Earrings, ..infection.. Options

[swe3ttemptasian]

Ok, I searched for topics similar to this, and I didn't see anything. (If there is, sorry!) But I got my ears pierced on January 1st at Claires. It never got infected.. till I used one of those "sensitive solutions" earrings from Claires. Well now it's infected, so I went back to my old gold earrings. What can I do to make the infection go away.. w/o having my pierced ears to close? I clean it everyday w/ that stuff they give you. Well if your ears do get infected, about how many days till it's ok?

[shanny]

make sure you're not wearing earrings 24/7
and leave the posts off sometimes because they can mess up your ears if they're too tight

[urbanychic]

make sure you're not wearing earrings 24/7
and leave the posts off sometimes because they can mess up your ears if they're too tight

if you don't wear them all day, there is the chance they can close up especially seeing your piercings are still relatively new. and don't remove the posts, because your earring can fall out (thats the whole point of posts) just loosen the post in the back. anyways...

i've had my ears pierced before at claires, and they do tend to get a bit more infected than other places, but maybe they're not as sterilized, who knows. But, I never really used their solution that they gave me because it's just rubbing alcohol, which I'm sure everyone has. I just used that .. clean front and back of the earring and try to getbehind the posts. But, your ear is likely to get more infections within the first year because it's still new. But, if after a year you are still getting infections, get it checked out because it is possible that your body has rejected the new piercing, but I'm sure that is'nt going to happen. Just keep cleaning it.