My Friend Needs Help!!!

by **BroCore92** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:33 pm

ok well a friend of mine gauged his some time ears last year. he went up to a half inch. the problem is... he went up in 3 weeks. as you can imagine his ears are completely fucked. about a couple days at half an inch he took out his gauges, they were bleeding badly, and he downsized to a 2g but it won't go any smaller. I want to help him out and give him some advice that will make his lobes healthier at least. I believe he doesn't have any blow outs but does have some pretty bad scar tissue. Are there any products or treatments that could at least make his lobes healthy again? He's studying to be a doctor and his unhealthy lobes could make persuing his career chioce very difficult. thank you for reading.

by **BroCore92** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:34 pm

correction: he gauged his ears sometime last year

my damn mouse and keyboard messed up the sentence

by **stashapistachio** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:41 pm

Sea salt soaks while they're still horrible open wounds.
Vitamin E oil/bio oil/whatever other scar reduction oil massages 1 or two times a day. The massaging should help break up the scar tissue. But no guarantees he'll end up with normal ears.

by **BroCore92** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:47 pm

I should've clarified... he's been at a 2g for a good while now. they won't shrink back. they aren't exactly open wounds anymore, just scars. And he's aware his ears will never be the same, but the more healthy they look the better. if they could go down a little bit, size wise, then they'd look somewhat normal. thank you for your suggestions though. Its very appreciated

I will tell tell him to do that as soon as possible

by **WindowLicker** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 12:06 am

Don't forget to smack him upside the head for stretchin up so quick lol

by **Hybrid** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 1:49 am

Most likely his ears will never be normal now. Tell him to do the massages with jojoba oil, vitamin E oil, Naked oil, Emu oil, etc. That will help break down the scar tissue, but only thing I can think is if he gets kaos hiders to help them blend in.

by **Gutterflower** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 6:30 am

This makes me sad.

D'aw. I'm glad I found this forum before I started stretching. I just wish more people would research what they're about to do to themselves before they go 'head and do it and inevitably end up hurting themselves.

I can't really give you any advice that hasn't already been said, except I kinda wanna second what WindowLicker suggested. :lol: