Not healing?

[danielle925]

I stretched from 8g to 6g about 3 weeks ago. My ears are still crusty and appear to be a little wet. One of my ears is a little sore. They aren't oozing or red or anything like that. They don't appear to be infected, but they just don't seem to want to heal. I've been spraying them with H2Ocean for the past couple of weeks. Any suggestions?

[Tom]

What type of plugs are you wearing?

[danielle925]

Im wearing surgical steel tunnels.

[Nic]

The h2Ocean could be drying them out, try using jojoba oil massages. If ur ears are dried out then the fistula will start to crack and could cause it to not heal.

[danielle925]

Alright, I'll give that a try. Do you think its safe to take the plugs out to massage them yet?

[magalo le matelot]

You have to take your plugs out.

[danielle925]

Just making sure, because they're not healed. I didn't want them to close up. Thanks for all of the help.

[magalo le matelot]

Unless you massage them during 3 hours, they won't have the time to shrink

[danielle925]

Awesome (: thanks for all the help

[corazon_de_oro]

Honestly, it sounds like you need to downsize. Stretching shouldn't cause crusties or anything. If you don't downsize, don't start doing oil massages yet because it'll piss off your ears even more. Try sea salt soaks (mix 1/8-1/4 teaspoon in one cup of hot water and soak for 5-10 minutes) until the crusties stop, then wait a long time before your next stretch.