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I have 7 piercings
I got my first piercings done when I was a few months old. When I was a preteen, I found out I was allergic to nickel earrings. Just like my mom :/ About 3 years ago, I got 6 more piercings. None got infected, I always cleaned them and it was fine. I decided to change the earrings because they were huge diamonds and hoops and I just wanted tiny studs. I also bought pretty earrings to wear and for the longest time it didn't bother me.. until last summer when my ears would get so itchy.
Well my right ear suffered because I had long nails and pretty much scratched it to death to the point where it was bleeding.. I had more piercings on that ear than my left because someone ripped out the middle piercing in my left ear all the way down.
So i kept scratching the right ear, reopening it and it healed once.. but i reopened it after putting an earring in it for a few hours [so the hole wouldn't close]. My ear started to get a rash. The whole time.. I put some lotion on it to dry it out and it works now. Is it bad that it took nearly a year to heal?
Also why are my bottom piercings itchy but not so much my cartilage? And where can I buy non-allergenic earrings? pretty ones and studs? my mom keeps buying me hoops and those are a pain to close.
My holes are closing so I'm planning to get them repierced.
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When you get your ears pierced, they normally tell you which earrings won't infect your ears and which will. You're probably buying and wearing cheap earrings. I'd recommend sterling silver, I never tried cheap earrings ever, but about all of the sterling silver rings are all non-allergenic. You can just go where you got your ears pierced, and i'm sure they'll have them on sale there at a cheaper price. Or just go to the mall and look for a jewelry store if you're not so worried about money. Oh, and probably all the sterling silver earrings are all cute, i swear :]
As for cleaning and care goes, I'd really recommend taking a break on changing them often, it can cause irritation. Clean them well, i'm sure you have before, but the more they stay bacteria free, the better chance you have that they won't get infected.
Good luck. :]
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Well, with the piercings that are bothering you, you should take them out and let it close up and take a breather from piercing your ears.
I don't know why your lobes are having problems and not your cartilage but you can go to your mall or go to a professional tattoo/piercing place to get earrings. Try Hot Topic or Piercing Pagoda [They're the two main place to get earrings where I live]. You might want to buy 14 Karat/18 Karat/24 Karat posts [they still have a little bit of nickle in them] Platinum has no nickle [platinum and iridium] but it's heavier than most metals. Titanium is light & no nickle. So ask for platinum or titanium earrings since they have no nickles in them whatsoever
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mayb u should try getting different types of earrings like gold or sterling silver. thats what i had to do.
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