Infected earlobe?

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Hi all, please see attached photo.
It’s my second piercing higher up on my earlobe. I had no earring in it for about a month, as I lost my old pair and didn’t get around to ordering a new pair straight away.

I’ve had them in for about 2 weeks with no issue, however started feeling sore in the right earlobe and noticed yesterday that exactly where the piercing is feels like a hard lump. No known allergies, the other ear is fine and never had any problem like this before with piercings.

The front of the ear looks ok, maybe a little red, but I’ve managed to get a photo of the back and am concerned. I got my partner to take a look and he thinks it does look like a pus filled spot.

Is there anything I can do to help it? I’m really
hoping it’s not going to escalate and I have to get antibiotics or something!

Thanks for reading

I had similar and used a 'dots for spots' on it which drew the pus out.

Why Don’t you take the earring out asap and ask a pharmacist to look at it? Good luck.

Hi all. It burst over the weekend, small amount of bloody watery stuff, maybe some pus but it was quite clear.
The pain is virtually gone now it’s burst but still looks a bit rough, it’s trying to scab over. Have been doing hot salt water soaks to try and help it

Stop with the soaks. They are very drying and it looks dry already. Just rinse away any crustiness with plain hot water