Today, I was taking my earrings out and thought I had lost the back of one. Turns out my ear infection has caused the flesh of my ear to grow around and engulf the back of my earring and it is still stuck in there. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I have an infected piercing because I'm allergic to the metal. My ear is so swollen that I can't remove the jewelry. It won't get better until I'm able to remove the jewelry. FML
Today, I spent the first day of my senior year in the ER because my new ear piercing got so infected that the doctors had to cut the earring out. FML
Today, and for the past few days, I've become aware that it's absolutely the worst time ever to get an infection after getting my right ear pieced, and having to walk around with a big Band-aid on my earlobe. FML
Today, my excruciating ear pain turned out to be a bastard maggot eating away at all the vital things behind my eardrum. The doctor pulled it out, but I’m now permanently deaf in that ear and can’t balance. I fall if I try to stand or walk further than 5 feet. FML
Today, I went to the doctor's to get a checkup. When the nurse stuck the Otoscope into my ear to look, she was disgusted. When she pulled it out, she told me that I had an ear infection, and that she'd popped a pimple in there by mistake. FML
Today, something blocked my ear. I couldn't get it out, so I went to Urgent Care so I didn't pop my eardrums. Turns out my allergies made my ears stop draining. After they rinsed my ears, I can now hear almost nothing. FML
Today, I got a second piercing in my ear. I needed help cleaning the back, so I asked my dad for help. I told him to careful, but right when I did, he tore the earring out with the cotton swab. Thanks, dad. FML
Today, I discovered that it is possible for bugs to lay eggs in your ears. FML
Today, I was laying down in bed when my puppy decided to bite my ear. As I started laughing and pulling him off, I noticed one of my $200 earrings got pulled off with it. And now… I wait. FML
Today, in the process of leaning over the sink to close the drain so my diamond earrings wouldn't fall in as I put them on, I dropped my diamond earring down the drain. FML
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Top comments
Ownord_fml 10
Why wearing earrings when you have an ear infection ? D:
sweet_candy_ 17
Go to the doctor now.
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Comments (176)
carlgal 3
it HURTS that happened to me when i was 7. but instead of engulfing just the back it engulfed the entire front part 2
JamieLT 22
I actually had the exact same thing. Like exactly.. Kinda went actually... But yeah, I had to go in to a doc to get the back cut out of my ear.
TheFMLGame 15
This was exactly what happened to me! Had to go to the GP and have it surgically removed. Not fun OP.
miss_amphetamine 24
Go to a licensed piercing place. Ask them what to do. To people saying take infected piercings out: NO. This can trap bacteria inside the body. I have multiple lobe piercings, ear cartilage and bellybutton. Never had one infected but always been told to leave it in and clean it if it happens!
HazelGrace 10
Hurts but helps disinfect then push trough. Try not to think about the pain
thejonac 21
you should really consult a doctor immediately and stop wearing ear accessories until your infection is cured.
Xobubblyxo 23
Lol FYL I know it sucks, literally the exact same thing happened to me a couple years ago and I had to get surgery to cut it out of my ear. Haha good luck!
thunderfucked 23
Take better care of your ears, and things like this won't happen.
BaDumTsss_fml 23
One time the front of mine was swallowed by my ear ?
kayayye 22
how the hell