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dry skin ??
ok, so i got my industrial pierced about 3 and a half months ago. i washed it like they told me and put saline on it 2-3 times a day for the first month or a little more. it healed up nicely and has always been fine ive never had any problems with it. ever since a couple days ago, around the bottom hole and basically the whole top cartilage of my ear has been really rough, dry, and is flaking and peeling a bunch. not to mention its now raw bc ive been picking at the peeling skin. the piercing is still fine but the skin around it is driving me crazy. any idea what i can do? if it makes a difference, my mom dyed my hair on sunday, so maybe it irritated it? how can i get it to stop peeling and flaking?
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I've had that on a piercing. Turned out the salt I used to clean and soak it with dried out my skin big time!
It will heal up in time. Just keep the area moisturized. Perhaps put a bit of vaseline on the flaky area a few times a day, being careful to not actually get it into the piercing itself.
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I often have dry skin (it's complicated, I have excema so its only in certain parts of my face) and I've been using Eucerin for about six years now. The original moisturizing cream, it comes in a white tub, not the lotion or anything like that. It works amazing, and unless you're allergic to water, mineral oil, or wool (it has lanolin in it and it's dervied from wool) you won't have any reaction t it at all.
If the peeling gets worse, I'd see a doctor to make sure it's not infected or anything. But it's probably just the weather. Skinis known to peel a lot this time of year.
-LM
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