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Help! i bumped my cartilage peircing my ear with a hair brush and now it is swelling and hurts so bad. how to get rid of swelling ?
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Try taking motrin,: Apply ice packs for first two days then warm packs, apply neosporin and vaseline. Follow up with ur dr if it gets infected. Take care!
Answered 3/7/2014
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