Stretched Ear issues

At The Gates · 21st October 2009, 1:04am

Hey guys.

I've recently started the whole path of stretching my ears and i'm currently on 6mm with white acrylic plugs which i know are bad for healing but it's all i have.

I've been on 6mm now for around 2 months or a tad more. My intentions were to stretch a lot more frequent to get to my desired size, but i've had huge issues on 6mm.

First issue is crust and blood. Even after 2 months + i'm still getting stupid amounts of scabby crust round my plug and down the side of my neck when i wake up. When i clean them also, i'm still getting a lot of blood like it's still freshly stretched. Not 100% sure what to do.

The second issue is, just above my left tunnel i've developed what looks like a red spot. It's quite stingy when pressure is applied and it grows and decreases in size depending on my cleaning intervals. I never had this issue on any other size.

I'm not sure if i've stretched too sudden from 5mm to 6mm, which was around a 2 week waiting period. Also i'll mention that the ears were DIY pierced. I do have other piercings, but i felt i could trust my friend to do them. Everything was hygienic and sterilized. I wore my lip bars in my ears at 1.6 till i felt i could start stretching.

If you know of anything which might help these issues, i'd be very greatful to know of any treatments.

Cheers folks.

-=GothKenny=- · 21st October 2009, 2:29am

Sometimes, they just don't want to heal.
Though I've found that the best thing you can do with them is clean them every day with protein-inhibiting contact-lens solution or use feminine-wipes (used for thrush and such) on them.
If you're having really manky problems, put the last size in and clean them fequently til they're healed and try again.

pANDAS Radio · 21st October 2009, 3:06am

I've found that TCP and Vitamin E oil have helped quite a lot.

Witch · 21st October 2009, 6:29am

if its bleeding you've probably stretched too quickly, i had this problem and had to let my ear heal properly and start again from 2mm.

Good luck

Devastator · 21st October 2009, 9:06am

Get some steel plugs in them! And wait a good 6 weeks between stretches!

karbon14 · 21st October 2009, 9:23am

take them out, heal them up, start again from scratch.

wait 6 weeks between stretches and only use surgical steel or titanium while you're stretching.

*edit* probably shouldn't leave these things open for 20 minutes before actually hitting submit.

Sazzarella · 21st October 2009, 11:38am

Some people must has rubbish skin, i started with a 6mm crescent taper thing and went up to 6mm in a week and never had any problems.

Evapilotone · 21st October 2009, 12:25pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Devastator

Get some steel plugs in them! And wait a good 6 weeks between stretches!

Listen to this chicka.

If it's bleeding, your've stretched too quickly. I would suggest getting some 4mm (or 5mm if you must) steel tunnels that you can pop in and let your ears heal for a good couple of months until the ooze and blood has stopped. Keep cleaning them every day. I did this in the showers after my "routine", ensuring no shampoo or anything is stuck between the tunnel and lobe.

And as mentioned, leave it a good 6 weeks minimum before stretches. Longer if you can.

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