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my ear is swollen from my piercings and it hurts alot!
what can i do to make both of my infected pierced ears heal?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! i am like afriad that i will have to go through surgery or something. the earing is embeded in my ear and i ca't take it out! help!!!
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Definitely see someone to take it out. I suggest you rub alcohol on your ears. If you symptoms get any worse, consult a doctor.
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Of course your best bet would just to see the doc because the swelling may be due to an infection that should be treated with oral antibiotics.
But if you insist on not going to the doc, this is what I would try if it were me.
Clean the area with cotton swabs dipped in hydrogen peroxide to remove any old drainage which will make it sort of sticky. Then apply a cold compress for about 20 minutes, after that use an antibiotic ointment (if you are not allergic to antibiotics of course) I'd try this 3-4 times in a 24 hr period is all & try to remove the earing that is embedded, because actually it may have to be surgically removed later if you don't get it out now.
Once you can remove the earing and if you want to keep pierced ears, try surgical steel/nickle free french wires to keep the holes open, you can turn them several times a day and most likely won't get embedded.
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I'd try cleaning your the area around your piercings with rubbing alcohol to disinfect it. Use the alcohol for a couple of days and the infection should hopefully go away.
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Take a cup of water and mix it with salt. Take a q-tip, use it to swerve around and behind your ears. This will help take the swelling down, if you don't have either of these things then go to a store where they sell earrings and they should have solution to sell you to take the swelling out. Once the swelling dims down you will be able to take the earring out. Relax, you can still get out of this.
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