HELP! Is this an allergy? Or something else?

I made out with this guy last night, and I noticed today, that I have what I thought was just a breakout on my chin under my lip. It spans from right under my lip, to the tip of my chin. Then I thought it could just be from my new labret piercing. (its 5 weeks old, and i just changed it to a hoop the day I made out with the guy).
My chest started to itch, and I noticed I have the same rash on my chest. Its basically confined to the "V" shape of my bra. It's not on my neck, that I have noticed.
I slept with my necklace on, but i have been doing that a couple nights now. It just seems weird that this happened after I made out.

Now, for a description of the rash...
It's red, blotchy, raised a little, and really itchy! Someone on another board said it sounded like a metal allergy with bad timing, and to take out the jewelry. I wasn't too sure about that because I have been wearing that necklace for a couple days and been fine. And I didn't break out on my chin until a day later.

I put my old jewelry in that I got it pierced with, and took the necklace off, and its still here. I took the necklace off two days ago, and the piercing out yesterday. Nothing. It's still itchy. I tried to pop one of the raised bumps, and clear liquid came out. Now it's even more itchy. I'm pretty stupid like that sometimes.

Is this an allergy, or because he had a lot of stubble and I was really drunk, and didn't notice that I'd get stubble rash. BUT..does stubble rash/pash rash itch like this? Gahh.. I'm so confused.

I'd appreciate any input. THANKS!

[hollywood_babylon]

Since no one is replying, here's a picture of it:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/unfoldedwings/1.jpg

[FurballsMom]

I can imagine that you haven't gotten a reply because people don't really know how to answer.  I see how old this post is, so I hope this has gotten better by now.

Did you find out what the problem was?  I was going to guess that you had a reaction to the body piercing in your lip.  You were only kissing with your mouth, right?  Those pictures look a lot like some things I've seen on peoples' faces while riding public transportation.  Many of them were people with the body piercing.  It resembles acne on the face, but I see the area on your chest where I get an unexplained rash of some sort myself.  I don't know anything about body piercing, and to be honest I don't really like it, but don't worry about that influencing what I'm talking about here.  I still think you might have a reaction to the body piercing, because I do understand metal allergies, since my cousins and some friends have serious metal allergies.  And, the thing is, that is a location on your body where the piercing is deep by necessity, so it is a lot more likely for things to enter your blood stream more directly than from an ear lobe.

And, too, I have heard many horror stories of things going so wrong with body piercings, not just the ones in the mouth region.

Don't forget, there are lymph nodes very close to the mouth region, like the ones near the ears and jaws.  Blood moves fast, and that's not far from lymph nodes.  This is something to keep in mind, since the lymph system involves our immune system, too.  Everything does, for that matter.

Now, I realize that high grade metals have to be used, and I realize that stringent measures to prevent infection are used in the reputable places that do body piercing.  Someone told me about the type of metal used.  It's something I can't remember the name of that metal that is supposed to be more hypoallergenic and tougher than surgical steel.  Be that as it may, body piercings are susceptible to infections more than the traditional ear lobe piercing is.  That doesn't look like infection to me, that looks more like allergy to me.  I have many allergies, and like I said, my cousins with metal allergies get contact dermatitis just from having the metal touching their skin.  I can imagine that they would have something like what happened to you happen to them as well, and they might even feel physically ill with it, too.

My cousins weren't able to have pierced ears, because they couldn't use the surgical steel and our family comes from modest means, so none of us could afford pure gold for them.

Kindd would probably tell you that the way to find out if this is from a metal allergy is to see an allergist and get skin scratch tests and/or the older RAST test to know if this is a "true" allergy or not.  There is only one trouble with getting tested for "true" allergies that I have learned from personal experience with food sensitivities.  The things I know I react negatively to don't show up as "true" allergies, even though I still react badly to certain foods.  Well, this is the conventional method of testing for "true" allergies, but if a person has sensitivities, like I do, the tests can still come back negative.  It is still sensible to get tested, though, because then you'll know how severely your body is allergic or sensitive to something.  With the food sensitivities, I still need to avoid the foods that cause me problems.

Now, I do have pierced ears.  For most of my life, I had no problem wearing the cheap nickel ear wires.  I am not allergic to cheap metals.  I know this, because I wear a women's watch that is the feminine version of one of those metal stretch bands that many men wear to which I never get any contact dermatitis.  Since it's a cheap watch, one can assume that it is loaded with nickel.  So, I know that I am not likely to have a "true" allergy to nickel alloys.  This is a reasonable assumption, given my above description.  However, I do have some clear sensitivities to the cheap nickel ear wires, because they irritate my ear holes.  I didn't used to have this sensitivity, but I do now.  The same thing happens when I try to wear copper ear wires or the deliberately oxidized blackened ear wires.  So, I do have some kind of sensitivity to the inexpensive or cheap ear wires.  Fortunately, I can resolve this issue by simply switching out the ear wires to either gold filled ear wires or sterling silver ear wires.  This doesn't work for people with the more obvious metal allergies, because they must use pure gold and pure silver.

I have heard that pure gold and pure silver won't work for body piercings.  I know you probably really want to keep your body piercing, but given that you're still concerned about the reaction you're having and given the pictures, then I have to conclude that perhaps your body doesn't want to keep the body piercings.  I'm sure you probably have been told to try removing the stud from your bottom lip and see if any of the rash disappears by now.  It could take a while before a rash like that disappears when removing the stud, so it could be hard to know for sure.  I'm sure that you're still wanting to keep your piercing or you wouldn't be still watching for responses.

I don't know if I gave you an answer you didn't already have, but I honestly hope I've said something that is helpful.

Have you seen a doctor by now for this rash?  Man, I hope so.  I think it's still important to see your doctor for this.  I have some personal experience with allergies, but I still think you need much more than a lay person's answer.  If you haven't had any serious issues with the pierced hole itself or with it growing closed, I'm sure you can remove your stud to see if the rash disappears on its own.  But, if it's an allergy, it could take quite a while, and I'm not sure how long, for the rash to disappear.  Unfortunately, this is the only way I know of, short of seeing an allergist, to find out if this is a metal allergy or not, since this is more than a simple contact dermatitis and looks to me like it is some kind of response from deep within the body.  I do know that if it's an allergy and you avoid contact with that metal and you take an antihistamine that this should help you get rid of the rash.

I don't think this is a simple thing.  I am only a lay person and not an expert, even though I have had experience with allergies and sensitivities.  I still believe you are going to need to see a doctor for this, so now you know for sure that this isn't because of my personal opinions about the aesthetics of body piercings.  Since your original posting is approximately a year and a half ago, I sure do hope you have been able to get to a doctor for this.  It might also be worth the little bit of money it takes to ask the experts on this allergy forum.  I know they'll repeat what I said, but I'm certain they'll have some information that I don't have.  I'm only a lay person, but someone with some life experience and experience with allergies and sensitivities.