Hey everyone,
I'd like some opinions on my lobe situation.
Short story: I was pierced a while ago with a needle at 4mm, and had steel single flared tunnels put in with o-rings on the back as my newbie jewellery. The plan was to keep these in for 3 months for full healing to happen before any possible jewellery change. However, a couple of mishaps later involving a tunnel being push backward into my ear and general lack of confidence in the ability of these to stay in made me switch out the jewellery early (with the guidance of my piercer). I switched to titanium tunnels with screw-on backs that have much larger flares. Did a bunch of sea salt soaks and things healed up great.
That was a few months ago, but now I am having a cleansing / oiling dilemma. What's the best policy for cleaning in my situation? I'm trying to avoid taking my tunnels in and out because of fear of hurting the still relatively young piercings, but keeping them in makes cleaning difficult, and jojoba oil / Holey Butt'r massages effectively impossible.
My other question is does anyone have any suggestion for jewellery that would be simple to get in and out, without risking the original problem I had with small flares being pulled inside?
Here's my timeline for clarity.
2012:
March 29th - Pierced at 4mm
May 1st - Swapped jewellery for titanium wide flared tunnels
July 16th - Considered lobes healed and healthy at this point
August 8th - today
For what it's worth, I have no intention of stretching for a *long* time; I want to do this safely and properly; my post is about how to best take care of my lobes in their current size.
Thanks,
David