Hi!
i got my earlobes pierced on 31/10/18. I’ve never had any other piercings so I didn’t know what to expect but I wish I’d never got them done now :( I didn’t change the earring until it had been at least 8 weeks, and even then I changed them back to studs a few hours later. I bathed them in salt water for 5 minutes 2 x a day up until about 3 weeks ago, and when I’m showering I always give them a rinse too. The problem is, they just aren’t healing at all. I’ve changed the studs to small hoop sleepers now, because it’s more comfortable. They are titanium earrings so I’m pretty sure the jewellery is not what’s irritating me. Whenever I try to put another pair of earrings in, it just hurts me and then they bleed / leak pus for the next few days. Today I woke up, after having about 2 weeks of the piercings being ‘normal’ and not swollen or painful, and my right one was swollen and leaking pus (and painful). The left one is fine, the right one has always been worse. I have started to do salt baths again but it’s just annoying because I do want to get more piercings but if my body can’t even handle lobe piercings then I really don’t want to waste my money getting more if it’s gonna be this much effort each time :( I just want to know if there’s anything I can do to stop this from happening or why it might be happening? It’s been 4 months and my lobes still aren’t anywhere near healed.