6 day old rook, implant grade titanium, 16g
Hi I'm new!! So this is how my rook looks now vs how it looked on the day I got it pierced. Here's more info:
I got it pierced on 13th of August, it was fine until 16th when it started swelling like shown in the picture. I clean it three times a day with sterile saline solution and then dry it off with a tissue.
The only thing I can think of that could've irritated it is me wearing headphones (cleaned them before obviously but maybe it put too much pressure on the ear? It wasn't touching the piercing directly though). Pain fluctuates, it was stronger yesterday but it calmed down a bit today. So did the redness bc it was way more red and angry yesterday. My sister said that she could see white-looking discharge, it doesn't smell bad though. I'm anxious because not even my snug hurt this much (but it did swell up similarly after a few days of getting it) and I'm worried it's infected/at the risk of infection. Any help would be very appreciated!!