Something wrong with my ear

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Thursday December 6th, 2007 @ 2:46 PM

Filed under: Ear

I’ve been at 7/16th’s for a good couple of months now and been wearing the same horn plug and cleaning it regularly. My ear was quite loose and could slip a 1/2″ plug in. Well, this morning i woke up and something was quite different, i felt of my earlobe and it was stiff and felt different.

Just my left earlobe was swollen and stiff and not loose at all! I took the plug out and the fistula was so small and puffy, when its usually nice and roound and a bigger hole, and my earlobe had swollen up so much! I didn’t have a blowout or a tear, i didn’t even stretch my ear! What is wrong with my earlobe?

These sorts of “flare ups” are not unheard of with stretched lobes. I know that I have experienced a few of them over the years…everything seems fine, and then seemingly for new reason…one ear freaks out. If you didn’t change the material of the jewelry you’ve been wearing, most likely it’s some sort of mechanical irritation: you slept on it funny or pinched the tissue with your jewelry, or something like that. It’s also possible you get something into the hole which irritated it and causes it to freak out.

Most of the time, leaving jewelry out of the piercing for a few days, so things have a chance to relax and settle down is the best option. You might lose a size or two, but stretching back up is typically very easy, especially if you’ve been at one size for a long time.

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