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Suggest Treatment For Infection Caused After Piercing Ears

I pierced my own ears at a friends the other day and I turn them and clean with with rubbing alcohol but they are still red and a little swollen. And today I was cleaning them a I pushed out puss but I don t want to take the earings out any idea what I can do???
posted on Thu, 4 Dec 2014
Twitter Thu, 25 Dec 2014 Answered on
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Hi,
It seems that you got bacterial infection in piercing ear site.
Go for one antibiotic medicine course for 3 days.
Apply antibiotic cream after proper cleaning the part.
Ok and take care.
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Suggest Treatment For Infection Caused After Piercing Ears

Hi, It seems that you got bacterial infection in piercing ear site. Go for one antibiotic medicine course for 3 days. Apply antibiotic cream after proper cleaning the part. Ok and take care.