earlobe infections?

Here's an update from the jeweler, sometimes moisture trapped under a piece of jewelry can cause irritation. Do you sleep on your right side or place a headpiece or phone on your right ear? Could it be infected from something like that? The jeweler told me to keep the jewelry off and use neosporin and/ or hydrocortisone.

Alyssa, I have had the same problem. My ears were pierced when I was a baby and I always had to wear gold earrings or they would get infected. My dad got me a pair of white gold diamond studs years ago and I wear them every day and sleep with them in. I usually have no problem, but every once in awhile I will have a flare up. I usually will take them out for a day or two and clean them again before I put them back in. That usually does the trick. I'm not sure what causes the flare ups because I am pretty anal about cleaning my jewelry and wiping down my phones with alcohol wipes.

I get it 2 for some strange reason. I can only wear gold and as I don't wear yellow gold the white gold wears off after a while. I tend to take them out clean them and leave them for a couple of days give the ears a breather and that works.

My worse is my belly ring god that gets infected at the drop of a hat. I burst it again yesterday which freaks everyone out but sometimes it has to be done lol

My advice taken them out for a day or so, let it settle down and try again

I used to get infections quite often until I became a peroxide junky!

I soak all my earrings in hydrogen peroxide before I put them in regardless of what they are made of. If I leave in the same pair of earrings for an extended period of time (like my diamond studs) I dip a q-tip in peroxide and press it to my earlobe, both front and back, to "degerm" my earring hole.

I have no issues now - regardless of the material the earrings are made out of.

i am going to try the perioxide Jen thanks!