i got them done at claires and thy gave me a bottle of some purified water to put on my ears well im stubborn and i put some rubbing alcohol on my ears thinking that would be better than the stuff they gave me!on the bottle it says if your ears swell up see a doctor and take the earings out but my parents dont even know got them pierced yet!
2007-12-06 14:56:46 · 6 answers · asked by william 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ First Aid
It sort of depends on how bad it is.
It can be normal to have a little swelling and redness after a piercing.
If it has swollen up big and nasty - sore as anything - (see the video from YouTube for a badly swollen ear piercing abscess) then you need to see a doctor for some antibiotics and maybe a drainage of the abscess!
2007-12-06 15:00:04 · answer #1 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't use alcohol again. It dries out the piercing and can actually make it worse. Is it red and warm to the touch? If it is, it's infected. Be very careful with this, but try this before you go to the doc: Get some Neosporin and gently push the earring forward so you see the post (the part that goes into your ear) and put some Neosporin on it. Push the post back into the hole and twist the earring around to get the stuff through the hole. If the swelling doesn't start to go down in a day or 2, take the earring out and go to the docs.
And it won't take long for your parents to figure out that your ears are pierced.
2007-12-06 23:05:00 · answer #2 · answered by MSC Lieu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put hydrogen peroxide (the stuff in the brown bottle next to the alcohol at the drug store) on your ear several times a day. A triple antibiotic ointment (from the drug store) several times a day would be good, too.
2007-12-07 07:05:31 · answer #3 · answered by smiday1097 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rubbing alcohol dries your skina and causes more irritation. I would put some hydrocortisone cream over the counter, twice daily and if no relief over the weekend, see a doctor.
2007-12-07 08:19:43 · answer #4 · answered by Googler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The alchohol is what got it infected. You got dry skin up in there. Go to a piercer and buy H2Ocean. If that doesnt help, see a doctor
2007-12-07 00:04:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Swelling is a sign of infection, is it painful too? Try applying topical antibiotic to control infection, before it gets worse.
2007-12-06 23:03:32 · answer #6 · answered by Louie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋