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Earring pain
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A few weeks ago I had to take out my ear piercing. When I went to go put it back in half a day later it had closed up slightly and it took alot of effort to get the earring through. To this day it hurts very bad. I clean the earring and the jewlery daily and put antibiotic cream on it, which the Dr had told me to do when I had a piercing that was infected previously.
The piercing is not red, swollen or infected looking any way at all. However it hurts. It hurts to touch, hurts to move, just hurts alot.
Any ideas on how to make it feel better? Thanks.
The piercing is not red, swollen or infected looking any way at all. However it hurts. It hurts to touch, hurts to move, just hurts alot.
Any ideas on how to make it feel better? Thanks.
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Discusting, but soon I"ll be having to take it out again and I'll definatly try that when I go to put it back in. Thanks I'll actually try it when I get home. Maybe there is some scabbing still on the inside causing the pain. I know your own saliva disolves your blood, like if you get it on something, so I can believe that too. Thanks.
Bitch Well its the same type of earring I've always worn there. I guess theres that chance that I've just developed some reaction to it, but its not infected looking at all, thats what gets me.
Thanks, hun
I was thinking of asking a pharmacist, as I work in a pharmacy, but I'm too scared.
I was thinking, if its infected, which it most likely is, the best thing would be to put antibiotic cream on it, right?
http://www.neosporin.com/firstaid/neosporin.asp?sec=0&page=15 Maybe something like that? Cuz thats what I put on everythying
ssshhhhh
i've seen doctors for various infected piercings. same thing, put this on it, take out the piercing. Not doing that. I want this one, so if i did take it out, i'd get it done as soon as its healed and they get infected when they get pierced, so if it is infected like i'm now assuming, i'll just do the neosporin and rubbing alcohol and stuff for a couple weeks, that healed it last time. i just wonder how taking it out for half a day would have closed it up so much that when i went to stick an earing back in it would get infected
I guess all my questions are gone, i just like to whine
Actually I lied, there is one more question, I cannot for the life of me remember what material I have in the earring, all i know is that its not a cheapy and it (as always) has had to of had on it "for sensitive ear" or something. I'm going to get a new earing tonight, what materials would you suggest? (and probably not a solid 24kt gold one cuz i'm cheap and poor )
My advice is to never re-pierce your tragus with an earring!!! Cartilage is such a tricky thing to pierce, let alone with an earring not a needle :no:
As for metals, I suggest titanium as it's biologically innert. Oh and never use creams on piercings - the cream can harbour bacteria and cause infection.
Ilora x
Where did you get that from? God I would/could never pierce it myself, I couldn't even pierce my friends lobes when she asked.
Ilora x
Actually, that ment that it had closed up slightly, the hole was still there, it just took a little push to get it thru as the hole was thinner than normal, far from gone. I had taken it out for about 6 hours when I had to have surgery. Hardly a re-pierce.
I say, just take plenty of painkillers - ibuprofen to keep the inflamation down, and salt water soak it once a day...
Ilora x
Whats the salt water going to do? And how do I go about getting it on there? How often, I'll try anything. This one was infected just like it when I got it pierced, only then I had my papa to help me, and I will not let it dissapear due to another one
Thanks.
Can I ask what you've used to clean all your other piercings with?
Ilora x
ok thanks i'll haed out and search for another pair. I've always used an antibiotic cream or gel (the neosporin) on the hole and the piercing and rubbing alcohol to disenfict the earring and every other day to put on a q-tip and rub the area slightly. (Isopropyl alcohol i think is the name for it, the 70/30 mixture, the stinky stuff they use at the dr's all the time for cleaning thingies anyways) sorry i'm quite the rambler today
But the salt water does seem to be a popular thing here. I guess this is where I've beein going wrong Just how do you go about doing it and would it help now?
Right, you boil the kettle. Get a mug and fill it with boiled (not boiling) water. You then add 1/4 of a teaspoon of salt (preferably sea salt) stir, and let it cool.
The grab a q-tip, and dip it in the salt water and clean your piercing with it - you'll need a couple of q-tips and never dip the same q-tip in the solution twice.
I find that q-tips are the easiest way to clean a tragus because you can get behind the jewellery with it.. you can reach all the hard to get places.
Also, can I ask what type of earring your wearing in it? I'm guessing you're wearing a normal stud in it, that you'd wear in an ear lobe?
Ilora x
Even if its an antibiotic cream? youd think that would help, ah well. right now i'm wearing a stud, though normally i wear a hoop. Should the salt water thingy help kill the infection? How many times a day should I do it and what, in your opinion, is the best to use to clean the actual earring?
Thanks muchy for your time and ideas
Ideally you should be wearing something like a Micro Labret Stud, in titanium a Ball Closure Ring(coated titanium) or Circular Barbell (titanium)
Salt water won't kill any infection, it'll keep the area clean - for infection you should get your doc to prescribe oral antibiotics, rather than a cream.
I say clean it twice a day and no more than that or you'll aggravate it even more. As for cleaning the actual jewellery, I use a bowl of boiling salt water and leave the jewellery in it, and once it's cool, give it a rub down with clean hands and the salt water it's been soaked in...
Ilora x
thanks again :thumb:
Ilora x