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What Causes Infected Lump Behind The Ears After Ear Piercing?
I got my ears pierced 6 months ago and they have become really pussy every time I take them out there s dried puss on the back and my ear actually feels lumpy. They are a little sore but not extremely painful. What s wrong? I have been spraying them with the spray the piercer gave me it doesn t seem to help though
Mon, 18 Aug 2014
Hi, thanks for your query.
It looks that your ear piecing site has become infected.
If I were your treating doctor, I would have prescribed penicillin antibiotics + anti inflammatory medicines for 5 days.
Local antibiotics ointment like mupirocin can verify applied.
Remove your ear ring. Let the would heal completely then you can wear the ear ring.
Hope my answers have helped you. Thanks.
It looks that your ear piecing site has become infected.
If I were your treating doctor, I would have prescribed penicillin antibiotics + anti inflammatory medicines for 5 days.
Local antibiotics ointment like mupirocin can verify applied.
Remove your ear ring. Let the would heal completely then you can wear the ear ring.
Hope my answers have helped you. Thanks.
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