An earring makes all boys, girls, men and women look great. Now that you have, or are going to get pierced, here are some tips on how to care for newly pierced ears and some advice you may want to read before getting your ears pierced.

[edit] Steps

Do not turn or twist earrings for the first few days, as your ears are still responding to the earrings, and this brings higher chances of infection. After that, twist your earrings twice a day, with clean hands, as this process makes the earrings easier to remove after healing. Your Earrings will not get stuck with starter earrings, because all starter earrings are good quality metal.
If you’re in pain after you get anything pierced, painkillers such as ibuprofen work well and help to assuage swelling.
Your piercer should give you their recommended ear cleaner, which you are to use daily for the first six weeks, and whenever you feel necessary. Don't clean them more than twice a day, your ears will get overwhelmed and will not let the medicines help.
you may want to do warm sea salt soaks daily for several months, and rinse your ears with clean water afterwards. Use 1/8 tsp per 8oz water. Do not use table salt, which contains iodine. Many piercers will send you home with appropriate salt. However, this is certainly not necessary.
When you have a shower or bath, if you use any product on your hair or around your ears, do remember to cleanse your ears afterwards with your piercers cleaner.
Don’t sleep on your sides, obviously. This will take some time for you to get used to but you will have to cope with your new situation. It will be a couple of days, leading up to a month or two, before you can sleep on your sides and on your ears again. Make sure your bed linens are clean. Use the t-shirt trick to avoid infection (cover your pillow with a clean t-shirt and replace nightly).
If you’re a veiled girl, you will go through double the trouble because of the pressure the veil puts on your newly pierced ears. Try to wear very loose veils and try to minimize the pressure. Also, do not wear the same veil multiple times without washing it.
Once your ears hurt less, which will be in six weeks to six months, you could put in smaller jewellery. That actually helps since the holes will shrink and heal faster (unless you’re stretching). Alternatively, you can be pierced with a larger gauge needle than the jewelry, which will relieve some of the pressure.
Once your ears heal totally, you can experiment with jewelery. Remember, if you think your ears may be leading to infection, replace your earrings with your starters, cleaned properly, and re-use ointment or antiseptic lotion (given by your piercer) daily till the swelling or itchiness goes down.

[edit] Tips

Before you get your ears pierced:
If you’re planning on getting pierced, try to do it before the weekend. This would help you avoid additional stress or pain. Going to school or work could cause additional stress you could do without. If you are a veiled girl, you should make this your top priority. Try to avoid putting anything on your head for the first days, getting pierced right before the weekend is a great idea. Stay home and let your ears adjust.
This will hurt. No matter how many people tell you they didn’t feel a thing, and I realize people’s pain tolerance levels are different, but you can expect at least some “uncomfortable” feelings. Be prepared and be determined; initial throbbing/redness in your ears will occur once your body feels the shock and this may last for some time. It’s all worth it though.
Think very well before you go get pierced. You would not want to go through the pain only to remove your jewellery a month later, now would you?
Have the person who’s piercing you mark the place they will pierce, or you mark it for them to show them what you want. Don’t assume that they “know”, they don’t. Make sure the dots are aligned properly as you want them, if you’re getting multiple piercings, also make sure none of the dots are too close to the outer edge of your cartilage (that hurts and causes problems).
Ask to lay down if you think you may feel faint.

[edit] Warnings

Be careful if you decide to get your ears pierced with guns. Guns are only designed to pierce earlobes. They cannot be appropriately aimed for other piercings, and can even shatter the cartilage in your ear! Gun piercings can also take longer to heal. The plastic guns are cleaned with alcohol swabs, whereas professional piercers use new needles and autoclaves. You should always have your ears pierced with needles only.
If an infection occurs, DO NOT remove the jewelry. It may cause the infection to become trapped in the body, instead of oozing out naturally. Consult your piercer, who may recommend you to a doctor.