Yes, you can sleep without earrings after 6 months, but it is important to keep a few things in mind. If your piercing is still healing, sleeping without earrings may prolong the healing process, and can also cause your piercing to close up. If you have sensitive skin, sleeping without earrings may cause irritation.
It's hard to predict how quickly your body will attempt to close a piercing, but as a general rule, the newer it is, the more likely it will close up. For instance: If your piercing is less than a year old, it can close in a few days, and if your piercing is several years old, it can take several weeks.
Leaving Earrings Out Too Long
Yes, you can take your earrings out after 6-8 weeks if they feel ready, but don't leave them out! They will still close quickly since they're relatively new. Leave your earrings in as often as you can for roughly a year before going extended periods without them.
For a normal lobe piercing, allow for at least two months before sleeping the full night without earrings. You should allow at least 6 months to 1 year for optimal results when piercing the side of your ear or your cartilage, especially if you have sensitive skin that is prone to irritation.
For six months after you change your earlobe piercing, it's important to not go longer than 24 hours without wearing an earring. If you go more than that amount of time without an earring, your piercing to begin to close.
The average healing time is 6 weeks for an earlobe piercing and 12 weeks for a cartilage piercing. We recommend leaving your piercing earrings in and following your aftercare instructions for 6 weeks after an earlobe piercing and 12 weeks after a cartilage piercing.
You can take out a lobe piercing after it has passed the initial healing stage, usually around 6 weeks. However, you shouldn't leave the earring out for more than a few moments or it will be difficult to insert again. For sleeping, I would wait at least 3 months for it to heal enough.
As always, we'll leave you with the simple summary: You can leave your newly pierced earrings out overnight when your ears are completely healed. This could be anywhere between 6 weeks and 3 months, depending on how quick your skin can heal.
Earlobe piercings: for the first 6 months after your 6 week healing period has ended, do not go more than 24 hours without wearing an earring or your piercing may close.
The general rule is to avoid wearing earrings while sleeping, with the exception of when you get a new piercing. You will need to keep these small studs in place for 6 weeks or so, or until the piercing heals.
Typically, ear lobe piercings take around 4-6 months, while upper or inner ear piercings take between 6-12+ months to fully heal. You'll know your ear is healed once any discharge, swelling, redness, flaking, or soreness stops.
Another term you may hear to describe piercing earrings is “starter earrings” since these stud style earrings are kept in the ear while the new piercing heals.
The exact time varies between different bodies. But, during the healing phase, most lobe piercings will close within 24 hours without jewellery. Once healed, the lobe closes slowly. In the earlobe, fistulas can form easily.
This takes several months and even years for some piercings. For ear piercings, this fistula process won't happen until a minimum of six months after the initial piercings. That's why most professionals will recommend not taking out your earrings for two to six months after your procedure.
To prevent your new cartilage piercing from closing, you will need to wear an earring 24/7 for at least 6 months AFTER the completion of your 12 week healing period (so at least 9 months). If you want to change your earrings, put the new style in IMMEDIATELY or your piercing may close.
The quick answer is "yes." If you don't wear earrings, the piercing will be closed. The length of time that will take depends upon where the piercing to the ear is, and how long it has been since you've had the piercing. If the hole is not older than 6 weeks the hole will close in around 24 hours.
Before you get too freaked out, though, you should know: "While it's not typical to have a medical problem when you leave your earrings in all the time, it is important to clean them," says Dr. K. Roxanne Grawe, a board-certified plastic surgeon who is based in Ohio and performs piercings in her office.
If you're someone who moves around a lot in their sleep, it may be best to sleep on your back, or in a semi-upright position to avoid putting pressure on your new piercing. This will also help reduce any discomfort you may feel while sleeping.
Sleeping on your healing piercing, especially ear piercings, can cause it to heal angled and crooked. The pressure from laying on it causes the jewelry to become tilted, and VERY irritated. This will do all of what not downsizing your piercing will do. It's the same thing.
It would be best if you kept your earrings in for at least six weeks, ideally for three months. This will give your piercing time to heal properly and reduce the risk of infection. After that, you can switch to a different earring style or take them out altogether.
For ear piercings, it is recommended to wait 6-8 weeks before attempting to change your earring.
It can be bad to wear earrings 24/7. It is advisable to take your favourite earrings off from time to time to let your ears “breathe”. The reason behind this is that your earrings could trap dirt and bacteria (or shampoo) if you leave them on 24/7, which can lead to infections.
For best results, you should completely avoid going any longer than 24 hours without wearing your earrings for the first six months of the piercing to avoid the pierced hole closing. While there is less chance the pierced hole will close after this initial six months, it's not completely unknown.
Why do my earring holes stink? Earring holes can start to smell due to a buildup of sweat, dirt, and bacteria. To prevent this, clean your earrings regularly with soap and water. Additionally, switch out your earrings every few days to give your ears a break and reduce the bacteria that builds up around the hole.