Two days ago I got two new holes pierced in each of my ear lobes. The last one on the left side seems a bit?

Question

close to the cartilage. It is the only one that even hurt when she did it. Now it is still a little bit red and swollen and hurts. I have been icing it and also cleaning it several times a day. I really don't want an infection and i want to keep the earring in. Any help would be great.

Answer 1

the top three rules to any piercing aftercare:

1) DON'T TOUCH IT!!

2) soak the piercing in a sea salt water mixture for 5-10 minutes twice a day (NO PEROXIDE!!)

3) don't over clean it

Answer 2

you might just need a couple of antibiotics to take the redness away and some ibuprofen to make the swelling go away  

Answer 3

your doing all the right things as long as the earings are gold or surgical steel it's ok to leave it in, or remove it for several hours at a time just to give it a break. you'll know if it gets bad enough to give up on. give it a anpother week or so