Before I got the second set of holes in my earlobes(i've had the first set for nearly 8 years), I noticed that the front of them would all of a sudden, get very dry skin (or something that looked like dry skin). I would pick off the patches, expecting just dead skin, but it would hurt very much and leave red, sore spots that would eventually form a scab and heal. That was about 6 months ago. Now that i've gotten my second set of holes, the backs of my earlobes seem to have these scabs of yellow..Crust, for lack of a better word, and it looks like a thin layer of skin has come off, still leaving a red, sometimes bloody spot right beside the hole, and it's only happening around the older piercings! Can someone help me shed some light as to what might be happening here?