What To Do With Ear Piercing Infection? | Ear Piercing Answers

by Paul

you have an infected ear due to piercing… now it gets MRSA infection…. I got my second ear piercing in both ears about 1 week ago & after I got them done it felt alright but just recently it started getting really itchy. OH yes your piercer tell you to go & use sea salts washe & it will clear up. Now you do this & low & behold you feel worse & the ear becomes more & more infected… Oh whats next …. Havent you heard of septicemia. I have seen necrotic ear tissue from piercings & the people were told its ok just use seasalt soaks. but now along with the itchiness, both ears have gone red & swollen & they always feel hot, so I’m guessing I have an infection. Isnt it funny how after 3 years of study to be a nurse 20 years of practice in wound care how all of a sudden the piercers of the world when talking about infections are the experts. If they are not stainless steel or titanium or high quality gold then I would ask your piercer to change them out for either of the aformentioned.......

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