by Hardware » Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:50 am
It sounds like your ear was not ready to go up to that size quite yet, I personally advise waiting 2-3 months between stretching (especially 8G-6G, the difference is huge). Okay, the first thing you will want to consider is taking them down to 8G and waiting for the fistula (the flesh on the inside of your earlobe stretching) to heal.
If you want to try to heal them in their current condition I highly suggest getting some surgical steel plugs (I suggest this if you go down to 8G as well). Acrylic is a porous plastic that can easily harbor bacteria and cause irritation, surgical steel is much easier to clean.
Also, unless the puss is green, its highly unlikely you have an infection. If the puss is white/yellow in color, it is just used up white blood cells leaving the body (as they are trying to heal an open wound).
You NEED to do sea salt Soaks, I suggest 5 minutes twice a day. You can find sea salt in the natural foods or baking aisle in your local grocery store. Be sure to buy NON-IODIZED Sea Salt.... Dissolve 1/8-1/4 Teaspoon of Non-iodized sea salt into 1 cup (8oz) of warm distilled or bottled water. Don't make the mix too strong as it will further irritation.
Let me know how your earlobes feel after following this for 3 days. You are going to want to keep up with this until the fistula is normal flesh color again. After that I suggest Vitamin E oil massages for your earlobes. It will break down scar tissue build up.
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