I’ve not had earrings in for years at a time in the past and the holes have still been as open as it was the last time I had earrings. Whereas I had a lip piercing that after a few days, seems to have almost completely closed up.
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Mouths have lots of moisture and are kinda in a constant state of healing things over quickly as it’s dangerous for things to enter the blood stream from all the close to the skin surface blood vessels. (I have lip piercings and asked my piercer cause mine closed up within 30 min)
Mostly, blood supply. You don’t have a lot of blood vessels in your ear, but your mouth (which is very important for survival) has many.
If you were to not put in earrings immediately after getting them pierced, they would close up. As the piercing heals, they basically heal around the earring, leaving a hole. You’re also generally instructed to turn earrings when the piercings are still healing, otherwise you risk your earlobes healing tightly with the earring inside instead of leaving a hole.
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