Are my ears infected??

Question

i have two holes in each of my ears, i got the 1st one pierced about 6 years ago and the 2nd about 2 years ago, lately i've noticed they have lumps in them and they get really itchy and sometimes crusty when i change them (gross i know) but i clean them every time i change them and i don't know how to fix this...help!

Answer 1

i really dont know i dont think so sence you have had them so long but the lumps sound like keloids  

Answer 2

hmm. that sometimes happens to me. but there never itchy.

maybe you should check in a doctor for antibiotics?

Answer 3

when you push on the lumps does a greenish fluid ooze out?  that's infection.  clean your ears daily with rubbing alcohol and buy some sterling silver studs and keep them in your ears to prevent the holes from closing.  or if you don't care, let em close, they'll be easier to heal without something in them.

Answer 4

yeah they r infected.I have plugs so im used to it.The best thing to do is just take out the ear rings and leave them out and continue washing and cleaning ur ears with a regularly and the infection will go away.And yeah it is disgusting :D

Answer 5

those are tunnels

you get them in your ears sometimes, especially wen u gage ur ears.

i get that all the time too, ther fine, the lumps will go away and the crusty stuff will too, i have10 holes in each ear so i always get that.

just keep cleaning them alot, well not too much, just every time you shower clean them and if you get in a pool or something clean them after.

but if they start to hurt really bad or they bleed or are just red then you should take them out and let them heal and get them repierced.

it could be the earrings your using too, even though earrings are suposed to be the same gage size, some companies have them at different sizes and it could be tunneling becuz you  used an earring of a thicker gage and didnt even know you did.

goodluck

*tay*