THEearring infection: raise your hand if you haven’t suffered from it at least once in your life. It manifests itself with redness, swelling, pain, itching and burning and often also with yellow discharge, pus-like. So what to do why go quickly and don’t come back in time? We asked the Professor Pucci Romanodermatologist and President Skineco.
When it’s just done or when it’s already there
«The pierced ear, although it is done for a purely aesthetic reasonit’s a full-fledged scar and as such it must be healed. The trauma that is created to the earlobe can trigger a inflammatory phenomenon which leads to infection. Such an infection can actually occur either when the hole has just been drilledis when the hole is already consolidated», explains Professor Romano.
Earring infection: the indications to follow
It is good to always make sure that the tools used are sterile and the earrings in anti-allergic metals. Although, in fact, piercing the earlobes, as well as other parts of the body, is now a common and well-established practice, the hole in the earlobe can cause allergies or infections. “As soon as you make the hole, you’re more likely to get infected. That’s why they always recommend to use a disinfectantOf move the earring, turning it inside the hole to remove that fibrin plug and thus trigger the healing process. Another recommendation is to never remove the earring in the first 21 days and in any case not before the infection has healed since, in the absence of the earring, the hole could close again», warns the expert.
When the hole has already been there for some time
«If the hole has already been there for some time, the earring may be responsible. Maybe it’s not an inert metal. Anyone who is subject to this inflammation should wear a gold earring, even better if it is yellow gold, which does not contain nickel, not even a low percentage. Who is allergic to nickelin fact, could manifest a contact dermatitis. This manifests itself with unna spongiosis, or of micro vesicles with a liquid. In any case, there is always an earring in the dock», continues Professor Romano.
Earring infection: how to cure
«If the infection is mild, it is advisable to use one antibiotic cream. The medicine must be put on the part of the earring that pierces the lobe before wearing it. Then you need to move the earring with circular movements to distribute the cream inside the hole. Better than cream is one antibiotic lotionsince in that case you are sure that it enters the hole by disinfecting it. If the infection is important the cure it can’t just be topical and a oral antibiotic. Finally, if the infection is very serious it can be appropriate to remove the earring. In that case, the hole will most likely be closed again», concludes the expert.
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