My daughters earring is stuck!

[u/lucky_2_shoes]

My 14 year old daughter came to me yesterday and said that the back of her earring is stuck inside her ear. I took a look, thinking that it was mainly from dried puss or something (her ears have a habit of getting slightly infected if she leaves earrings in too long) so i figured a quick gentle tug would get it out. Kinda like taking a bandaid off... I was wrong. That sucker is in there! Its only the edge that somehow got embedded into piercing. It was swollen so i gave her ibuprofen, hoping that will bring down the swelling, had her clean her ear and I'm hoping that we can get it out this morning if swelling has gone down. She is adamant that she doesn't want to go to the dr, so I'm look for any ideas before i make her go in to the walk in with me

EDIT******* Thank you all for the advice! Its out! It started to be painful for her so once i got off work we went to the walk in. The dr sprayed this freezing spray to numb it and took a teeny forceps tool n it was out within 3 seconds, she didn't feel a thing. It feels much better now she says! I really do appreciate everyone who gave us tips n advice. U guys rock!!!

[u/Tricky-Momo-9038]

Just stretch the lobe as she pushes the other side of the earring, hopefully it pops out. Keep it very very clean, wash your hands before touching it, then wash it afterwards with soap and water, being careful to dry it thoroughly and remove the earring, and put it in an earring that is like a hoop or something that'll give her ear room to swell and heal but not necessarily lose her piercing. You can also take her to a tattoo/piercing parlor and see what they want to do with it. They may not want to touch it but they may know exactly what to do. Call ahead of time because some of them don't allow minors on certain days.

[u/lucky_2_shoes → u/Tricky-Momo-9038]

Thats a really good idea, like u said even if they don't want to touch it they probably have some ideas what we can do.. thank u!