When I do markets, I often meet parents whose girls just got piercings and they want to know how to help infected piercings. As a mother of 2, I have had lots of piercing healing problems. Multiply that times all of their friends and then when they start piercing their own!!!!! I don' think I have hit the statistical science of a 500 sample but I have had pretty good anecdata with my lot. Here are my best tips for dealing with ear piercings that tend to get infected:
TIP #1: For very new ear piercings, please just stick with those earrings for 6 months before you swap.
TIP #2: Buy the best metal you can afford when piercing and I mean real gold. Not dipped. There should be a K somewhere like 14k or 10k.
TIP #3: If it's a young girl, that can't stop playing with them, think about a dab of Neosporin at night.
TIP #4: Once you get past 6 months and if your ears are still fussy, I recommend a simple 10k gold hoop like this: https://www.kristatranquilla.com/products/10k-gold-hoops
TIP# 5: Earrings breaks. Once the piercing has healed (at least 6 months), please take them off at night if you can.
TIP #6: If you wear studs, try and find the ones that have several groove choices so you can wear your studs with a little more breathing room. All my studs use these and you can check them out here: https://www.kristatranquilla.com/collections/studs
Hope that helps! Please feel to reach out if you anymore tips!
