Advice please?

[hanbanana124]

I need some advice. I've had my ears stretched to 12g for a week with no problems. I decided to change out my metal plugs for acrylic plugs, and within an hour, my ears were all irritated. I changed back to the metal plugs, and cleaned the acrylic ones, and put them back in a day later when my ears didnt hurt. When I put them back in, I left them in for the day, and when I took them out, my ear was red and pussy. I cleaned my ear out with the same ear cleaning stuff I used to use when my earrings would get infected when I was little, and changed back to the metal plugs, and I now have no problems. My ears when I was little would reject some types of earrings. Does it sound like my ears are rejecting the acrylic, or am I doing something wrong?

[ViolentJayne]

sounds like you are having a reaction to the acrylic . Some people such as myself can wear acrylic for weeks ( regular cleaning routine of course ) with no prob at all , where as some people have an almost instant bad reaction to it - its almost an allergy .
If I were you Id stick to steel titanium or glass and when you get a bit bigger you can experiment with organics and see how they do in your ears . If you have this much trouble with acrylic Id steer clear of silicone too just to be on the safe side

[bradykay90]

My ears do it with silicone will not exactly what urs are doing. When I put my earskins in. For about an hour my lobes itch like crazy but they only bother me for an hour. But yea you are diffently haveing a reaction to acrylic

[hanbanana124]

Thank you both, I'll steer clear of acrylics from now on
You guys just saved me from having more problems

[bradykay90]

Thank you both, I'll steer clear of acrylics from now on
You guys just saved me from having more problems

Idk how old u are but. As u get older your body changes. And reacts different to stuff. It suck for u as of now cause I luv wearing my acrylic plugs stainless and other metals can get heavy at bigger sizes. Anyways your welcomr