Good oral hygiene and leave it alone, it will close on it's own accord.
Once the piercing is "seasoned" that is to say over a year old then you can remove the jewellery for short periods of time ( 24 ~ 48 hrs) without the piercing closing completely
Yes if you don't take care of it.
Not if you take care of it properly.
Like any piercing, if you take care of the piercing daily and clean it as required, then there is no issue.
You need to keeep it clean with salt water.
1 year after having it done, you can take the jewellery out for an 8 hour period without fear of the piercing closing up.
you can get that from any piercing or cut if it gets infected that's why its so important to take really good care of it
If the piercing is done by a professional body piercer working in a licenced facility, you will be provided with written aftercare instructions at the time you get your piercing done. The piercer will also go over the aftercare instructions with you to ensure you understand the proper care routine for your piercing.
Only if you don't take care of it and clean it well.
Yes. Of course, you still want to take really good care of your piercing while taking the antibiotics.
Well you should have been given written instructions for care and cleaning or your new ear piercing. If not see the "Related Links" below for suggested aftercare instructions.
It will take as long as it needs, healing time varies from person to person. If you are having issues with the piercing, this will slow the healing time down greatly because the body needs to fix what is screwed up before it can focus on closing the piercing up.