i think i did something wrong

[Beky97]

iv stretched my ear to 2mm for about 3 weeks then i lost my stretcher about a a month ago, so a week ago i disided to stretch my ear again and yesterday i tried putting a 3mm in and i had a lot of trouble and it took me a while and hurt alot and still did till this morning when i woke up so i took the stretcher out and it bled loads and its still swelled up now and hurts if i touch it, what should i do, soak it with salt water until its healed up then put a 2mm back in??
Many thanks becky.

[ViolentJayne]

well if you already had the 2 mm out for a month then your ear probably shrank back to regular size .. so you should probably take out what you have in now and downsize to a 14 ga or 1.6 mm if that wont go in easily then back to a standard earring .. then wait for at least 4-6 and start again do not skip any sizes , you were trying to jump from 12ga to 8ga by skipping 10 ga .. when your ears had probably shrank to a 16ga or 14ga from going without plugs/jewelry for a month .. also make sure to do your sea salt soaks while its newly healing then after about 2 weeks start oil massage to break down any scar tissue from this incident

please do not try and stretch again for at least 4 -6 weeks preferably longer allow your ear to fully heal from this .. and start slow good luck

[ast.riske]

I swore I just posted a reply to this, but I'm not seeing it. Weird. Anyway...

+1 to everything Jayne said. Also once you're through healing, start again at 1.2 or 1.6mm (16g or 14g) and stretch up carefully waiting the appropriate time between stretches. Before all that, though, I would spend some time massaging your lobes to breakdown the scar tissue the tears may have formed so you have the best chance of easy, even healing.

Best of luck!

[ast.riske]

Do'h! Disregard the doubling of messages. I spaced it. As I said to begin, +1 to eeryhig Jayne said. Lol

[Beky97]

i had a 2mm in for a week before i put the 3mm in.

[ast.riske]

i had a 2mm in for a week before i put the 3mm in.

That definitely wasn't long enough. And you should have gone from 2mm or 12g to 2.5mm or 10g.

[Beky97]

i know that now, i guess everyone makes mistakes but that's how we learn.

[ast.riske]

i know that now, i guess everyone makes mistakes but that's how we learn.

Indeed. Just give your lobes a chance to heal and I'm sure you'll be alright. : )

[Beky97]

found out why this happened, the stupid man who sold me this sold me a 1.6mm so i tried to stretch from a 1.6-3mm no wonder why it hurt!!!