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I need some advice. I've had my ears stretched to 12g for a week with no problems. I decided to change out my metal plugs for acrylic plugs, and within an hour, my ears were all irritated. I changed back to the metal plugs, and cleaned the acrylic ones, and put them back in a day later when my ears didnt hurt. When I put them back in, I left them in for the day, and when I took them out, my ear was red and pussy. I cleaned my ear out with the same ear cleaning stuff I used to use when my earrings would get infected when I was little, and changed back to the metal plugs, and I now have no problems. My ears when I was little would reject some types of earrings. Does it sound like my ears are rejecting the acrylic, or am I doing something wrong?

sounds like you are having a reaction to the acrylic . Some people such as myself can wear acrylic for weeks ( regular cleaning routine of course ) with no prob at all , where as some people have an almost instant bad reaction to it - its almost an allergy .
If I were you Id stick to steel titanium or glass and when you get a bit bigger you can experiment with organics and see how they do in your ears . If you have this much trouble with acrylic Id steer clear of silicone too just to be on the safe side

My ears do it with silicone will not exactly what urs are doing. When I put my earskins in. For about an hour my lobes itch like crazy but they only bother me for an hour. But yea you are diffently haveing a reaction to acrylic

Thank you both, I'll steer clear of acrylics from now on
You guys just saved me from having more problems

hanbanana124 wrote:Thank you both, I'll steer clear of acrylics from now on
You guys just saved me from having more problems

Idk how old u are but. As u get older your body changes. And reacts different to stuff. It suck for u as of now cause I luv wearing my acrylic plugs stainless and other metals can get heavy at bigger sizes. Anyways your welcomr