose ring asap to put in from a more reputable piercing place!  a good piercing place will help you with your problem.  if not, then you will have to wait until it heals and closes up and try again through a reputable piercer.  \n\nto heal/clear up the infection, try sea salt soaks (a pinch of sea salt in 3 oz of hot tap water, soak a cotton ball and put it over your piercing for 5 minutes). it worked for me!