What is the best season to get your ears pierced?

There are so many earrings in the jewelry store and I seem to want to buy them, but I don’t have pierced ears yet. I might as well get them pierced soon. But the weather is a bit hot and it doesn’t seem suitable. What is the best season to get ears pierced?

Ear piercing should be done in spring, preferably between March and April, followed by October. It is best not to pierce your ears at other times.

If you get your ears pierced in March or April, the weather is still relatively cold in the spring, or not hot, so your ears are not likely to get inflamed. In the summer, you will sweat a lot, and the amount of shampooing and bathing will increase greatly, so the chances of water hitting the wound will also increase, and the chance of inflammation will be the highest. If you get your ears pierced in the fall, winter will come immediately, and when the weather gets cold in the winter, wounds on the ears are prone to frostbite, which is more serious. Not only will the ear become inflamed, but the entire ear will become red and swollen. Therefore, autumn and winter are not suitable for ear piercing.

The best time to pierce your ears is after adulthood, because some people will pierce the cartilage of the auricle when piercing their ears. During childhood and adolescence, the auricle, including the earlobe, is in the development stage. It is best to pierce your ears after the ears are formed in adulthood. It is best for women to stagger their menstrual period to avoid bleeding during this period. It is best to pierce your ears in a hospital or a qualified plastic surgery institution using a thick needle puncture method, and avoid using a laser gun to pierce your ears, because laser gun piercing can easily cause obvious hyperplasia of local scars and form keloids. Some patients have more obvious keloids, and the effect of two surgeries is not good. After piercing your ears, try to keep the area dry and avoid contact with water to avoid infection.

It is best to choose pure silver or pure gold earrings for pierced ears, which will not cause ear piercing inflammation.

After piercing your ears, you must continue to disinfect them. Use medical alcohol and a clean cotton swab to rub around the ear holes.

When you take a shower or wash your hair, it is best to cover your ear holes with earmuffs or a shower cap to prevent them from getting wet. If they do get wet, wipe them dry with a clean paper towel immediately.

After piercing your ears, rotate the earrings from time to time to prevent them from growing into the flesh.

You have to wait until the ear hole is fully healed (about a month) before you can change to another earring. Otherwise, it is easy to poke your ear when wearing other earrings.

During the two months after the ear piercing has healed, do not wear heavy earrings or some crudely made, cheap earrings.

The newly pierced ear is a fresh wound, so keep it as dry as possible and avoid getting it wet within two weeks. You can use 75% alcohol to rub it every day for local disinfection. If there is redness and swelling after piercing, or even pus discharge, you should take out the earrings and ear studs in time for local anti-inflammatory treatment. If the inflammation is severe, you may need to take anti-inflammatory drugs. If there is a lot of pus discharge, it is best to go to the hospital and let the doctor disinfect the local wound.