How do you get rid of an infected tragus piercing?

How do you get rid of an infected tragus piercing?

Until then, there are a few things you can do to help ease your symptoms and potentially clear up the infection.

1. Don’t play with your piercing or remove the jewelry.
2. Clean your piercing two to three times a day.
3. Apply a warm compress.
4. Apply an antibacterial cream.
5. Other things to keep in mind.

Do tragus piercings need to be downsized?

Not all, but most piercings initially require jewelry that is longer in length or wider in diameter in order to accommodate for the swelling. While some may find this longer length annoying, it’s a necessary precaution to prevent jewelry from embedding into tissue once swelling takes place.

Why you shouldn’t pierce your tragus?

Because your tragus is mostly cartilage, it doesn’t have as many nerve endings as other parts of your ear, like the lobe. Keep in mind that because the tragus is thick, the piercer has to use some pressure to pierce it. The pressure alone can be uncomfortable and more intense.

Can you’re pierce a tragus?

The answer is complicated. You need to have your professional piercer examine the place where you want to be repierced. Sometimes the hole may not be completely healed in the inside- if the outsides of the hole are just closed it may be easy for your piercer to repierce you in the same place with little complication.

How long does it take for an infected tragus to heal?

Although it can sometimes take around 8 weeks for the wound to fully heal, these symptoms should not last more than 2 weeks. Infection may be present if a person experiences: swelling that does not go down after 48 hours. heat or warmth that does not go away or gets more intense.

How do you heal an infected piercing fast?

Treating the infection at home

1. Wash your hands before touching or cleaning your piercing.
2. Clean around the piercing with a saltwater rinse three times a day.
3. Don’t use alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, or antibiotic ointments.
4. Don’t remove the piercing.
5. Clean the piercing on both sides of your earlobe.

What do you do if your piercing is crooked?

If your holes are uneven, the only way to correct the problem is to have them re-pierced. Healing generally takes six to eight weeks, and the earrings must be removed.

How bad is tragus piercing?

The tragus does not have as many nerves as other parts of the ear. Hence, tragus piercing is the least painful as compared to other ear piercings. However, the tragus cartilage is difficult to pierce than regular flesh, which would require the piercer to exert a little more pressure than for other piercings.

What is the tragus piercing good for?

What is a tragus piercing? Tragus and daith piercings are novel treatments for migraine headaches and pain. The daith is a fold of cartilage above the ear canal.

Is it bad to Repierce the same spot?

Can you get re-pierced in the same spot? Maybe, but only a piercing professional can tell you for sure. Book a consultation with a piercing professional who can examine your former earring hole(s) and decide if you can re-pierce the same spot without opening yourself up to complications.

Does re piercing hurt more?

What about the pain? Many people say getting re-pierced is less painful than the first time. Remember fleshy areas such as the lobes are less painful than areas with thicker cartilage like the helix.