Do you have sensitive pierced ears? Do you have to be careful about what type of earring you use or even then, you sometimes end up with red irritated ears? That’s no fun!
I’ve got a handy little trick to share with you today – it’s an all natural support that may help avoid and improve earring irritation.
My ears tend to be sensitive and I’ve often ended up with red, irritated ears – even with good quality earrings. I eventually got to the point where I rarely wore any. I still don’t wear earrings every day but now I don’t worry about sore ears later when I do.
A year ago, when my 8-year-old daughter got her ears pierced, I came up with this simple idea as an all-natural way to help improve and avoid irritation
Natural Support for Earring Irritation:
The “secret” is very simple and beneficial. It’s calendula.
Calendula has been used medicinally for centuries and may be useful for many skin ailments, including eczema, minor burns and sunburns, acne, dry patches, wounds, and more.
Calendula ointment is my favorite “boo boo” cream and I always keep a tube in my medicine cabinet. It’s gentle, doesn’t sting like some antiseptics, and in my experience, it really does help to heal scrapes, scratches, and even lacerations quickly. My kids are always scraping their elbows or knees or toes or any other body parts and they’ve never developed an infection when we’ve used calendula ointment.
So it only made sense to try calendula ointment for irritated pierced ears. We use this ointment. (<< affiliate link)
Simply dab a little calendula onto each ear before wearing earrings. The calendula will help soothe ears and can act as a barrier between your skin and the metal earring to avoid further irritation. If your ears tend to be super sensitive, you can even rub a bit of calendula onto the part of the earring that goes through your ear for even better protection.
Emily has sensitive pierced ears just like me, and she loves using Calendula ointment. (And she’s my picky child who doesn’t like to put anything on her skin!)
Recently, she hadn’t used the calendula ointment for awhile and one of her ears was bothering her. We applied calendula ointment three times a day for two days and it completely healed. Now, she uses it whenever she wears her earrings and hasn’t had an issue since.
If you have sensitive pierced ears too, calendula may be a simple way to avoid and improve earring irritation.
Shelley says
Oh my gosh! This couldn’t have come at a more perfect time! My daughter just got her ears pierced with surgical steel (I’m super sensitive to metals so figured she might be too) and we’re having nothing but issues. We were washing 2x a day with dial soap and then spraying with Bactine. Turns out the Bactine is what she was having a reaction to, but I’m bookmarking this for future issues! Thanks so much for sharing!
Erika says
Poor thing! I’m glad she is feeling better now.
Amy Desrosiers says
What amazing advice! Both of my daughter’s ears get so irritated so I need to try this tip asap!
Aubrey says
My daughter’s ears get really sensitive. I should try this with her.
Daisy says
I’ll have to try Calendula ointment. I rarely wear earrings because of irritation, but this sounds like it would help.
valmg @ Mom Knows It All says
I’ve never heard of this before but I’ll keep it in mind. I have a friend whose ears are super sensisitve to all earrings.
RANJANA SINGH says
I AM TOO TRYING THIS AS MY EARS GET RED AFTER WEARING ANY TYPE OF EARRINGS
Donna says
What brand do you recommend?
Erika says
I use Boiron.
Marjan says
Thanks for the useful tip! So happy, im going to try it.
God bless you,
Marjan
Linda says
Hi Erika,
I wear clip-on earrings, do you think Calendula ointment will help with the irritation for my very sensitive skin?
Erika says
Hi Linda, I think it’s worth trying. Though I wonder if the calendula might make the clip-ons fall off? You could try it? Sometimes there’s a metal allergy and there’s only so much calendula can do though. Good luck!
Rosie says
Titanium or niobium are recommended for earrings, rather than other metals (which many people will react to, even high karat gold or surgical steel). That is likely to solve the issue for almost everyone, rather than having to address the symptoms with calendula cream.
Erika says
Good to know, thank you, Rosie.