By caempa - 29/12/2010 18:13 - Australia

Today, I was taking my earrings out and thought I had lost the back of one. Turns out my ear infection has caused the flesh of my ear to grow around and engulf the back of my earring and it is still stuck in there. FML
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Ownord_fml 10

Why wearing earrings when you have an ear infection ? D:

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ac758 0

You're supposed to turn the earrings otherwise the skin will grow around it.

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extradorkyloser 4

it didn't get like that in a day!! don't you turn them periodically? I do by habit several times a day.

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Dark_Charizard 0

This happened to me. The back of the earring was stuck. On both ears. So I had to turn my ear, letting a side of the earring free and pull it the other way. There's still a mark and you can feel where it was. Is that bad..?

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missbehavinn 2

ugh not wise to wear earring with a infection to begin with!

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KelseyLovesYouu 2

And you didn't notice 'till now?!

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sookie21 0

wow your stupid, tongue piercings do not heal in an hour. just speaking from personal experience, it's more like 2 weeks too fully heal.

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Sora_McKain 36

I do not normally reply to such old comments but I beg to differ. When I had my tongue pierced I had to take my tongue ring out for an ROTC parade. The parade lasted only 45 minutes and my piecing had healed. So yes the tongue does heal that quickly.

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chasespect 0

it didnt happen cus of an ear infection. that happened to me. the backing was really tight and went in my earlobe. i had to pull it out with tewsers. it hurt. my hole closed up i repeirced it last summer

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Vlokkie 2

That totally sucks,,and its nasty at the same time. FYL

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Videl_fml 0

Ouch! That happened to me when I was six. Keep your earrings in - the piercing can easily be saved (and then you don't have to get them re-pierced) - just go to the doctor, have them remove the backing, and clean it once a day with rubbing alcohol/hydrogen peroxide (I use both when my piercings are infected) and apply neosporin. Make sure your earrings are clean too! When you clean your piercing, swab the studs with rubbing alcohol too. My ears are really sensitive and I've found that rubbing the studs with alcohol before putting them back in really cuts back on the pain of actually putting them back in an infected piercing. Good luck!

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ac758 0

Alcohol and hydrogen peroxide are actually bad for piercings. They dry the ears out and that doesn't allow the piercing to heal properly. I recommend an antiseptic ear care solution or sea salt solution which is good for all piercings.

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Big_Boner 3

Hydrogen peroxide is good for your ears as long as its no stronger than 6% and is dilluted to equal parts of water and hydrogen peroxide. Also, tea tree oil is very good too, I find that antiseptic creams/sprays like savlon just make things worse, but saline solution is god.

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ac758 0

I've never thought of tea tree oil. I'll have to try that. I pierce ears so I try to find new solutions since they all insist on using alcohol.

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Big_Boner 3

It works well as it's antibacterial, I prefer to buy the tea tree essential oil, rather than the already dilluted tea tree oil, then just put a few drops in to a saline or hydrogen peroxide solution, works a treat!

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nikkikate 0

you can put neosporin directly on the posts after cleaning them... i do it everytime I change my earrings and it works wonderfully... easy, quick, and little cost... and make sure to use one cotton ball for one ear and a new one for the other so as not to cross contaminate! :) peace & good luck y'all

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