A few months ago I (naively) got my upper ear cartilage pierced at Claire's with a gun. I'd wanted the piercing for years, but it was an impulse buy, I suppose. I know now I should have gotten it done with a needle. But at any rate, I wanted to change the stud to a hoop so I went to professional place and they changed it. Then about a month later my piercing got infected and developed a pus bubble or bump. Over time it has gotten a little bit larger.
I've tried everything: antiseptic, sea salt, crushed aspirin & spit, topical cream subscribed from my doctor, antibiotics for a week also subscribed by my doctor, and so on. I just finished the antibiotics, and have seen no change in my earring. I don't know what to do, and I just wish I could drain the pus somehow and let it heal, and know I cannot remove the earring since that would make things worse. Apparently it needs to be kept in, in order to drain the pus, etc.
Does anyone know any other solution?
2007-03-25
19:18:53
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turquoise7
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