How To Wear Earrings Again
1. Your first purchase from me needs to be (or include) a pair of starter/sleeper/healing earrings. Even if your ears seems to currently be healed and healthy. CAUTION: The care instructions on this page are intended for pure Starter/Sleeper/Healing earrings only. Never add water to your ears while Non-Healing earrings are in them.
2. When your starter earrings arrive.. Rinse them with clean water, then dry them with a clean cotton cloth, then lubricate the posts with Veseline, A&D Ointment, or pure oil, so that insertion is easier and kinder to your ears. Also clean and prepare your ears the same way only. Do not add any other products to this process at all, regardless of who told you differently.
3. Put the earrings into your piercings being careful not to push the clutch back on too tightly. Leave the earrings in place 24/7 through sleep and showers and cleanings for at least 2 weeks for an old piercing, and 6 weeks for a new piercing.
Care and attention:
1. Twice a day, clean your ears with the earrings in place, with fresh clean water and a clean cotton cloth only. Do not use cotton swabs, cotton balls, or tissues. Move the earring around to get as much of it clean as possible, front and back (push the earring forward from the back, and backward from the front to get to the post and piercing). Soak the area with a dripping wet cloth several times, rather than rubbing.
1a. Itching can get quite intense during the first three days, but I promise it will subside. You can add some sea salt (food grade) to the water (makes a saline solution) that you clean with, or use some sea salt water anytime your ears itch. It really works. Here's how:
Fill a mug with clean water and add a half teaspoon or so, of Sea Salt. Microwave on high for 30 to 45 seconds, just to dissolve the salt (caution: do not put hot water on your ears ~ allow the water to become luke warm). Soak a fresh clean cotton cloth with the sea salt water and hold it onto your ears/earrings, front and back (or fill a clean spray bottle with the sea salt water and spray soak). You can do this as often as needed for itching, and at least 2 times a day for cleaning during the healing period.
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2. Then dry gently, front and back, dabbing with a fresh dry clean cotton cloth. Additionally, be sure to towel dry (don't air dry - this is key) your ears each and every time they get wet during the healing process (showers, swimming, hair salon, etc.).
3. Lubricate with Petroleum Jelly (or a pure cooking oil like Olive), to keep the earring from sticking to the open wound. Discontinue this step when it is no longer needed. It's best to allow the air to flow around your piercing, so this step is no longer needed when your ears are no longer chapped, cracked, itching or seeping.
4. You can consider your piercings healed when all tenderness has gone, and you don't even feel your earrings in place any longer. At this point you can remove your earrings to clean them.
5. Clean your earrings at least once a week after the healing process is complete. Close the drain in the sink (so the earrings don't accidentally slide down). Fill a small cup half way with fresh water, and place your earrings in. Swish the water around a few moments, and remove earrings to a clean towel. Dry them well. Clean and dry your ears the same way and reinsert your earrings. If you need a stronger cleaning method, use a old tooth brush to gently scrub your earrings. Never use harsh chemicals on your earrings or your ears.
Troubleshooting:
1. If you still suffer from burning, itching, redness, swelling, rash, or irritation after 1 week, contact me and we
will even exchange your healing earrings for the other element. I guarantee that one of my elements will work for you because they are both non-allergenic.
2. If neither element works for you, you have either put something else on your ears, have failed to dry your ears after getting them wet, or you have "chronic eczema" which will not go away until it's run it's course, whether you have earrings in your ears or not.
2a. For a complete list of "potential allergens" that we must keep away from our ears during the healing process, go here: ACD ECZEMA
3. If you are truly allergic to Niobium and Titanium you will be the first of my over 5000 customers who is. If this is the case you can get your money back for your first pair of healing earrings by following the instructions on my Guarantee page here: GUARANTEES
Want to know more?
There are 6 main points to remember when wearing earrings again for the very first time. This also holds true if you are currently suffering from ACD Eczema or not. Keep in mind that an irritated piercing is an unhealed piercing, it is essentially an open wound. Caring for an open wound in addition to Eczema (or on someone who is prone to eczema) is different than caring for these 2 conditions separately. So follow my instructions without adding or deleting from the process, until you have comfort in wearing my earrings.
1. Put nothing on your ears that you would not allow into your eyes. If soap, shampoo, hairspray, perfume, hair dye, perm solutions, or any other product comes in contact with your piercings, rinse it off and towel dry your ears right away. Do not put rubbing alcohol, peroxide, antiseptic cleaners on your ears .... this includes retail products that are designed to heal the general population's newly pierced ears, as these products cause eczema. Do not use cortisone or anti-bacterial creams or ointments, whether they are over the counter or prescribed ... ironically, these products also cause eczema when applied to an open wound of one who suffers with ACD Eczema.
While you are within the trial period of wearing my earrings, you do not want any other substance which can bring on an allergic reaction to touch your ears. You don't want to think you are allergic to my earrings when you are actually allergic to a well known allergen like topical medications. Don't touch your ears unless you are tending to the care of them. While they are sensitive, even a touch can irritate. Children should be encouraged to go look in the mirror, but don't touch.
2. Clean your ears, front and back, twice a day with clean fresh water and a soft cotton cloth which has been laundered with a soap that you are not allergic to. Fragrance free products are essential if you are very sensitive. Do not use paper towels, tissues, cotton balls, etc. on your ears, these products all contain known allergens. Once your piercings/eczema is healed, you can cut back to cleaning once a week.
3. If you experience itching, or want to prevent it, you can dilute a teaspoon of Natural Sea Salt into the water and soak your ears with it. This really works!!! If itching does occur, it will subside by the third day. Pure & Natural Sea Salt is available from the food section of the grocery store, or sample packets are available on my starter and sleeper earring page (just don't purchase it from the bath section as it will contain fragrances). Sea Salt Water is safe to use on any itchy skin anywhere, whether there is an open wound present or not, and for as long and as often as you like!
3.a) You can put some Sea Salt water in a small empty spray bottle (available for pennies at Wal-Mart) to make application easier.
4. Towel dry your ears, front and back, each time they get wet. Never allow your ears to "air dry". THIS IS KEY. Air-drying ultimately dries out the skin further which makes it more difficult to heal, and more prone to infection. Remember to towel dry after swimming, showering, washing hair, etc.
5. Use petroleum jelly (Vaseline, A&D Ointment) to lubricate your ears as it is 100% Non-allergenic, if your ears are chapped, dry, cracked, seeping, bleeding or scabbing . A tiny dab on the front and back of the piercing is all you need to keep your wound (piercing) from sticking to the earring and causing further irritation or infection. Use this lubricant for as long as your ears seem dry, and discontinue when not needed as it is best to allow air to flow freely around a healing wound.
6. Keep a positive attitude. Although at first, you will likely experience itching, but you should notice almost immediately that you do not have the severe symptoms you had when alloys were in your ears. Keep this fact in mind ... a little better at first, a lot better with some time and proper care, usually by the third day you will have complete relief.
7. If you have an active case of eczema, keep an eye open for signs of secondary infection, and seek the attention of a qualified physician if you suspect infection. Please request an "oral" (taken by mouth) anti-biotic if Doc wants you to have one, other than a "topical" (rubbed onto the skin) anti-biotic. Here are some pictures to help you notice the difference between wet eczema (seeping of plasma or lymph) compared to infection (pus).
 
Left picture: Pus is thick and white to yellowish in color and commonly seen in infection but never seen in eczema unless a secondary infection is present. Right picture: Scab formed by dried pus.
 
Left picture: Wet Eczema is Plasma or Lymph seeping out of the damaged skin. It is a thin watery transparent clear to yellowish color. Right picture: Scabs formed by dried plasma/lymph.
8. If you need to be pierced or re-pierced first please check out the information here: PROFESSIONALS ~ for information on the very best piercing proceedures for children and adult ears.
And please email me during the healing period if any questions or concerns arise. I am here to answer any questions and assist you to achieve healing free of additional charges.
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HEALING PRODUCTS
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1 packet of All Natural 100% Sea Salt from the Dead Sea AND your choice of either of: 1 vial 100% Coconut Oil -OR- 1 foil pack of Vitamins A&D Ointment (Petroleum Jelly).
These are the only products that I recommend for healing pierced ears. Sea Salt Water soothes itching, and cleanses the skin. Petroleum Jelly (Vaseline, A&D Ointment) is a perfect protectant for sensitive skin. Coconut Oil (actually a liquid wax) is a light weight lubricant for people who do not want to use petroleum jelly, however it is not 100% non-allergenic. These products can be purchased in health food stores -or- trial sized packages are available here.
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