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- Area around pierced earring is red, tender, swollen, warm to touch, torn or lacerated.
General Information
- About 30% of people who have their ears pierced experience minor complications in the first few days or weeks after piercing.
- Complications include:
- Localized infection at earring site or spread of infection to entire ear
- Skin allergy (contact dermatitis) from nickel (contained in some earrings)
- Back of earring becomes lodged inside the earlobe
- Tear of earlobe due to pulling on the earring
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If not, see these other symptoms
- See options under EAR SYMPTOMS and select a more appropriate topic.
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