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Sore Ears from Earrings.

FlowerBear — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 15:05:55 GMT

Everytime I try and wear earrings in my pierced ears they hurt. I have had pierced ears for a long time. Used to be able to wear any earrings, even cheap ones.

Now even my little diamond earrings hurt my ears. It is a bummer not to be able to wear them.

Sometimes they hurt even after I just put them in my ears. Sometimes it takes longer.

I even tried ones that said for sensitive ears. Same deal.

I need some advice and help if possible here!

Re: Sore Ears from Earrings.

JeanLouiseFinch — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 15:11:19 GMT

@FlowerBear wrote:
Everytime I try and wear earrings in my pierced ears they hurt. I have had pierced ears for a long time. Used to be able to wear any earrings, even cheap ones.

Now even my little diamond earrings hurt my ears. It is a bummer not to be able to wear them.

Sometimes they hurt even after I just put them in my ears. Sometimes it takes longer.

I even tried ones that said for sensitive ears. Same deal.

I need some advice and help if possible here!

@FlowerBearhurt, as in an ache of some kind, or more like an irritation to the skin? Achiness may come from wearing something too heavy. If your skin is irritated, you may be alergic. I have a nickel allergy so I have to watch what I wear in my ears. 14 kt gold is best, but if I wear cheap they have to be labeled hypoalergenic or that the posts are made with surgical steel. Stainless is usually OK too.

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FlowerBear — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 15:16:16 GMT

well hard to explain but just hurt the entire ear lobe where the earring hole is ! crazy!

i dont even wear any heavy earrings anymore, only small ones like small diamond or gold balls.

cant wear any at this time!

if i wear them even though they hurt, when i take them off, wow my ear lobes hurt for hours!

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ID2 — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 15:16:22 GMT

I bought a pair of self-piercing earrings and pierced my own ears back in 1972 right after I graduated high school. I've never had a problem. But I don't wear heavy earrings, never have. I tend to buy and wear only pure metals when it comes to earrings.

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Shanus — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 15:18:56 GMT

@FlowerBear wrote:
Everytime I try and wear earrings in my pierced ears they hurt. I have had pierced ears for a long time. Used to be able to wear any earrings, even cheap ones.

Now even my little diamond earrings hurt my ears. It is a bummer not to be able to wear them.

Sometimes they hurt even after I just put them in my ears. Sometimes it takes longer.

I even tried ones that said for sensitive ears. Same deal.

I need some advice and help if possible here!

@FlowerBear If the lobe itself develops redness or irritation, you may have become allergic to metal. Try coating the post, where post is attached and the butterfly clutch w/ several coats of clear nail polish, so no exposed metal touches your ear...let dry between coats. Also put polysporin on post/wire before inserting earring. If it continues, I’d check with a derm. There may be a slight infection inside the ear piercing.

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Imaoldhippie — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 15:19:04 GMT

If they contain nickel you might have an allergy to that. I do. Also you may have developed an allergy to metals? Can you still wear other jewelry with no problems?

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Kardi — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 15:20:39 GMT

I’ve had pierced ears for many, many years, but noticed soreness when wearing certain posts. Came to the conclusion I’d been only wearing wires which are narrower and when I wore posts, which have a larger circumference, they made my earlobes ache. I had to get used to them again.

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SilleeMee — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 15:41:42 GMT

As we age there is loss of collagen and fat cells from every part on the body, including ear lobes. So what happens is the ear lobe becomes thinner with less structure and when you wear earrings the nerve endings become overly stimulated because there is not enough tissue surrounding them leading to discomfort and pain.

Try using those sticky things you place on the back of the ear lobe to get the support and avoid any kind of pulling.

I love to wear earrings. I had 'ear lobe rejuvenation' (w/o fillers) with a laser done by a derm. That gave me back smaller piercings and plumper lobes. Before that I was having a lot a pain and my piercings looked awfully stretched out that I didn't even want to wear earrings at all.

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Regal Bee — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 15:31:25 GMT

@FlowerBear Sometimes, my ears will get sore out of the blue from wearing earrings. I put alcohol on a cotton ball and swipe it on my ear. I do this several times during a three or four hour period and the problem always goes away.

Perhaps this will help.....hope so.

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Another new name Sue — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 16:16:06 GMT

Do you have a pair of 14k gold? If you are allergic to nickel, those might work for you.

I can only wear 14k gold and even the hypoallergenic ones bother me when wearing. It's too bad because there are a lot of cute earrings I cannot wear.

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IMW — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 16:23:08 GMT

I can only wear 14 or 18 karat gold

and only thin lever backs or hoops. Can’t have anything squeezing my ear lobes or I get infections. I also use alcohol to clean ear lobe and earrings and use antibiotic ointment on lobes.

I don’t sleep in earrings and only wear them when I’m out.

I’ve had to stop wearing many pair, including diamonds, made a pendant and dil engagement ring out of the diamonds.

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VancouverUSAgal — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 18:08:58 GMT

I have had pierced ears for 50 years, wear earrings every day, but the holes seem to be closing up anyway. I had to toss all my post earrings with thicker posts and just wear the ones with thin posts. I also have pain after just a few hous with al.ost any hoops. I have no metal allergies but I am a fast healer. I had second holes pierced but couldn't keep those opened and they were completely gone in a few weeks. So, I'm dorry but your problem might be similar.

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aprilskies — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 18:32:46 GMT

I definitely have/had this problem too. My ears were pierced when i was a baby. Late 40’s I started having the same issues. I would wear earrings and my ears lobes would get hard like they had a little Rocks where the hole was. After awhile I didn’t wear earrings and my piercings closed up. The weirdest thing. I just recently had my ears repierced. We will see how it goes. Never did figure out what caused it. It wasnt the type of metal that I can tell because I tried everything and I don’t wear costume jewelry.

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Katcat1 — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 18:44:51 GMT

@FlowerBear Have you tried rubbing alcohol on them? Apply the rubbing alcohol several times a day and a bedtime for a few days then try on earrings. I hope it helps. I remember when I first had my ears pierced and needed to use the rubbing alcohol every day, several times a day on my ears. It heals.

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sidsmom — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 19:55:23 GMT

@FlowerBear

This happened to me recently, as well!

For many years, I was wearing earrings only 1-2x a week.

Hypoallergenic earrings.

It got to the point where I thought I was going to re-pierce.

I finally got out an old pair of 14K post stud earrings...

and committed to wearing them 24/7. Every day I would place

a anti-bacterial cream on the lobe & twist the stud several times

a day. About 2 weeks later...healed & I can wear all earrings

without pain. Fight through it! It will get better w/ time!

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jaxs mom — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 19:57:12 GMT

I used to have that problem. I thought it was a nickel allergy, and that might contribute but once I started wearing surgical steel or titanium and leaving them in 24/7 I no longer have a problem. I don’t wear anything but quality body jewelry now, not even actual gold in my ears. I can even sleep in hoops now. Part of it was not wearing earrings frequently enough that the holes would shrink just enough to wear they were smaller than the earring regardless of it was post or wire. I even had a second set of holes I quit wearing earrings in for more than 10 years and couldn’t get jewelry in. I had those stretched enough with an insertion taper so that I could get 18 gauge jewelry in and I’ve left earrings in 24/7 since that day more than 10years ago without further problems. Yes they were sore for the first couple weeks as they’d shrunk so much but have been fine since.

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Dazlin — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 23:58:40 GMT

Just happened to me! I have a pair of real diamonds studs, but I'm allergic to the posts. I got swelled up, and I couldn't put a pierced earring through. I applied straight alcohol on a cotton ball for at least a week. Really soak the pierced opening, and soak your earrings as well. Mine healed nicely, and I'm able to wear my earrings...but I'm taking those diamond ones to the jeweler to make sure the posts are all really gold.
After you get healed...keep up with good hygiene by washing your pierced lobes thoroughly 2x daily, and cleaning all earrings. HTH'S

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HerRoyaLioness — Sat, 07 Jul 2018 00:40:34 GMT

Coating the posts or wires with a coat of clear nail polish helps me with ones that are a problem. I used to get a special type of coating just for that purpose but can’t find anything like that anymore.

If they are already hurting out comes the neosporin!

eta - I just googled coating for earrings for sensitive ears and several options came up so I am going to get myself one of them!

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Nightowlz — Sat, 07 Jul 2018 01:27:58 GMT

@FlowerBear wrote:
well hard to explain but just hurt the entire ear lobe where the earring hole is ! crazy!

i dont even wear any heavy earrings anymore, only small ones like small diamond or gold balls.

cant wear any at this time!

if i wear them even though they hurt, when i take them off, wow my ear lobes hurt for hours!

@FlowerBear

Do your ears just feel sore?

That's how mine feel somtimes when I wear earrings.

I figured it was because I don't wear them daily like I uesd too.

These are 14kt gold earrings.

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Tique — Sat, 07 Jul 2018 14:04:04 GMT

@FlowerBear In addition to cleaning regularly with a cotton swab and alcohol - which I also highly recommend - I think you should give your ears a rest. Don't wear earrings at all for at least a couple of days and when you resume, wear them for only two to three hours. Gradually increase the amount of time you keep the earrings in. If you are still having pain, I would see someone.

The sticky things that @SilleeMee mentioned are something you may want to incorporate into your routine. The flat large ones such as "Lobe Wonder" are probably easier to find in drugstores and the smaller cushiony ones like "Bling Dots" are sold by HSN. Hths.