well i just got mine done 3 days ago and well its real swollen and has been waking me up at night with throbbing pain. i was seconds close to taking it out. is this normal? well its still swollen today. and is a ***** to try and move or clean ouch. well today i was about to head out early in the morning and while getting into the car i accidently drug my ear across the door frame of the car giving my peircing a real tug it bleed imediatly and hurt so bad. and got even more swollen. ive treid looking but cannot see any tears in my skin. i was wondering what i should do. it stopped bleeding and is this going to prolong the healing period? if so ugh...
2006-10-11 05:17:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Oh, you people with piercings LOL. My daughter got one and hers was very painful, sore and was black and blue for about six months. Try warm water and sea salt solution and take a cotton swab and cleanse the area every day and night. It will soothe it somewhat and take the pain away. Take Tylenol every six hrs, that helped my daughter. If it infects I would have the darn thing taken out immediately! But the sea salt should take care of that too. Good luck. Oh and you can buy sea salt in any grocery store, its right where the regular salt is.
2006-10-11 05:22:38 · answer #1 · answered by goodbye 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is NOT normal. It is infected. You have to decide, do you want to treat the infection with the earring in, or take it out and treat it, and pierce it again later when it is completely healed. It will need antibiotic ointment to heal, either way. I'm inclined to take it out and heal it first, it sounds pretty bad. I assume it's not a cartilage piercing (these usually are tender for some time, but not inflamed) because you are unfamiliar with what's normal in an ear piercing, and a person's first ear piercing is usually not cartilage. A non-cartilage piercing should never hurt, let alone bleed, after the piercing.
2006-10-11 05:34:14 · answer #2 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use hydrogen peroxide on a q-tip to clean it. Make sure your hands are clean before you touch it. Yes, it takes time to heal and hitting on the door frame will make it sore for a while. Just be careful and take some Ibuprofen for the pain and inflammation.
2006-10-11 05:20:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
my sister's ear was swollen from her industrial piercing for like 6-12 months..
2006-10-11 05:19:23 · answer #4 · answered by bagirlof07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your ear is infected you need to take the piercing out or you can try bathing everynight in salt water.
2006-10-11 05:19:19 · answer #5 · answered by tjnw79 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT IS INFECTED!!! GO TO YOUR DOCTOR AND HE"LL TAKE CARE OF IT!
2006-10-11 05:20:03 · answer #6 · answered by lilswimmerxoxo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋