Is a bleeding sore on my external ear bad?

My ear is bleeding and is sore?

• i stretched my ears from a regular earing hole to a 10gauge and its bleeding a little i put clares ear cleaner for my other hole and my stretched one is sore help?!?

• Answer:

  A regular piercing (20-18g?) to 10g is a very big jump. I would advise that you take whatever you used to stretch them out, and do sea salt/water washes at least once a day for around 2-3 weeks. You could also try Vitamin E oil massages. Wear smaller jewellery during that time, and when you begin stretching again, do so in much smaller, gradual stretches leaving a month between each stretch. (16g - 14g - 12g - 10g) Although it can be annoying having to wait to go bigger, it's so much better than completely messing your lobes up.