Pimple in my ear really hurts...suggestions please?!
Question: There is a big pimple in my ear. Not like inside inside of it. Its like the part you can get inside of with your finger. It really hurts. They occur about every 3 months in each ear. I just got rid of one in my left ear, and now its in the right and it hurts even worse in the right. The only way I got this pimple out of my ear was just like picking at it. But, it always comes back in the same dang spot. What is it?
Answers: There is a big pimple in my ear. Not like inside inside of it. Its like the part you can get inside of with your finger. It really hurts. They occur about every 3 months in each ear. I just got rid of one in my left ear, and now its in the right and it hurts even worse in the right. The only way I got this pimple out of my ear was just like picking at it. But, it always comes back in the same dang spot. What is it?
I've also experienced this several times. I take a Q-tip with some salicylic acid or benzoyl peroxide acne medication on it and gently rub it on the affected area. Do this at least twice a day and in a few days or so it will be gone.
I don't believe that it has anything to do with washing or not washing your ears as other people have suggested. Dermatologists say that acne has nothing to do with being clean elsewhere so this would be the same case.
It's more likely to be an infection under the skin if it keeps coming back. Usually that's what they are when they're inside the ear. The best way to combat it once and for all is to see a doctor for a course of antibiotics.
Picking at it might break it and relieve the pressure, but you're only making it worse in the long run by perpetuating the infection cycle.
ugghhh dont you hate those!!!!! they are nasty and i hate them. i think if you really want to reduce getting them you have to clean and take better care of your ears.....
i should also take my own advice :)
You can try soaking a washcloth with hot water and applying it to draw out the crap inside the pimple.
For the future, I would bet it's the headphones you are using. Try to clean them nightly with some rubbing alcohol (not poured directly on them but on a paper towel for example) before you use them. You might also try cleaning your ears better or using q-tips when you are done with a shower.
oh! i feel for ya! i hate thode. i get them on occaison. i guess u could put an acne solution on it or pick at it.
Sounds like a boil or an abcess. Because they keep re-curring, you must go to the Doctor, and get it checked out.You could end up becoming deaf if you keep ignoring it.
Dab a Qtip in rubbing alchohol and gently dab at the pimple 2x's a day...I've had these before and they hurt! You need to dry it out to make it go away.