Bleeding, super swollen stretched ears?

Stretched ears bleeding! Please help!:)?

• So 3 days ago I stretched from an 8g to a 6g it went normal I felt just the burning feeling nothing painful. I had the 8g in for a couple of months and my plugs began to slide out ...show more

• Answer:

  Tapers are meant to assist with the transition to a larger size & inserting the larger size. They are not meant to be worn as jewellery. You also probably were a bit rough at some stage, either taking the tapers out at the meet, or putting them in again afterwards and that was when the tearing occurred. Treat your lobes as if they were newly pierced. Leave the 8 g plugs in and do regular sea salt soaks. Give your ears a good 3 months to settle down before you try to size up. In a couple of months you can then start giving your lobes a little moisturiser to help prepare them for the next stretch. You can also save up for some suitable 6 g plugs. Under the circumstances, I would advise you to try to get some 7 g plugs (may not be easy) because you are getting to the stage where stretches become more difficult. Alternatively, you could put some tape around your 8 g plugs to increase their diameter just a little, to help with the transition - but don't do that until the 3 months are up.