Important Life Lesson!

[fickle]

Do not clean pierced ears with mint dental floss.

I realize that might sound obvious to some of you, but if you're a college student who recently got her ears pierced, thinks one of them is too swollen to use cotton swabs on and really wants to make sure it's clean, you might have the brainwave of using dental floss to try to clean behind the earring.

Take it from me, it's a bad idea. Your ear won't drop off, but it will sting like crazy. Though maybe cotton thread would work if you soak it in disinfectant first.

Aren't you glad I'm here to find out stuff the hard way so that you won't have to?

Comments

[daemonsadvocate.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I feel bad for you :), but yeah, I'll note it for if I ever get my ears re-pierced. Not sure what to do when it swells up, might be worth getting that checked out.

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

*hugs back* I'm sure you'd be smarter than to try it. And it's not bad swelling, just a little swollen like when you hit yourself on something and it's in the pre-bruising stage.

[daemonsadvocate.livejournal.com]

Awwwwww *pets*. Just look after yourself okay? *offers extra chocolate-y milk*

You'd be surprised... I might have tried it myself *hugs tightly*. Hope you're sleeping better, did you get 5 hours? I won't be about tonight because of UWH. Please don't stay up too late *huggles*, sweet dreams!

[fyretoppaaa.livejournal.com]

... ;;;;; Fickle. Wow. XD That's creative, I'll give you that. :P

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

If I ever take up self-mutilation, I'm going to be the weird kid piercing my ears with sticks of chilli instead of just using razorblades. XD

[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

OH FICKLE. ♥

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

WHAT CAN I SAY? I'm perpetually sleep-deprived!

[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

You are okay?

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

Well, I've been up all night. And it's 10:30AM and I'm going to go to bed now because my sleeping pills suddenly stopped working.

*hugs* Enjoy WTFing at Marvel, doll.

[xinda.livejournal.com]

Y'know... I think I may have done something similar before... I don't recall what I used, but I know I've used something that I thought would work... but didn't...

One suggestion is to soak the swab in whatever they gave you and then hold it against your ear - press it enough so that it actually gets between the earring and your ear...

And if the infection continues, call the person who did it for you. Make sure that you're not alergic to the earring -- like I was to nickel...

@___@

*snuggles* Now, I hope your ear is doing better and that you're getting sleep ♥

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

That icon is adorable!

And I tried doing that and now my ear is bleeding. Ow. >_< I can't believe it just started bleeding again like this!

The earring is 24-K gold plated, so I doubt that I'm allergic to it since I've been wearing gold all my life without problems.

*huggles you back* You are ♥

[xinda.livejournal.com]

Sankyou~ I love it too..

X_X is it better now? you are ♥ xxxx

[harmonybunny114.livejournal.com]

Oh my poor darling! Kudos for the very innovative idea though...disinfected cotton thread probably would have been fine.

Hope the ear unswells soon!

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

My ears started bleeding so now I'm going to be cautious and stick to using only cotton swabs. >_<

Thank you for the good wishes!

[harmonybunny114.livejournal.com]

Wah! Do you have antiseptic cream to put on your ears? I'm sure the nurse will...you do have a nurse there, don't you? *worries*