i just had my ears pierced twice about 4 weeks ago. One of them has now become infected. Pus, redness, swelling, etc... How can I take care of this without taking the earing out?
2006-11-15 14:33:22 · 11 answers · asked by muah! 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ First Aid
Soap (the antibacterial kind) and water should do the trick. If you take the piercing out, it can close up and trap all the nasty infection in, then you will have a problem. You can go to a piercing salon and buy some sea salt (the salt or the spray) and use that according to the direction. Ear lobe infections are pretty easy to clear up. Wash it a couple times a day, should go away pretty soon. You can put neosporin on it too. Just don't use alcohol or betadine, as these can "eat" the healing flesh, then it just won't heal.
2006-11-15 14:43:05 · answer #1 · answered by emmadropit 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sorry but you need to take the earing out and put peroxide on it and allow it to heal (a couple weeks) then start over with the one that was infected. Or maybe just keep putting peroxide on the infected one and see if the infection goes away in a few days.
2006-11-15 14:38:03 · answer #2 · answered by twysty 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i also pierce my ear 2 week ago and got infected so i took the earing out clean the ear and earing then put it back and it has recovered now
2006-11-15 15:23:49 · answer #3 · answered by ME 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
iodine is best. I used it for all of my peircings and never had a problem. i have had infections get worse with peroxide and alcohol. plus alcohol will heal/close up your earring holes.. iodine draws out the infection. also use a stud instead of a hoop until its healed. less bacteria getting in with a stud. hoops move constantly and trap bacteria all the way around the hoop in result will land you more bacteria in your fresh ear peircing..
2006-11-15 16:52:31 · answer #4 · answered by Dot9330 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
soak your ear in a mixture of sea salt and warm water. every so often through out the day, rotate the piercing. soak in only sea salt and warm water 3 x a day. anything else will upset the ph balance of the new hole.
2006-11-15 14:45:33 · answer #5 · answered by mr.johnnyblue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have a hoop in it? What I did when mine got infected was when I took a shower I used a mild soap and warm water and I would clean it that way and then afterwards I would use B and D ointment.
2006-11-15 14:39:40 · answer #6 · answered by ladiebugg81 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the place you got it done and buy their cleaning medicine. and take your earing out and let it soak a couple minutes in a dixy cup or bathroom cup or something while you clean the outside or your ears...do it regulary and you will cure and prevent another infection.
2006-11-15 14:49:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can try to get asprin the uncoated kind and smash a few pills with a little water to create a paste. put it on ur infected ear and make sure u clean it everyday! ive heard it works.. i'm not sure though!
2006-11-15 14:36:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy a bottle of bactine. And you should probably take the earring out.
2006-11-15 14:35:53 · answer #9 · answered by amandafofanda66 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dip a Q-Tip in some hydrogen peroxide and rub it around your piercing.
2006-11-15 14:37:03 · answer #10 · answered by eeeeeeeeclipse 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋