When I got my ear (tregus) pierced, I found that the best thing to do was this (I did it for my lobes too):

Make up a warm salt water solution, take a cotton bud and clean around the front of the stud, getting as much of the solution into the front of the hole as you can.

Then remove the butterfly back off the earring, and put loads of the solution on the back, tilt your head a bit so it goes through the hole. Wipe away with a dry cotton bud, removing any pus (pus is perfectly normal, it's the body healing itself).

Clean the back off in the solution- pus can really easily get stuck in the butterfly style backs.

I know this sounds a lot for simple ear piercings, but I've had lobes, tregus and lip pierced and trust me, piercing hygeine is SO important.

xxx

Thanks for the information, but I was already doing all of that, and you didnt answer my question.

I'm 17, doing my second year of A levels now... I guess that I've seen or experienced most "teenage dramas" (urgh, patronising term) so whatever you want, just ask... I can be incredibly honest (to the point of bluntness) with my advice, but sometimes that's what people need...

Hope I can help! xxx

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