Ear Piercing Complications

[DannyDrama]

Maybe I'll post the big ass hole I have in my own ear later, though that came from having half my ear eaten.

Depends if I can find a camera.

[justaghoul]

Originally Posted by collaredgirl65

I just don't get why they leave the piercings in long enough to look this bad. Mine got a little red and itchy and I took it out.

When youre piercings get infected youre advised not to take it out until its healed. if you take the piercing out while its infected, the infection gets trapped inside. how youre supposed to treat it with it still in i have no idea, never had mine infected.

[DiamondSmiles]

Originally Posted by DannyDrama

Maybe I'll post the big ass hole I have in my own ear later, though that came from having half my ear eaten.

Depends if I can find a camera.

Was that you I saw on, "Bizarre E.R.", the other day? Some guy was in a fight and his opponent bit off a good portion of his ear.

He waited too long and it couldn't be reattached. Then, he was hairy and they were having trouble finding a place from which to remove skin to graft on the ear.

He said he didn't mind having a big old hairy werewolf ear! He thought it would be pretty cool!

Now, that's a great attitude!

[r0tten]

Originally Posted by collaredgirl65

I just don't get why they leave the piercings in long enough to look this bad. Mine got a little red and itchy and I took it out.

1, 3, 7 and 8 are keloid scars and they sometimes continue to grow even after the piercing is removed.

These were probably done with a piercing gun, which causes far more trauma because they tear through the flesh instead of removing a piece of it like with needles. More trauma=more chance for scaring, infections, rejections.

Sometimes, with a gun piercing, the post or the backing gets bent and the person can't remove their earring themselves. And as someone stated if you have an infection like this you shouldn't take it out. Get to a hospital and the doctors will form a treatment plan, usually consisting of antibiotics.

And those sterile cleaning solutions that are sold in malls or dept stores are actually pretty bad for piercings. Sea salt and water is the best thing to use.

So, don't get anything pierced with a gun unless you want pus filled balls of pain hanging off you.

[DiamondSmiles]

So, don't get anything pierced with a gun unless you want pus filled balls of pain hanging off you.


Well, when you put it that way, I'd think about having piercings at all, lol!

I had problems with all three of my left ear piercings and had them redone at a doctor's office, but, he used a gun, too.

I take out those big stupid starter earrings and have little tiny holes in both ears.

One of my nieces asked me to check one of her piercings because it hurt alot. The earring was through the part of your ear which I'm not sure is bone or cartilage, but, I took it out.

I think she had it done by some dumb ass in a cheap jewelry store.

[r0tten]

Originally Posted by diamondsmiles

So, don't get anything pierced with a gun unless you want pus filled balls of pain hanging off you.


Well, when you put it that way, I'd think about having piercings at all, lol!

I had problems with all three of my left ear piercings and had them redone at a doctor's office, but, he used a gun, too.

I take out those big stupid starter earrings and have little tiny holes in both ears.

One of my nieces asked me to check one of her piercings because it hurt alot. The earring was through the part of your ear which I'm not sure is bone or cartilage, but, I took it out.

I think she had it done by some dumb ass in a cheap jewelry store.

You can't sterilize the guns. You can clean them, but they can't be 100% free of bacteria and shit like a single use, prepackaged piercing needle. And like I said, instead of removing a small chunk of flesh piercing guns literally rip and tear the tissue to make a hole. This trauma is hard on the body and usually results in infection.

I had my ears done with a gun when I was 4, and they got pretty infected. And cartilage is a pain to heal anyway. Not very many people can successfully get a cartilage piercing. If you get one and it rejects or forms a keloid don't ever get another one because that will happen all over again.

[DiamondSmiles]

Originally Posted by justaghoul

When youre piercings get infected youre advised not to take it out until its healed. if you take the piercing out while its infected, the infection gets trapped inside. how youre supposed to treat it with it still in i have no idea, never had mine infected.

I say take them out, put some triple antibiotic ointment on them, unless you have something nasty coming out, wait a few months, then have them done again.

Once in awhile, you may get a little bit of white stuff that smells like cheese, but, that usually goes away in a day or two, if you just clean the ears and earrings.

I don't even sleep with earrings unless I fall asleep. I've had a few sucked out, too, lol! I hate that!

[DannyDrama]

Originally Posted by diamondsmiles

Was that you I saw on, "Bizarre E.R.", the other day? Some guy was in a fight and his opponent bit off a good portion of his ear.

He waited too long and it couldn't be reattached. Then, he was hairy and they were having trouble finding a place from which to remove skin to graft on the ear.

He said he didn't mind having a big old hairy werewolf ear! He thought it would be pretty cool!

Now, that's a great attitude!

Haha no, I had a monitor bite a chunk out of it. I forget if it was a Nile or a bosc but either way I have a freak ear now. It actually made a child cry once!

[marinanicholls]

w h y don't people take care of their piercings?

[DiamondSmiles]

Originally Posted by collaredgirl65

I just don't get why they leave the piercings in long enough to look this bad. Mine got a little red and itchy and I took it out.

If they are just a little itchy, Hydrocortisone Cream works well. You can use it anywhere excpet your eyes.

In answer to your question, I believe there is no such thing as, "common sense". That phrase is an oxymoron, lol!

Most people just don't think. Bottom line ;)