Tiny Bit of Blood and Some Swelling?

[Travman93]

So, I'm currently at a size two. I have my tapers in, and I have my plugs ready. As my luck would have it, the guy at my jewelry store accidentally gave me zeroes instead of twos. There is a no-return policy, so I figured that I can take a set of size four plugs, and tape them to a size two. So I tape them up, and they're a hair under size two. I push the one in my left ear in, and I feel pain. On a 1-10 scale, a solid one. So I take it out and a bit of blood trickles out of my ear. Not much by any means at all, a tiny bit. I put my tapers back in for about an hour, then go to hop in the shower. I take a look at my ear, and the hole seems a tiny bit puffy. It is just a bit small. I've never had any blood or pain or even swelling so far, so I'm a bit freaked out. What can I do?

[TheGreyEyedMonster]

Put the 4g plugs back in and baby your ears for a few weeks/month. sucks that that happened to you but in order for your ears to heal properly they you need to put the 4gs back in to keep the pressure off of your ears.

[corazon_de_oro]

Agreed. And judging by the timing of your posts in the photo section you're going WAAAAY too fast as it is. Your 6G was already looking really wrinkly... honestly, you need to stay at 4G for a long time and do some oil massages to break down scar tissue so you don't ruin your ears.