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Help! Earrings problem

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Ohdarlingallofthecitylights · 16/09/2023 21:27

Hi! Just posting in case anyone has any advice/knowledge.

I had my ears pierced age 10. I wore earrings 80% of the time until age 14 when I stopped and probably wore them 20% of the time. By age 18 I was only wearing them occasionally, probably twice a year for weddings or special events. They never seemed to close up though- I once didn’t wear them for 17 months and they went in easily enough. But recently I started wearing (now age 25) earrings full time and weirdly they seem to have closed up even though I’m now wearing earrings? After 1 week of wearing them they went an old red and mildly infected so I didn’t wear them for 3 days and now they’re completely closed. The infection was very mild and healed itself and is gone now but it’s completely healed over. I don’t understand why this has happened when I’m wearing earrings now but didn’t happen when I didn’t wear them for 17 months!! Does anyone have any advice of anything I can do or will I need to get them repierced?

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DustyLee123 · 16/09/2023 21:36

Only wear gold

paradoxically2 · 16/09/2023 21:40

You may be able to push an earring through. It won't have healed all the way through as that takes weeks but a membrane may have grown over. But be prepared for a bit of crusting

BorisIsACuntWaffle · 16/09/2023 21:50

Agree. Only wear gold

luckylavender · 16/09/2023 21:52

Gold has never worked for me. Makes my ears black. Wear silver.

Cherrysoup · 16/09/2023 22:31

Get original studs p, push them through and treat the piercings like they’re new. I have TCP which I used assiduously when mine went crusty and started oozing black pus!

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