Stretching and irritation
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Wednesday November 7th, 2007 @ 2:17 PM
Filed under: Ear
About a year ago I stretched my ears to a measly 8g. But sadly had to take them out because of work. Even then, I had troubles with my left ear and it always being itchy no matter how much I cleaned my jewellery. I cleaned it by alternating with sea salt soaks and anti bacterial soap. And since now, Ive started to restretch again but slower and just at 10g, but the same itch has come back. Im using lucite [I guess acrylic to you guys] and I was wondering if MAYBE thats the cause of the itch and if there was an alternative to jewellery that came that small in gauge[10g]without having to be specially ordered?
It’s possible your body isn’t a fan of the acrylic/lucite. It’s certainly not unheard of. However, if you’re using o-rings (the black ones) to hold the acrylic jewelry in place, I’d be more suspicious that you’re having an allergic reaction to the o-rings. I’ve definitely run into that much more commonly over the years than I have people reacting to acrylic. If you are wearing black o-rings, you could try switching to clear o-rings, as the clear ones are made out of silicone and not latex or nitrrile rubber.
Other alternatives for jewelry material you could wear include stainless steel, titanium and glass. Plugs in 10ga, made of those materials, should be pretty easy to find in a studio with a decent jewelry selection.
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One Response to “Stretching and irritation”
Thanks! that helps a lot. I went to a 6g and the next day I had to take them out because I had a HORRIBLE reaction to the o-rings and my ears went all bloody and dry… so I found out what caused it. That was about a week ago and they are still infected but I atleast I found out that it was the silicone o-rings. Im going to let them sit for a month or so and start to research with CBRs.
bellaNEKO on November 7th, 2007 at 5:39 pmLeave a Comment