Call Your Doctor Now (night or day) If

• You feel weak or very sick
• Earring has torn completely through the ear lobe
• Skin around the piercing site is split open or gaping
• Bleeding at the piercing site has not stopped after 10 minutes of direct pressure
• Part of earring (clasp) is stuck inside the earlobe
• Entire ear is red or swollen
• Ear pain and you have a fever