Gross smell from ear piercing?

I get that too, I'm pretty sure it's a buildup of soap and dead skin cells. I take my earrings out every night and clean the area with an ear cleaner. I leave my earrings out overnight, this has really helped me with the smell.

Good Luck!

Smelly Ear Piercing

Body reacting to any other metal other than gold is a very common symptom. I have seen and helped with cases where even keloids come around the ear hole or piercings. The indicated medicine is Stannum Metallicum 30 three doses a day for three days . Repeat if necessary. The smell will automatically go when the imbalances are corrected by the medicine.

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Medicines should be taken in consultation with doctor.

Could just be a build up of bacteria and oils from your skin that goes rancid. I find taking the piercing out and cleaning both the earring and around the post hole with rubbing alcohol cuts down on that.

If you think it might be the metal that is causing a reaction, you could try switching to surgical steel earrings or 14 KT gold. Those metals have the least amount of nickel in them and are less likely to react with acids from your skin.

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Gross smell from ear piercing?

Okay so every time I rub behind my ear, where my ears are pierced my fingers smell really gross and it has always been this way, so they aren't infected. But why does it smell so gross? And I always wash behind my ears so that's not it either.

Yeah, they definitely are not infected. This happened when I had my ear pierced and on my belly button piercing too! It is dried up puss that the piercing creates because it is not used to a piece of metal going through your body. If you have a big issue with it just clean it with ear piercing cleaning solution, but besides that it should clear up soon.

Ha Ha, it smells like your belly button. I use Neutrogena toner and clean behind my ears, and my ear lobes. It helps for a while, but after sweating it starts again. I drop my earrings into a little container of alcohol overnight.

wash good, you might wash but if you dont wash good then you might be getting a collection of dry disgusting ear skin, clean the earings too this usually happens with spacers

Make sure you clean your ears with alcohol.

mine smell bad too. its from the buildup of earwax, hair products, and dead skin on your jewelry. keep your piercings fresh by taking them out and cleaning the jewelry on a regular basis.