pierced ears

[Heather Shay]

I took my next step by re-piercing my ears yesterday. I pierced one ear in my rock and roll days but now as i am now clean face, prepped ti start hrt and new therapist next week, thought piercing ears a good idea.

when i did have a pierced ear my gf put,ice on my ear and pierced. i decided to do it myself. i put in small earrings i sterilized, abd every so many hours i put perioxide on the wounds and turn the earrings so the holes qwill heal.

 

do you have any other advice on ear care?

[Kelsey Brooke]

I have had mine pierced since I was a teenager. Leave them in for six weeks, cleaning and turning them.

[Heather Shay]

thank you

[Erikka]

Shay,

After cleaning and turning smear a bit of antiseptic cream on your ears. That way you fend off infections,

[Heather Shay]

thank you - now I remember the 6 weeks part and thank you - back in the early 80s I used peroxside but don't remember having antiseptic cream back in the stone age. 

Shay

[KymmieL]

I wouldn't use peroxide.  Use a good antiseptic ointment,  Bacitracin. After using a antiseptic soap to clean them

 

Kymmie 

[Heather Shay]

thank you thats what i used in the stoned age, my rock and roll days. i will stop the peroxide and use the ointment.

[Susan R]

I wanted to add something I learned about pierced ears. The tightness of the clasp is so very important. A few weeks ago, I was fiddling with my earlobe and earring and I squeezed it closed a little too tight. I didn’t feel any pain at the time or even through the rest of that day.  I had no idea it was too tight but the next morning I woke up with pain and my lobe looked very red and infected. I still sleep with my studs on because it hasn’t yet been 6 months since getting my piercing.

 My wife took a closer look and told me my mistake. It took two to three days to get it feeling completely normal again but it was painful for about two days. I realize most of you probably know this to be an issue but since I didn’t, I thought I’d share.

 

Susan R?

[Heather Shay]

can i assume you meant six weeks not months? and thanks for the advice, i never would have thought of it. i noticed i am not 100% symmetrical from side to side but i notixe my ears arent exactly symmetrical from side to side either. i told myseld it will look fine and worse case when these holes heal perhaps i can make another set of mismatched holes and use whichevee ones look better together have two sets of earrings, sort of my own fashion statement without having what the younger women with a lot of holes which i dont particularly like as i dont particularly like nose or lip rings and absolutely no tongue rings, saw a tongue infected one time and i cant imagine

the pain caused, the younger girls are welcome to have them and while i am at it when they put those huge holes in their ears i can imagine having droopy lobes later in life and i dont think that will be very attractive.

[Susan R]

2 hours ago, Shay said:

can i assume you meant six weeks not months?

I was told by the people who pierced me that I need to keep my original studs in WITHOUT removal for SIX WEEKS...even at night. They continued and said you can change the earrings out for different ones after the six weeks but make sure you keep some set earrings in at night until AFTER SIX MONTHS. After that initial six months, they said I can sleep without earrings in at night.  I guess they want to make sure the hole is completely healed and have no chance they of closing at night.

[Heather Shay]

wow...i hadnt heard that but thanks for the info.

[Erikka]

Jackie is right, leave them in for six months. I have two piercings in each lobe. I had just one in each for about 20 years and then when I decided to fully be out I had another set of piercings done. I know it sounds silly, but two holes in each ear seemed to say female more than just one. I love hoops, but never sleep in them. I put back in the piercing studs  in January and July for a month each to insure the holes remain open. Is there any evidence that this is a thing? No clue, but makes sense to me.

Velsignelser

Erikka 

[Carrie]

Hi Shay

If you check with your chemist you will find that they have a special antibiotic spray especially made for pierced ears.

I only have one hole on each side but that is what I am comfortable with.

I did have my bellybutton pierced when I had it done the young girl who did it told me that a lot of women my age were having our tummies pierced. mmm Lovely sales pitch I am sure it got up publicly loved. ?

When I tummy started sticking out I removed it because it just looked ugly with a rounded belly button.

I might have it redone when I get my tummy flat again. Lost 10 kilos this year I think that's about 21 pounds.

Enjoy feeling pretty

Carrie