Foreign objects like piercings can be seen as threats by your body, which can cause a negative response at the piercing site, ...

The healing process with any piercing might have some bumps in the road (pun intended), including infection. “By definition, ...

If you have a minor infection, you can start with home treatment, and it may be able to heal on its own without medical ...

Ear Piercing Can Lead to Disfiguring Infection By ABC News February 24, 2004, 7:44 AM ...

How To Treat An Infected Ear Piercing If you trust the studio location you got pierced at, it may help to visit and have your ear evaluated before treating the infection at home, Dr. Kaplan says.

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Upper ear cartilage piercing was more likely to result in either confirmed or suspected infection than was lobe piercing." The health officials did not find Pseudomonas aeruginosa from any of the ...

Ear cartilage piercing is inherently more risky than lobe piercing, according to a report in the February 25 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that looks at an ...

Tragus Piercing FAQs By now you may be feeling a little gung-ho about getting your new cartilage piercing, but preparedness is still key. Here’s everything you need to know before booking your ...

A pseudomonas infection can be treated with antibiotics, but upper-ear cartilage is harder to treat than earlobes; the cartilage has a poor blood supply, so there is no easy pathway for medication ...

Some even lost part of their ears. "Upper ear cartilage piercing was more likely to result in either confirmed or suspected infection than was lobe piercing," the authors wrote.