Earring hole!!!! Help!!!?

Question

My ears have been pierced for about 2 months now. Yesterday night one of my stud fell out of my ear, and when i tried to put it back in it wouldn't go in. When i poked it in hard it hurt. Theres a bit of crust around the hole and its all pink now. I tried poking the other way, but that didn't work either. I tried squeezing it, but nothing came out and nothing happened.

What should i do??!

Answer 1

First, stop squeezing and picking at it. Your fingers will transfer bacteria into anything that had not healed fully, and squeezing will irritate the area causing swelling.

If the stud just fell out, the hole is still there, just maybe not at the exact angle you thought.

The crust may be dried pus from an infection (past or more recently).

1) clean the earring in rubbing or isopropal alcohol.
2) clean the front and back of your earlobe (gently!) with a damp washcloth to get the crust off. Then wipe it, both sides, with the alcohol swab.

Give it a day to rest. Ear holes don't heal in a day, so don't worry about it healing shut. Keep your hands away from it.

3) Wash your hands (with soap)
4) GENTLY insert the clean earring post, wiggling it gently to see if you can line it back up. The skin should have healed into a tube, so be gentle so you don't poke through the side of the tube, and create a new back-half of the hole.

This time, remember to turn the stud, keep it clean with alcohol or the gel from the earring store (if you had it professionally done), and only use gold or stainless steel posts until you are completely healed.

Answer 2

this fluid is called lymph. It is basically our bodies own way of cleansing the piercing. Lymph consists of dead white blood cells or plasma. It is NOT pus! It can be clear, pale yellow or white and will form a crust on the jewelry. Secretion of lymph indicates a healing piercing. Make sure to carefully remove the "crusties" while cleaning before rotating the jewelry to prevent them from going back inside the piercing and irritating the inner tunnel of the piercing (called a fistula). after 3 or 4 weeks,without seeing any lymph, you can safely assume your piercing has healed completely. if you notice that the lymph eventually becomes hard and almost waxt...that is acually sebum which is a sign the skin is completely healed. sebum comes from the oil glands of the skin. this, too, wil pass in time. you must be patient and vigilant on your wound care. do avoid cheap earrings and keep your earrings clean. i suggest you wear a stainless steele, nickle free earring for the duration of your healing. some people lymph more than others, and you sound like you may be a prolific one...but here is the thing...peroxide is the worst thing you could ever use on a piercing-or any wound other than in the mouth. it dries out the skin to the point of damaging the good, unaffected skin around it. thus causing a wider unhealed area which then secretes lymph. alcohol is the second worse thing ever. it also severely dries out the wound and the area around it. the best thing to do is the natural way. wash with antibacterial soap at every shower...douse your ears well and even turn the piercing so that the soap gets between the skin and the stud. rinse thoroughly. a couple of times a day, or when it feels hot and itchy or you just need to get rid of the crusties, use warm salt water to soak the area. it will soother the wound, is a good cleanser, and has natural antibacterial tendecies. oh, and if you doubt what i am saying or want to know more, any good piercing site will give you the same information and care instructions. good luck!

Answer 3

Because it is a new piercing, it probably closed a bit without having the earing in the hole. If you really want to have the piercing, you can either go back to the piercing parlor and have them reopen the hole, or if you are able to push the earing back through the hole yourself, you can do that too. BE SURE TO clean the earing and your ear with rubbing alcohol first, and wash your hands with soap and water before handling the piercing and earing. It may hurt a little to push the earing back through, but it should go through without much of a problem, it is probably only a bit of tissue that closed up, and it should reopen pretty easily. It may hurt a bit, but no more than actually getting your ear pierced to begin with.
If you do reopen the hole, again, wash your hands first with soap and water, clean the earing and the earlobe with rubbing alcohol (or even better use your body piercing antiseptic that you should have bought when you first got your ear pierced). AND treat this as a new piercing, meaning wash it 5-10 times a day with your body piercing antiseptic (do not use rubbing alcohol or any ointments, as they can disrupt the healing process), and neevr touch your piercing with dirty hands.

Good luck!

Answer 4

Force it in. It will hurt but otherwise you will have to wait to get it repierced.

Swab your ear down with some antiseptic on a cotton ball a couple times a day for a few days and you should be good.

Remember to always soak your earrings in alcohol between wearing them, especially for the first year or so. Even if it fell out. You don't want to push bacteria into an open wound, you might get an infection.

Answer 5

Get someone to help you who can see the back as they are inserting the earring. I assume you've been spinning them, as well as cleaning around the site? If you can't get it back in, you may need to start over. This time, go to a piercing salon, where they will actually use a hollow needle to take a section out rather than just ripping a hole through your earlobe.

Answer 6

This used to always happen to me when I first got my ears pierced. Try swabbing your ear with some ear care antiseptic/rubbing alcohal, and you should be good in a couple of days.
Always soak your earrings with antiseptic before wearing them! Especially since you just got your ears pierced fairly recently.
Something I found to work wonders if to put the backings of your stud earrings, and soak them in NAIL POLISH REMOVER. It prevents any infections and it protects your ear. It works WONDERS! I'm not even kidding. Best of luck!
Happy Holidays!

Answer 7

try making a hot salt water compress. mix a tablespoon of sea salt into a cup of water, heat it up in the microwave 'til it's almost too hot, then pour it over a sterile gauze or paper towel. press the compress to your ear and keep it hot for about 15 minutes. after 15 minutes, rinse it well with warm water. then apply a tiny dab of neosporin or bacitracin ointment to the hole and try, GENTLY, to press the stud through..

if it still hurts or won't pass through, give up. leave it alone. you've already irritated it, so the piercing is swollen. keep messing with it and you might tear it. then you start the healing process all over again.

if you can't get your jewelry in, let it close up and get it re-pierced. while it's closing, continue to clean it gently with non-fragranced antibacterial soap once a day for three weeks.

Answer 8

You probably had it angled wrong. Use some antibiotic ointment for the pinkness. Have someone else see if they can get the stud back in the hole.

If you can't get it in in today you need to let it heal and have it repierced after it heals up.

Answer 9

well..all you need to do is push harder..i think thats the only way it'll go through.
just take the pain..or you can just make another ear pierce..either way..good luck!!

Answer 10

its a new priceing try forceing it a little bit