I pierced my ears about four days ago and one of them hurts :/ can i take it out to clean it? ?

Question

I pierced my ears about four days ago and one of them hurts :/ can i take it out to clean it? ?

Answer 1

No, you shouldn't be removing a fresh piercing.  That's just asking for an infection.  If they were just done four days ago, then they're going to be sore.  Especially if you did it yourself.  You should wait at least a month (although I'd wait three) until you remove the earring.

Answer 2

i think that will okay, just clean your ear and disinfect the earring

just don't leave the earring out for too long

:D

Answer 3

Don't remove it. It's normal for it to hurt for awhile. Be sure to clean it a couple times a day to avoid an infection.

I've had many piercings all over my body and every time they recommend using a sea salt mixed with water solution to soak the newly pierced hole. It works wonders

Answer 4

Do you have any of the ear cleaning....stuff? (not sure what it's called) For example, I had two more holes put in at Claire's a while ago and they gave me a bottle of stuff to use...I just had to pour some on a kleenex or cotton ball and squeeze it over the holes (with the studs still in) for a few weeks.

Answer 5

Clean it with salt water.

You can do this two ways...

A) (The lazy way; i normally use this way when i got to the gym and can't do proper hot sea salt soaks....) But 0.9% saline solution at the pharmacist (buy in small packets, as they become contaminated after opening and you don't want to be using a single contaminated packet for 6 months!) Take one end of a q-tip and saturate it with the saline solution. clean the front of the earring. take the other end of the q-tip, saturate it with saline, and clean the back.

B) (The proper way; this is much better, as the heat encourages the dead cells and lymph to escape.) Mix 1/4 teaspoon of non-iodised sea salt into 1 cup of HOT WATER. Wait for it to cool a bit, and when it's as hot as you can bear, dip your ear in for 5-10 minutes. Repeat with the other ear.

Both of these methods, do it 3 times a day for 1.5 months. Don't spin the jewelry or even touch the jewelry; all you'll be doing is spinning all the germs and gunk back into the piercing and disturbing the healing cells. Your jewelry will not stick to your skin if it's made of good materials!

Don't use alcohol or the ear care solution given to you by your piercer. Alcohol is WAY too harsh, and will kill your skin cells instead of encouraging it to heal (that's why it stings). In addition to that, Alcohol kills the transient (good) bacteria in your skin, letting the invasive (bad) bacteria in.  Any polysporin or antiseptic is also bad, as they block air flow to the piercing, and lets the bacteria breed. In fact, don't ANYTHING ELSE other than sea-salt or saline solution. You will irritate it and make it harder to heal.

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Answer 6

DONt take it out

just clean it witout taking it out  

Answer 7

dont thats one of the biggest mistakes people make. dont take out a new piercing. its going to be sore and hurt for a while if u just had it done. dont take it out i suggest making a salt-water solution-

if you have sea salt u should use that but regular salt works too-

if your using a small dixie cup use half a teaspoon of salt and fill it with water. this should be no saltier than a tear. use a cotton swab and clean both sides of the piercing with the solution