How to Clean an Infected Ear Piercing
Wash your hands before touching the piercing.. Do not remove a new ear piercing.. Clean the piercing with a cotton ball dipped in saline or soap.
Steps
Wash your hands before touching the piercing.
Wash your hands before touching the piercing.
Do not remove a new ear piercing.
Do not remove a new ear piercing.
Clean the piercing with a cotton ball dipped in saline or soap.
Clean the piercing with a cotton ball dipped in saline or soap.
Apply an antibiotic ointment.
Apply an antibiotic ointment.
Avoid rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide.
Avoid rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide.
Contact your doctor if the infection doesn't improve after two days.
Contact your doctor if the infection doesn't improve after two days.
See a doctor if the infection spreads or if you develop a fever.
See a doctor if the infection spreads or if you develop a fever.
Have a doctor examine an infected cartilage piercing.
Have a doctor examine an infected cartilage piercing.
Talk to the doctor about getting antibiotics.
Talk to the doctor about getting antibiotics.
Ask for an allergy test.
Ask for an allergy test.
Avoid swimming after getting a new piercing.
Avoid swimming after getting a new piercing.
Keep hair away from the ear piercing.
Keep hair away from the ear piercing.
Disinfect your cell phone daily.
Disinfect your cell phone daily.
Sleep without earrings after the piercings become permanent.
Sleep without earrings after the piercings become permanent.
Visit reputable clinics for new piercings.
Visit reputable clinics for new piercings.
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts!