Call Your Doctor During Weekday Office Hours If

• You have other questions or concerns
• Swollen lymph node (in front of or behind earlobe)
• Symptoms not improving after 3 days of treatment at with antibiotic ointment
• Small tear in earlobe from earring injury and no tetanus booster greater than 10 years
• Large thick scar has developed at the earring site during the last couple months