Piece of My Ear Ripped Out
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Thursday May 28th, 2009 @ 9:53 PM
Filed under: Ear
I have been working on gauging my ears and today I tried going from an 8g to a 6g. I tried putting the 6g in my right ear without any lube (I forgot..lol) and I was massaging it and working it all the way through. I finally got it out the other side and when I looked at the back of my ear, there was a flap of skin around the plug. So I decided to pull it back out because I have had this happen before.
(The first time it happened was when I went from a 12g to an 8g. There was a flap on each ear. I didn’t go back to the 12g, I just kept my ears clean with salt water everyday. No blowout.)
So when I pulled the 6g back out, the skin that was hanging out the back ripped off and came with it. These plugs have a small indention on each end for an o-ring to fit around and the skin caught on it and ripped it out. My ear bled for a few minutes, nothing too serious, and I waited till it quit bleeding and used moisturizing lotion on my ear and massaged it back through with no more skin flap on the back of my ear.
My question is, I have done this before with the flap and I didn’t get a blowout. What can I do now to prevent a blowout from occurring? Just clean it daily with salt water and use lotion on it?
Thanks in advance
I’m going to hazard a guess that you didn’t wait long enough after your disastrous earlier stretch. Just because you got lucky the first time - and that most certainly was luck rather than good judgement - doesn’t mean you will get lucky again. Downsize and let your ear heal. Once your ear has healed, give it at least eight weeks before you stretch back to 6g. Messing your ears up in the early stages of stretching can interfere with the general health of your lobes further down the line and may limit the potential for going large. Don’t bother with lotions at this stage. Concentrate on twice daily seasalt soaks until it is fully healed. Lotions are best to maintain healthy lobes, not fix damaged ones. Once again, there is plenty of info out there in cyberspace on correct stretching techniques. Do your research, folks.
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10 Responses to “Piece of My Ear Ripped Out”
Yea I know I got lucky the first time with the gauging. This time I waited 4 weeks before trying to go to a bigger size. The problem was that the indention on the plug caught the skin on the inside and pulled it out. I’m sorry to say I am not going to take the advice of taking the plugs out. I will clean it 2-3 times daily and just hope that it all works out.
I figured since the skin basically ripped out that I really don’t have to worry about a blowout because there isn’t anywhere for blood to get trapped and my ear is not sticking out the back at all.
We’ll see though
MatrixBaller04 on May 28th, 2009 at 10:12 pmi always wonder what is going through people’s heads. and how they know the term ‘blowout,’ clearly go on bme (enough to use the qod and any rate), and yet still have absolutely no idea what they’re doing…. i think i overestimate the general population far too much.
allie on May 29th, 2009 at 3:43 amI’m sorry, I know not of this gauging. Surely you mean stretched?
Jenny on May 31st, 2009 at 3:38 amI just don’t understand this wave of people who obviously read bme & must have at least a base idea of what the proper way of doing things is, yet choose to disregard it entirely in lieu of asking QOD how to fix what they have knowingly done wrong. There are no magic answers, guys…did you really expect the answer to be, “well, you’ve done everything wrong so far, your best bet is probably just to cross your fingers for a few days and hope you don’t get an infection, scar tissue or blowout, then just keep stretching as fast as you can!” Damn.
cherrybomb on June 1st, 2009 at 12:25 pmhave fun stretching that scar tissue in the future.
fireship on June 1st, 2009 at 5:28 pmSpeaking of stretching, I have always had trouble with one of my lobes (the left, if it matters). I think that there may have been damage all those years ago when it was originally pierced- about 20 years ago. Can someone point out the stretching techniques, particularly for difficult ears?
Kiera on June 3rd, 2009 at 2:03 pm~K
Ya MatrixBaller04, I’m sure you know better then these experts. What do they know anyways? I hope they don’t quit there day job to give this ‘advice’. I hope you get your ‘gauges’ like super big duuuude.
fml.
I love jenny’s comment haha
katy prost on June 6th, 2009 at 1:01 amI am going to write in for advice, but not take the advice im giving. What a tool!
LaLa on June 9th, 2009 at 5:49 pmgiven*
LaLa on June 9th, 2009 at 5:50 pmYou know, I also stretched my ears to a 2g, also DIY. I’ve had absolutely no problems whatsoever. Want to know my secret?
It took me 3 years. Pierced at 14g, taken to a 12g after 6 months, 8g after another 6, 6g after another 6, then another 6 month wait for 4g and finally… 6 months for 2g.
The result is two perfect, smooth, healthy, no-crap-hanging-off holes. Try taking some time to do it, and you might have some luck.
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