My pierced ears tend to "close up" if I go without wearing earrings for a while. And putting earrings in again can be difficult and painful. I found a way to slip them right in and keep them from hurting after I've had a lengthy earring lay-off. Dip the ends of the post or the part that goes through your ear in an antibiotic ointment. Then insert as usual.
They should go in with a lot less trouble, or no trouble at all. Plain petroleum jelly works too, but I like the added insurance of keeping infection at bay that the ointment provides. If the earrings have a separate back piece, dab a bit of ointment on it too. This should take care of any icky seepage that tends to get crusty when you haven't worn earrings in a while.
By ~gloria from upstate NY
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Thank you, Deeli. Works like a charm for me.
It's such a simple solution, and yet...I never thought of it. I just jabbed those posts in there and felt the pain for hours.
If earrings won't go in front easy, I go to the back hole first and put them in and move the earring inside the hole to make the hole ready for the earring to go into the front. It works for me.
I recently got third piercing in each ear I used alcohol to swab the earring and ears for a couple of weeks and then I started using the antibiotic cream on each earring and ear. I have not removed the earrings since they were pierced but I still use the antibiotic cream to keep the ears from getting infected and keep the earrings pliable in my ears I still turn the earrings to make sure that the piercings do not grow up.
I know this is an old post but thank you! You saved me from getting my ears pierced a third time.
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