text: I am a wound care nurse..so lets say your ear is your wound. 1st I read the responses and don't follow the advice of them. \n\nYou need to wash your piercing with soap like dial (antibacterial) and use warm water. Replace your ear ring. Your ears may be sensitive to metals so get some hypo-allegenic ear rings sold at most places, just ask someone for them.  \n\nNo doctor is needed. \n\nYou can use alcohol and peroxide in a 50/50 mix and apply it to the infected area in the morning after waking up and getting out of bed. And at night before bed. do not use these alone or undiluted. These 2 things aide in healing but also if used to much they can kill the bad germs and the good ones too.\n\nDon't use ointments they don't help things like this. Ointments attract dirt and cause the infection to worsen. Clean your ear regularly and keep it clean and dry. If you use hairspray of gel cover the area while fixing your hair.\n\nPierced ear infections are not to hard to clean up just do as I suggest and it should be healed within 1-2 weeks.