Here's Why Your Ear Piercings Smell Like Cheese
You won't like the reason behind this "phenomenon"! If you've ever wondered why your ear piercings smell like cheese, you'll finally find out now
We know, the name of this seemingly strange phenomenon isn't very appealing, but it's so very fitting! Many people have had earlobe piercings since their childhood, but only few know how to correctly sanitize them and their ears in order to avoid the funky smell! Even if you're generally a hygienic person, we often tend to forget the area around our ears.
Let's take one thing at a time: the substance, that is referred to as ear cheese in colloquial speech, is composed of dead skin cells, oil and beauty products that accumulates around the earlobes. This is where the brown-greenish gunk comes from. Don't worry about it, though! It's neither contagious, nor harmful to your health, but an absolutely natural side effect of having pierced ears! When you just had your ears pierced, you might experience an especially unpleasant smell since your body is going through a defense reaction.
Here's how you can avoid the foul smell:
