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Wearing earrings is a great trick to accentuate or change the look of your face, but if you don’t wear earrings regularly, your piercings can start to clog. Some cases require professional assistance, but you can also do it yourself at home by disinfecting the surrounding area, working slowly and carefully to avoid pain and infection. With careful preparation and patience, you will succeed and wear earrings again.
Steps
Disinfection around
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Soften the skin around the earlobes. Before reopening your ear piercing, you need to soften your skin by pressing a warm washcloth to your earlobe or taking a warm shower. This step will make the piercing process easier. [1] X Trusted Source Go Ask Alice Go to Source
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Wash your hands and wear latex gloves. Wash your hands thoroughly with warm water and antibacterial soap for 30 seconds to remove dirt, grit or bacteria. Wear latex or latex gloves when hands have been washed and dried. This step helps prevent bacteria from entering the ear piercing. [2] X Trusted Source Go Ask Alice Go to Source
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Disinfect earrings with rubbing alcohol. Isopropyl alcohol, commonly known as rubbing alcohol, available at the drugstore or grocery store is a strong antiseptic that can kill most bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Apply alcohol to a cotton ball or cotton swab and clean the earrings with small shanks. You will use these earrings to open the piercing. Be sure to wipe it clean and place it on a clean surface to dry.
- If you have allergies, be sure to choose earrings with sterling silver or hypoallergenic materials to avoid an allergic reaction. [3] X Research Sources
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Ear lobe infection. Use a cotton ball or cotton swab to clean the earlobe with rubbing alcohol. Remember to wipe both the front and back of the earlobes, especially the piercing.
Manual piercing of piercings
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Touch behind the earlobe. You can feel a small button that is probably a piercing. This little plug is made up of dead skin cells and blocks the piercing while it heals.
- If your piercing appears to be completely blocked, you may need to have your ear pierced by a professional. Remember that the time it takes for a piercing to heal is different for everyone. There are people who have not worn earrings for many years and can still open their piercings at home, but there are people who are completely blocked after only a few months. [4] X Research Sources
Karissa Sanford
Body piercing technician
Karissa Sanford is the co-owner of Make Me Hpey Body Piercing, a piercing salon in the San Francisco Bay Area that specializes in safe and friendly body piercing. Karissa has over 10 years of piercing experience and is a member of the Association of Piercing Technicians (APP).
Karissa Sanford
Body piercing technician
Body piercing technician
Your ear piercing is likely just getting smaller, not completely closed. When not wearing earrings, the piercing will often shrink, not completely. If the piercing is completely healed when you remove the earring, it is unlikely to be completely blocked. You can find a reputable piercing parlor to have your piercer re-pierce your shrunken or partially blocked piercing.
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Lubricate the earlobe. Apply petroleum jelly (Vaseline cream) or antibiotic ointment to the earlobe to lubricate and reduce friction. [5] X Research Source Carefully rub the lubricant onto the earlobe with your fingers. The heat from your hands also helps soften the skin.
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Stretch the ear piercing. Use your fingers to hold the sides of the earlobes and gently pull them in opposite directions to open the piercing slightly. [6] X Research Source This helps you push some lubricant into your piercing. Do not rub or pull the earlobe too hard.
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Apply lubricant to the disinfected earrings. Apply a thin layer of petroleum jelly or antibiotic ointment to the disinfected earring. Try to avoid getting the lubricant on the front of the earrings; otherwise, it will be difficult for you to hold the earring tightly because it is slippery.
- Remember to use earrings with small thin handles. Large hoop earrings may not fit through partially closed piercings. If you keep pushing hard through your piercing, you may experience pain, bleeding, or scarring.
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Pierce the earrings into the piercing. Looking in the mirror, one hand slowly pierces the earring through the piercing from the front, the other holds the earlobe. Gently press your thumb on the back of the piercing, right where the dead skin cell button is.
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Move the earrings in the piercing. Gently rotate the earrings in the piercing. You may need to wiggle your earrings a little in your piercing for a few minutes to find the right angle to get them through. [7] X Trusted Source Go Ask Alice Go to Source Hold your thumb behind the earlobe so you can feel the location of the tip of the earring.
- If you feel discomfort or pain, try numbing the earlobe with an ice pack for a few minutes before trying again. [8] X Research Source If you still experience pain or discomfort while getting your earrings, you will need to seek help from a piercer.
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Rotate the earrings to pierce the piercing. Once you have found the piercing and its correct angle, you can slowly rotate the earring through the hole. Do not press too hard. [9] X Source of Research Since the earring is not completely closed and lubricated, the earring can slide through easily.
- If you can’t get the earrings through, stop and slowly turn to another angle.
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Push the earrings over. After rotating the earrings to reopen the piercing, you can gently push the earrings through. Earrings fixed at the back of the earlobes.
- Do not press the earrings hard through the piercing to avoid scarring or infection.
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Prevention of infection after piercing. After putting your earrings through, wash your earlobes with warm water and antibacterial soap to prevent irritation or infection. Remember not to touch the earlobe while the wound heals to prevent bacteria from entering the piercing. Avoid using hair care products and powder cosmetics for days to keep your piercing clean. [10] X Trusted Source Go Ask Alice Go to Source
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Get expert help. Re-piercing an earring without proper care can lead to bleeding, infection, and nerve damage. If you have pain or can’t get it back on, don’t try. [11] X Trusted Source Go Ask Alice Go to Source Talk to your doctor or specialist at a piercing salon or jewelry store about how to safely reopen your ear piercing in a sterile environment.
Ear piercing care
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Wear earrings for weeks. After re-opening your piercing, you’ll need to wear small earrings for at least 6 weeks. If you remove the earrings sooner, the piercing may begin to close. [12] X Trusted Source American Academy of Dermatpogy Go to Source
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Wash your ears with soap and water. Set a cleaning routine every morning or evening. Use antibacterial soap to wash your hands, then wash your earlobes with warm water and soap once a day. This step helps to keep the piercing clean and prevent infection. [13] X Trusted Source American Academy of Dermatpogy Go to Source
- You can also prevent scarring by washing with alcohol every day. Dab alcohol on a cotton ball or cotton swab and wipe around each earring.
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Rotate earrings daily. Use clean hands to gently hold the earrings and rotate. Do this every day to prevent the piercing from getting clogged again. [14] X Trusted Source American Academy of Dermatpogy Go to Source
Advice
- If you can’t pierce from the front, try rotating the hoop from behind the earlobe to the front.
Warning
- If the earlobe is very red, swollen, or painful, seek medical attention.
Things you need
- Earrings with thin shank
- Antibacterial soap
- Clean hands
- Rubber gloves
- Cleaning alcohol
- Cotton balls or cotton swabs
- Oil wax (Vaseline cream)
- Antibiotic ointment
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This article was co-written by Karissa Sanford. Karissa Sanford is the co-owner of Make Me Hpey Body Piercing, a piercing salon in the San Francisco Bay Area that specializes in safe and friendly body piercing. Karissa has over 10 years of piercing experience and is a member of the Association of Piercing Technicians (APP).
There are 7 references cited in this article that you can see at the bottom of the page.
This article has been viewed 47,073 times.
Wearing earrings is a great trick to accentuate or change the look of your face, but if you don’t wear earrings regularly, your piercings can start to clog. Some cases require professional assistance, but you can also do it yourself at home by disinfecting the surrounding area, working slowly and carefully to avoid pain and infection. With careful preparation and patience, you will succeed and wear earrings again.
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