tldr do you think I can change the piercings to a more suitable material even with a bump? Sorry this has become a rant.

So, let me start by saying this is all on me, because at my big big age I did not do the necessary research before cartilage piercing, and the first time I got lucky (helix was pierced in titanium threadless, the problem with that piercer was that they didn't tell me anything, I didn't know what downsizing was), the second/third... Not so much.

Don't do what I did.

I got my fwd helix and my tragus done on a whim in a random shop, at the same time. I'm guessing the material is steel or something, because first the fwd helix developed a bump (second pic) and today I realised the tragus did as well. I honestly don't know what to do.

I've been around to piercers who have been given me contradictory advice (antibiotic cream, sea salt soak, soap..). I could finally get an appt with the only APP certified pierced in my city for thu, so let's see what they say. I am mostly scared I am going to have to retire the tragus and cannot get it repierced, because my tragus is small, but this was one of my dream piercing and idk :( 

I want to ask the piercer if it's possible to try and change the jewellery, not necessarily downsizing because they're swollen right now, but maybe the material will help? What do you think? I am open to retire the fwd helix and just pierce a vertical helix in its place, but I'm not sure about the tragus.

Piercings were done the 19th of june so they are a lil more than 6wks, they're two labrets which I suspect are steel and threaded (idk if externally or internally), not downsized. I've been litha, warm water in the shower and isotonic saline twice a day. No recent unfortunate events.

The downsized helix is a threadless neometal opal iirc.

Yet another piercing bump question