Ear piercing
I’ve struggled for ear piercing for many years because I was worried about the abnormal scaring. I saw a girl who had attend a clinic with a large and red lump on the earlobe. I was curious about that and learnt that was the hypertrophic scar resulted from ear piercing. After several years observation to make sure my body did not easily produce hypertrophic scaring. I had my ear piercing finally and now I can wear all sorts of earrings.
Formation of a nice hole from ear piercing is a long process. It’s not just the quick punch. Our body needs time to allow the wound to heal and to leave a hole as we desired. Nowadays, people mainly use piercing gun to fire the ear piercing stud through the earlobe. The ear stud can be beautifully set with gemstones in stainless steel surgical metal in 20 gauges.
Stages
The formation of a hole or tunnel on the earlobe goes through 3 main stages.
1. The inflammatory stage
After piercing the earlobe, an open wound is induced. Inflammation and tenderness are the common consequences.
2. The growth stage
Our body produces cells and protein to heal the puncture and the edges of the hole contract around the piercing, forming a scar tissue around the post of the stud. Therefore, to have a nice hole formed, we needed to turn the studs slowly and regularly. Otherwise, the scaring tissue would contract around the post and introduced new problems. This stage takes 6 to 8 weeks.
Cells lining the piercing strengthen and stabilize. This stage takes months or years to complete.
After the hole nicely formed and matured. You can wear any kind of earrings.
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