Q&A for How to Get Rid of a Blowout the Quickest and Easiest Way

Clean the area and give it a few days to heal up some. Afterwards, going back to an 8 is okay because you were originally an 8 before the stretch, and it should not hurt to put the 8 back in.

Soak the ear in the warm saline solution, take the plug out for a few hours or put in a smaller one that was previously cleaned and disinfected well.

It will be swollen, painful, red and warm. You should definitely be able to tell the difference between the normal sting of stretching and a blow out.

No, peroxide dries the skin, and the key is to keep it moisturized! Salt solutions are the best option.

Well if a blowout happened for you and you don't know what to do, you just follow these steps and stay calm.

A little bit of stinging is okay. It just depends on how long you kept the 8g in for. If you had it in for 1 to 2 weeks and then go up, then that's probably not the best idea. It all comes down to how long you've had them in for. But if they're still stinging after a while, use saltwater and clean around the 6g.

if the blowout is healed, you are going to have a much harder time getting it to look "normal." My suggestion is lots and lots of oil rubs! Also, downsize x 2 - I know that's not what you want to hear, but you need to give your ear an opportunity to heal and shrink. When you size up, use bondage tape.

About 5-10 minutes is sufficient. Make sure the salt is fully dissolved in the water.

Leave it out and eventually it will shrink down in a very short time. Follow the article's instructions.

As soon as you notice you have a blowout you should start treating it. If you can't remove your plugs of jewelry because of a fresh stretch, just keep applying oil and doing these methods until you can remove the jewelry to continue the process of the blowout healing.

This depends on what you feel like risking. The "proper way" is to downsize.

Although you may not want to downsize, it's probably your best option. If you don't want to fully downsize, a great option is to downsize and use bondage tape or Teflon tape to wrap the plug to a comfortable gauge while your ear heals. Make sure you change the tape often enough to avoid infection.

Your ears will ooze sometimes, and smell pretty bad, it's not super unusual. If it doesn't get better, go down to a 4g and wait several months to try a 2g again.

It really depends on how big of a gauge your stretched to. A regular earring is 16, 18, or 20g. If you stretched your ear to a 14g or higher, you should be able to put a regular earring in with no problem.

You don't have to, but it will be an easier healing process if you do. If it isn't getting better while leaving your plugs in, you should definitely take them out.

This can occur if your ears aren't very elastic, or if you tried to insert the plug without any kind of lubrication.

No, they won't get infected. our ear hole will just close up if you haven't had ear rings in your ear for a long time.

It does not matter. Both ways are effective.

If your earlobe feels warm and you feel kind of an itchy sensation around the hole when touching it, even 2 days after going up on a size, you have probably made a small tear or upsized too quick. Keep an eye out for redness, too.

Yes, but it's nothing serious. Put the warm salt solution around the earlobe, and push the plug out. It will sting a bit, but that's normal. Wash it with the salt solution and leave the earlobe alone for a few days, or put a smaller plug in. It happened to me too, a few times on one ear.

Saline solution is the best way to help. It's contact solution you can find at any store. It's sanitary salt water.

It should be able to, yes. When starting gauges, it takes your body awhile to get used to it. When I go up sizes, I use a lubricant (like Vaseline) to prevent irritation. If your ears are still irritated, go down a size and start using a moisturizing cream.

Check the ingredients. You need a sanitary and effective saline solution to fit the healing requirements. If the ingredients have more than water and salt (sodium chloride) listed, then it may not be safe for sanitation.

No, but you need to use a salt with no additives, and table salt usually contains iodine,

As long as there is no pain or blood, it is okay. Stretching will change the blood flow to your ears and it will take time for the body to adjust. The bigger you go, the less it will happen.

If the tunnels or plugs fit into your ears without much of a struggle or pain, sure! Just don't force them in if they don't seem to fit.