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Is there any way to contract diseases from pierced earrings?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Yes indeedy !: It certainly is. That is why you need to clean them at least three times a day when they have just been pierced.

Answered 4/20/2013

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