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Ear piercing (cartilige) healing
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i had the top part of my ear peirced in 2004. i took the earing out in jan 2005. i have a great imune system but this hasn't healed like it should have. recently its started releasing the odd bit of pus. should i go get some anti-biotics? or is that fairly regular.
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i was told not to take mine out for more than 6 days at a time, or the cartilige will heal itself and close over
i took mine out for 2 years and its still got a hole in it haha
as has already been suggested, just keep it clean and you should be fine x
Clean it with saline - either a mug of boiled water with a quarter of a teaspoon of sea salt in it or straight from the bottle of saline solution (salt water).
Don't use Savlon or any other creams as they harbour bacteria and can cause infection.