touched new piercing with dusty hand?

its my first ever piercing, my ears. and i was cleaning and i touched it, but i didnt have my cleaner on me. as soon as i got home i cleaned it, took a shower and cleaned it again. it still hurts a little and im worried it might be infected. help?

2008-06-17T10:17:43Z

when i turn the earring, it stops hurting. could the pain be the hole trying to close?

CJ G2008-06-17T10:00:19Z

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It'll hurt because it's new. It will probably get infected no matter what you do. Just clean it often, keep your hair and fingers our of it, and you'll be fine. Both of my piercings were in my ear, and they were infected once or twice each, no matter what I did.

Anonymous2008-06-17T09:56:36Z

Just keep cleaning it regularly it will be fine. New piercings usually do hurt!