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infected piercings??

does anyone know how to get rid of an infection in a new piercing??

only real answers please. i dont need anyone telling me to take it out, im not going to do that.

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  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago
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    Whatever you do.. DO NOT USE IODINE OR ALCOHOL! I really need to know what kind of infection you have, but there is this stuff called H2Ocean, it works wonders! It's about ten bucks and it's all natural sea salt water with a few extras to throughly cleanse your infection. It's normally used as piercing aftercare, but it shouldn't make a difference. Iodine will kill the bacteria, but it will also kill the white blood cells which you need to help the healing process. Alcohol hurts like a ***** and it does virtually does the same thing as iodine, but it also aggravates the piercing.

    Source(s): Friend's a piercer; Mom's a doctor.
  • 4 years ago

    convinced, it ought to be. The an infection can spread into surrounding tissue [get better], it may get into your blood flow, causing a systemic an infection[throughout your body], make you VERYsick, and convinced, you should die. And the style of an infection ought to be undesirable too. some germs do no longer have antibiotics that kill them, won't be able to easily pop pills for them, you should ought to have IV [by the vein] antibiotics. do not you already know you should get hepatitis from piercings? it is liver sickness. some sorts are reversible, some no longer. someone won't be able to stay without a liver. Can get it from tatoos, also. So, no matter if it truly is in common words a touch purple, and in basic terms were on condition that way, clean the section extremely solid, cleansing soap and water with a clean washcloth, q-tip, or bandage[and wash your hands first] or peroxide,and discover some over-the-counter [purchase a clean tube] triple antibiotic cream, and keep on with the guidelines. If there is colourful drainage, pus, if it is purple and swollen, and/or has been so for awhile, call your well being care professional. And if the piercing is on your tongue, call the well being care professional first. you won't be able to placed the antibiotic cream on your mouth. the danger in an ear piercing is that you ear is truly close to on your mind, it truly is a short vacation for the germs to get there. there's a bone close on your ear talked about as the mastoid. It options up an infection out of your enamel, and round your ear. no longer solid to have a an infection there. One question, are your glands on the area of the ear an infection swollen? placed a finger slightly below your ear alongside the jaw line, and press, transferring down the jaw a touch, and press back. Repeat. Is it very sore? no matter if it truly is, tell the well being care professional. So supply up freaking out, threat is with a superior cleansing and some antibiotic, this is going to bypass away. Have a to blame man or woman seem at it, no longer man or woman who truthfully freaks,[in the adventure that they sayOMGZZ get yet another man or woman] and performance them squeeze on it gently. If it drains some thing besides a liitle clean fluid, call a well being care professional and search for suggestion from him/her.hello, each and every of the solutions earlier mine are solid. take heed to them.

  • 2 decades ago

    A new piercing? Well what you need to do is get some neosporine or something like that, keep moving the earring and apply either neosporin or peroxide twice a day, but you need to make sure you twist the earing to keep it from tightening up and make sure you keep up with the neosporine or peroxide. Infections are not uncommon with new piercings. It usually takes about a week for it to go away. If it gets any worse, you may need to see a doctor to get an antibiotic

  • 2 decades ago

    Use peroxide and neosporin multiple times per day.

    If the piercing gets red streaky marks spidering out from it, you want to see your doctor.. or.. if the infection starts smelling. That's another bad sign.

    You may want to change your piercing until it heals to a hypoallergenic post. My ears would get infected because I was allergic to the metal.

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  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    I can probably help.

    If its an oral piercing (Lip/tongue)

    It sounds weird but I promise it works.

    1) Rinse with Oxygen Poroxide like 2 times.

    2) Rinse with salt water.

    Repeat each several times a day.

    OR

    You can go out to any drug store (Sav-Ons, Walgreens)

    and spend 15 dollars on "Gly-Oxide"

    it taste horrible, but it will clear it up in 2 days.

    Outter piercing (ears, nose)

    Buy "Dial" brand soap its always anti-bacterial

    and rub it in your hands until it turns to a white color.

    then rub it on the infected area, do this a few times a day.

    it should clear up.

    You can always take pills.

    Source(s): Experiance.
  • 2 decades ago

    Disinfect your piercing with alcohol & a cotton puff and avoid wearing piercings until it is not longer infected.

  • hydrogen peroxide then alcohol to dry it out. depending on where its located. also the triple antibiotic u can get over the counter works good also... depending on the piercing location

  • 2 decades ago

    yeah umm use bactine it help out when you get infections like that

    Source(s): just go with bactine girl dont use alcohol i know what you talking about i have piercings to and thats what i use
  • 2 decades ago

    I had that happen to me my Doctor told me to put neosporine on it.

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    yeah...try peroxide on it..it should heal and become better! Good Luck!!!

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