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Suggest Remedy For Infection In Ear Due To Piercing

I got my tragus pierced like 2 months ago, and lately it's been itching and hurting...I guess I haven't been properly cleaning it...but anyway, today I woke up with pus on my ear where the tragus piercing is...I cleaned it with sea salt & water and the pus was like yellowish/greenish along with some blood...it's also very painful to the the touch. Is it infected?
Fri, 26 Jun 2015
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Hi Dear,

Welcome to HCM.

Understanding your concern.


Thanks for your query . The symptoms you mention in query are pointing towards infection . Some times during piercing the instruments used are not clean enough or not sterilize which causes infection and leads to formation of pus and pain as well. Conditions should be highly septic and instrument should be adequately sharp otherwise there will be minor skin trauma which leads to infection.

I would suggest you to :-

- Take advil or tylenol for pain.

- Apply ' FUCIDIC ACID ' cream to treat infection .

- Clean it properly .

Consult doctor for proper examination .

Doctor may prescribe antibiotic course for 7-10 days.


Hope your concern has been resolved.

Best Wishes,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
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Suggest Remedy For Infection In Ear Due To Piercing

Hi Dear, Welcome to HCM. Understanding your concern. Thanks for your query . The symptoms you mention in query are pointing towards infection . Some times during piercing the instruments used are not clean enough or not sterilize which causes infection and leads to formation of pus and pain as well. Conditions should be highly septic and instrument should be adequately sharp otherwise there will be minor skin trauma which leads to infection. I would suggest you to :- - Take advil or tylenol for pain. - Apply FUCIDIC ACID cream to treat infection . - Clean it properly . Consult doctor for proper examination . Doctor may prescribe antibiotic course for 7-10 days. Hope your concern has been resolved. Best Wishes, Dr. Harry Maheshwari