Piercing Infection [help...:(]?

Question

I got my third ear piercing about 2-3 months ago.
One side is a regular third piercing (lobe) and the other one was supposed to be a lobe, but i think the lady got a tip of the cartilege (she used a gun btw)

After two months I decided to see if the piercings healed and took the earrings out-
when the one near the cartilege was taken out, yellowish pus came out (maybe tint of green, but maybe not...i cant remember), and the one on the right is irritating, randomly bleeding sometimes (when i checked mins ago, there seemed to be some cut? on the top of the hole, maybe it was scratched while sleeping?)

I was at college, so i just cleaned the holes more with the solution the piercer gave me, then when i came home a week ago, i went to CVS and got Bactine and started cleaning with that (cuz a friend of mine who has zillions of piercing told me to use that)...

But i dont think its clearing up after 2 days of Bactine...

What should i do...?

more details:

neither of the piercings feel particularly painful (it hurts when i twist it sometimes, but i can still sleep on em- aka pain isnt a major issue or not an issue at all), neither of them look particularly swollen or red... iono whats the best thing to do -_-;;

Answer 1

Piercings are supposed to produce a yellow whiteish fluid that most people think of as an infection. It is actually just your white blood cells dying off. This is what my piercer told me, I am sure she knows what she is talking about considering that she is a professional. You should also not be turning or playing with the ring in your ear at all. You should just be leaving it alone altogether except when you clean it, and I am not exactly sure how you were told to do that, but I was told just to spray my lip piercing with bactine when I got it. Sounds like to me that yours is just not healing properly and I would personally suggest that you take it out completely and maybe try again later next year. All piercing don't take, and if this one if still giving you trouble after months of being in then maybe it's not meant to be.

Answer 2

Try cleaning the piercing with warm(as warm as you can take it) water and antibacterial soap. After it dries put some peroxide on a cotton ball and clean the area. Also remember to clean your earrings. Do this at least 3 if not 4 times a day. You should see improvement by day 3.

Answer 3

Infections take a little while to clear up so it may take more then two days. I was using bactine for awhile when i went to a better piercer and they told me that many people have problems with it being to harsh and just making the piercing harder to heal try provon it is very gentle but very good also try using sea salt and water soaks

Answer 4

i had a ear piercing a few months back which got infected and didnt recover despite me using the ear piercing aftercare solution. I searched online and followed a solution about using a hot compress on the infected area. i didnt have a hot compress so i just used tissue paper with warm water and applied some pressure on the infected area. it started recovering..

Answer 5

Is the area red and warm? Are you running a temperature? Try some alcohol on it. The kind you buy in the store - not alcohoic) IT will sting but will kill anything that will dare to move.

Answer 6

peroxide the ear til bubbles, wash the ear with hot and then cold water. put some neosporin on site, or try aloe vera gel for pain

Answer 7

Prepare for the worst-you are going to die.

Answer 8

go get it checked out by a doc....or go back to where you got it done!