4 Responses for "stretched ears ripped !?"

1. taylor lautner March 14th, 2010 at 8:40 am 1

   Best Answer – Chosen by Voters This happened to me a while back, though I had not put them in a fresh stretch. Anyways, let me answer your questions. a) Do NOT put the 00g back in. I suggest leaving your plugs/tunnels out until the rip is 100% healed. b) You mentioned you had cleaned them a lot within the 16 hours with saline solution. That's not a good idea. Also, DO NOT use peroxide like that person up there mentioned. Peroxide is way too harsh for the fistula (inside of the hole). Do sea salt soaks 3-4 times a week MAX. Salt is drying to your skin. You don't want cracked/dry lobes WITH a rip. Also, massage them regularly (once or twice a day) with vitamin E oil. It will help keep your lobes moisturized and healthy, just be gentle around the rip. The blackish color is your rip scabbing over, don't mess with it. That will further irritate it. c) You can down-size or take them out completely. Just wait until your lobes are COMPLETELY healed, and try putting in different sized plugs to see which ones fit most comfortably. You shouldn't have to struggle to put them in. Then slowly stretch back up, give your lobes ample time to heal to prevent future rips. Or, if you want to let them close, you can do that too. Either way, I suggest the sea salt soaks (1/4 tsp. sea salt per every 8 oz. of warm water) and E oil massages. Good luck! Source(s): 1-1/2" lobes, been stretching for 3 years.

2. selena gomez March 14th, 2010 at 8:40 am 2

   forget abut the guages u say ur skin is turning blackish u should go to the hospital it could be an infection

3. Vanessa Hudgens March 14th, 2010 at 8:40 am 3

   The same thing happened to me a few months back but i went from a 12g to a 2g? I used ALOT of peroxide on mine, I cleaned mine 3 times a day n after bout a week they were doin fine again. When it happened with me I took my gauges completely out and waited till I had the infection under control and my earlobes looked normal again before I started gauging them again. This has happened to a few of my friends and they gauged their ears down instead of just taking them out totally, but it all depends on what you want to do either way will work. And if I were you I wouldnt try and put the 00g back in right now, that will just irritate them even more.

4. selena gomez March 14th, 2010 at 8:40 am 4

   Ok so,Since I'm not a doctor or expert on this, here is an educated guess…1. Start putting some tye of ointment, the best that I would recommend would be cocoa butter.2. If money, insurance, or parents yelling at you is not an issue, then you should definately think about stiches for the rip… tell the doctor, nurse, etc. specifically not to close the gauge up if you are concerned about keeping the gaue size pretty high.3. Take some advil or whatever type of painkiller, I know how much of a ***** it is so… 4. Do not put any more gauges in, or downsize to the previous one you had in. Source(s): I had gauges before i joined the navy.