What do people do for ear retainers?

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<li>they don't make retainers specifically for ears, however, you can repurpose a <a href="http://www.google.com/products?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&q=lip+ring+retainer&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=tqKOS6j-OYXkNa_NwJMN&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=7&ved=0CCoQrQQwBg">lip ring retainer</a> for the ears
<li><a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081119151134AAUQN3S">Just take them out when it work. After a piercing has been in for a while can be taken out for a few hours.</a>
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