Education and Training. 1  The Volunteer Patient Advocacy Training educates and empowers AIP members to serve as volunteer patient advocates for family members and friends, thereby enabling them to become partners in their own care. The training offers basic advocacy skills to help members gain access to quality care.
Remove any earrings that are currently in any ear piercing holes. Leave the earrings out of your ears indefinitely. This means never placing another earring through any hole. Eventually, the holes will develop scar tissue that will permanently close the hole for good. Examine the holes after the two to three weeks of wearing no earrings. For some, the scar tissue development will close the holes completely by this point. If the hole is not completely closed, wait an additional week or two and check again.. For some people with piercing holes that are 10 years or older, the hole will never close completely.
The second phase completes the healing process and ensures that you can maneuver the piercing as you wish, whenever you wish. Leave studs in ears for 6 weeks continuously. (12 weeks for cartilage) After 6 (or 12) weeks the piercing studs can be removed, and other post-type earrings may be worn continuously. Use only post style earrings for the first 4 months after piercing (12 months for cartilage). The post should be surgical steel or other hypo-allergenic material, such as 14K or 18K solid gold - no costume. Sterling silver (stamped 925) is OK after 4 months, but costume or plated earrings often annoy the ear.