Why is my lobe piercing bleeding

This happens because the crust may still be clinging onto live skin, it may tear the wound during removal. Removing crust should only be done while cleaning your piercing. Make sure to not directly touch a new ear piercing with your fingers within cleaning them thoroughly first, as germs from your hands can cause it to become infected. Cleaning your ear piercing too much can cause the skin near the piercing wound to dry.

This may result in skin tearing and bleeding. Overcleaning can cause regenerating cells to be constantly removed without progress towards healing. We recommend you clean your ear piercing twice a day if the healing process is occurring normally. If the piercing is infected, you can clean it three or four times a day.

You can apply Tea Tree Oil to help with the healing process and to help prevent infection. Piercing holes can close up surprisingly quickly if you decide to take a break from wearing any jewelry for a while. Many people will attempt to break through the layers of skin that have formed in order to reopen a closed piercing , which can sometimes result in damaging any regenerated blood vessels, causing some usually minor bleeding.

Ear piercing bleeding can be a sign of infection or not following aftercare instructions. Some risks of ear piercing are allergic reaction, scarring, and infection.

Healing Times for Ear Piercings Healing times vary from person to person. Contact dermatitis: contact dermatitis is an allergic skin reaction. It is fairly common. It is most often caused by nickel.

Nickel may be in some piercing jewelry. Piercings should be made of hypoallergenic metal. Types of these metals are stainless steel, titanium, platinum, palladium, and niobium. Titanium has the least risk of allergic reaction.

Avoid gold posts right after a piercing. Even high quality gold can contain trace amounts of nickel. Embedded clasp: the backing clasp, ball gets stuck under the skin.

The most common cause is that the earring post is too short. The clasp may also be on too tight. A visit to the doctor is often needed to remove the clasp. This can happen even when the piercing is sterile and done by professionals.

Symptoms include yellow discharge, crusting, or mild irritation. Traumatic injury: the skin around the ear can tear or rip. The earring may get hooked on a piece of clothing. This most often happens to the ear lobe. Uncommon Complications Auricular chondritis: a serious infection of the ear cartilage. This is the folded skin on the outer ear. The infection can begin weeks after an ear piercing. It most often needs IV antibiotics. Blood-borne infections - Hepatitis B and C: these viruses can spread by sharing earrings.

They also spread through use of dirty piercing needles. Professional piercing salons follow strict cleaning guidelines and use sterile single-use piercing needles. Cellulitis: cellulitis is the medical term for skin infection. This can happen if infection at a piercing site spreads into nearby skin. Symptoms are spreading redness and pain. Treatment with antibiotic pills is needed. Blood-borne infections - HIV Keloid: this is a term for heavy scarring at a piercing wound site.

It develops over months. It happens because some people scar more than others. It is not because of how the piercing was done. Causes of Pierced Ear Infections Using ear piercing equipment that is not sterile can cause an infection. Using earrings with dirty posts can cause infection. Touching the earlobes with dirty hands may also cause infection. Another common cause is earrings that are too tight.

The post may be too short or the clasp put on too tight. Tight earrings don't let air enter the piercing hole through the earlobe. The pressure from tight earrings also reduces blood flow to the earlobe.

If you've had an ear or nose cartilage piercing, small lumps can sometimes form around the piercing. The lumps, called granulomas, are trapped fluid.

You can treat them by soaking a pad in warm water then holding the pad against them once a day. You may need antibiotics if your piercing is infected.