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amother
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 Wed, Dec 02 2015, 9:18 pm
My 7 yr old got her ears pierced for her birthday, back in July. We followed the directions for keeping everything clean, left the earrings in for the mandatory 6 weeks, rotating the posts. There was never any sign of infecting during this time (swelling, pain, puss), though slight bleeding from time to time on one ear. After 6 weeks I changed her earrings and then a couple weeks later (actually it was more than a month) one ear swelled up slightly and there was blood and puss. I took out the earring for a few nights in a row, let it breathe, cleaned it very well and things seemed to clear up fine. Now a month (maybe more) later she just came to me saying her ear felt funny. I looked behind her ear by the post and see a bit of blood.
Why is this one ear not healing? I don't know what I'm doing wrong or what to do about it. The other ear is perfectly fine. I feel so bad for her that this has been so unpleasant. Never had a single issue when I got my ears pierced as a kid, nor did my other daughters.
What can I do?
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spring13
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Wed, Dec 02 2015, 9:24 pm
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Could be she developed a nickel allergy. Get her nickel-free earrings, the best quality you can afford.
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amother
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Wed, Dec 02 2015, 9:46 pm
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She was pierced with stainless steel I think and then went to gold. Those have nickel in them?
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Notsobusy
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Wed, Dec 02 2015, 9:53 pm
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I would also put on Neosporin or Bactroban or something like that. There may be a slight infection that needs some help to finally heal.
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ray family
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Wed, Dec 02 2015, 10:09 pm
my girls can only wear solid gold. if I try a/t else there's an infection.
also, I find hoops less irritating than posts
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spring13
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Thu, Dec 03 2015, 6:11 pm
| amother wrote: | | She was pierced with stainless steel I think and then went to gold. Those have nickel in them? |
Some are purer than others.
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