pierced my ear: need help

[Xhoshi]

Hey guys,
I just pierced my ear today, at school with a sowing needle and apple. I was planning on putting a stud inside but i lost it and instead put in a safety pin to keep it from closing up. I was wondering when it will be fine to take out the safety pin and put in a stud. I'm hoping soon...

Xhoshi Reviewed by Xhoshi on 06-26-2007. pierced my ear: need help Hey guys, I just pierced my ear today, at school with a sowing needle and apple. I was planning on putting a stud inside but i lost it and instead put in a safety pin to keep it from closing up. I was wondering when it will be fine to take out the safety pin and put in a stud. I'm hoping soon...:( Rating: 5

[BizzleLuvin]

gross! youre messing with a very painful infection my good man. take out the safety pin, disinfect your ear, disinfect the stud and stick 'er in. then dont mess with it! twist the stud regularily and clean the hole with warm soapy water every day.

[Xhoshi]

i disinfected the safety pin before i put it in.
i think that the shit is stuck tight in there....

[Spoken Word]

It's hell at first. It takes some tlc......and be ready for pain..
at least for me it was.....i felt a little ball for weeks... i was freaking out..

now i barely use earrings but the holes never close....

my advice to you is to clean it every night and don't stick dirty things in there....an infection is nasty.. thankfully, mine never got infected

[bong_man]

lol leave the safty pin in and see what happens

[WhereDaBudAt]

if your ear gets infected can you post a picture of it? lol

[Xhoshi]

yeah...i think its about time to take the saefty pin out.
i'm positive that it's clean, but i dont wanna risk it.
besides, doing what i do on a regular basis, it may end up getting ripped out.

[LuckyG]

Wait a second, a sewing needle and an apple? What's the apple for?

[birdgirl73]

The apple, usually cut in half or in a thick plank, is to place behind the ear that's being pierced so the needle will go through the ear and then into something that won't be injured by a needle and that'll keep the needle from sticking the "piercee" in the neck or side of the head. It's a tried-and-true home-piercing aid. Sometimes people use a piece of potato instead. Serves as a firm backing and a sort of "pin cushion" for the piercing needle once it goes through the ear.

Clean that wound well. If you can remove the safety pin and put in your stud, do that. I'm hoping the hole you pierced is big enough for your stud. A sewing needle often isn't quite big enough. If you have to leave the safety pin in for now, make sure you twist it periodically so the pierced skin doesn't heal/stick to the pin. The best cleaning solution is hydrogen peroxide or a mixture of half hydrogen peroxide-half drugstore saline. You need to clean it daily and let either the stud or the safety pin stay in there for about three weeks till the hole heals over and seals. Even after that, you need to keep a stud in it around the clock so it doesn't heal over.

[Raelum]

I would take out the safety pin soon! a couple of days shouldn't be a big deal but safety pins, paper clips, sowing needles, etc... are made of low quality metals and some of those metals will react with open wounds and cause an infection. you should use something sterile like surgical stainless steel (like your stud).

The cheap metals in the safety pin will more then likely give you an infection.

Also I read and was told that "twisting" your piercing during the first 2 weeks isn't a good idea because it can cause scarring, and if you plan on stretching your lobes or "gauging" your ears it may make it a little harder.

Hope this helps~!
~Raelum:smokin: