After piercing, people often experience swelling in their ears and do not know the cause or how to handle it. To help you deal with swelling in your piercing, read the following article from Helios .
Causes of swollen piercing
Swollen ears after piercing? There are many reasons why your ears may swell after piercing. Some of these reasons include:
Unsafe piercing tools
Swelling after ear piercing may be due to unclean piercing tools, because normally after ear piercing, the ear will be slightly swollen and painful, gradually decreasing after a few days. However, because the piercing tools are not properly sterilized, your ear is susceptible to irritation and infection of the piercing hole , swelling, itching, and even pus infection.
No dietary restrictions
After piercing, you should not abstain from eating foods such as beef, eggs, spinach, seafood, sticky rice, etc., which will cause the wound to swell, become red, and pus. In addition, stimulants such as alcohol, beer, and cigarettes will cause you to fall into a state of vasodilation, congestion, and dull pain in the ear piercing .
Careless cleaning of earrings
The problem that affects the ear piercing hole is due to not taking care of and cleaning the wound carefully, causing dirt and bacteria to touch the area of the piercing hole that has not completely healed. This causes swelling, itching and infection of the ear piercing hole. In addition, when the ear is infected with pus but not disinfected, the wound will become more and more swollen, painful and discharge more pus. Moreover, if the inflammation lasts for a long time, it can turn into other bad complications.
See also: How to clean piercing holes
Atopic dermatitis
The problem that causes swelling in the ear piercing that you may encounter is allergic dermatitis. Because there are some types of materials that make up the earrings that can irritate your skin, most common cases are due to nickel compounds. At this time, you must remove the earrings and choose to wear other types of earrings that do not contain irritating ingredients, the symptoms of swelling and pain will subside.
How to treat a swollen piercing
What to do if your child's piercing is swollen, red, and shows signs of infection? Don't worry too much. Instead, you can treat swollen piercings with the following measures:
- If your wound is fresh and won't stop bleeding, apply direct pressure to the piercing to stop the bleeding and reduce the chance of swelling.
- Take some ice in a soft cotton bag, make sure it is clean and apply it to the piercing to reduce swelling, redness or itching of the piercing hole .
- Regularly clean the earring hole about 3-4 times a day with saline to prevent the earring hole from swelling.
- Do not let the earring hole come into contact with chemicals, shower gel and facial cleanser during personal hygiene.
- After getting your ears pierced, you should have a reasonable diet and avoid foods that cause pus and scarring.
- If the ear piercing hole is seriously infected, you should go to a medical facility to be examined by a doctor and receive timely treatment to avoid dangerous complications.
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To avoid swelling of the piercing, it is important to pay attention to the post-piercing care and hygiene. If the piercing does not improve after a few days, seek medical advice and timely treatment.
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The above article is information shared about swollen piercing holes , hopefully it can help everyone answer this question as well as how to ensure safety when piercing ears!
