How to Get Rid of a Blowout the Quickest and Easiest Way

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Although many don't realize the outcome of stretching their ears too fast, there is a dread of the results of it. This fear in many people that stretch their ears is getting a blowout. What is a blowout, huh? A blowout is when your ear is not ready to stretch up a size, and you are forcing a taper (or plug) into your ear and the part of your lobe that is stretched gets a bad reaction and skin pushes through to the very back. The outcome is that the skin will stay hanging from the back and it will affect your stretching and will also affect just putting in the jewelry itself. If you have a blowout, do not fear! This article will show you exactly how to get rid of your blowout, but the number one key is patience!

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Go to source} Just put sea salt at the very bottom of a tall cup (enough so that the salt is covering the whole bottom. About 1 tbsp) and fill the cup up with lukewarm water. Make sure that the cup is tall enough for your stretched ears to soak in. Do not use the same cup of water to soak your ears! Rinse the cup out and start fresh every day.

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Lots and lots of oil! Oil as in Vitamin E oil, castor oil, jojoba oil, emu oil, tea tree oil, coconut oil, olive oil. Any oil! just choose one to use up to 3 times a day on your blowout and massage it very well It might hurt if your blowout is still fresh, but the outcome will be very good if you are very consistent with your moisturizing your ears.
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Tell yourself that the blowout will heal!
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Check for redness and swelling. ^{[3]
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This will probably take up to 3 to 4 weeks. And remember that oils and patience are the key! Make sure the next time you stretch, use ointment on your ear and the jewelry and you should be fine and back to healthy stretched ears in no time!

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I didn't necessarily have a "blowout" there is no skin tucked out in the back. I went from an 8 to a 6 and it hurt a little, then it started burning, then to the point I had to take them out (all within an hour or so), and they are bleeding. Do I put my 8 back in? Or a 10?

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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.

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I sized up to a 00g three days ago and everything was fine, but today I woke up with my ear swollen and it hurt so I took my tunnels out and I was bleeding. I have never had a blowout, what do I do?

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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.

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I'm not sure if I'm getting a blowout. How can I tell?

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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.

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Morning: ointment time

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Night: Sea salt soak, cleansing, and ointment!

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Afternoon: ointment time

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If you still have a blowout after three weeks to a month of doing this, you might need to see a doctor, but don't worry. It could just be a minor infection that just needs antibiotics.

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Also, do not try to stretch up a size when you still have a blowout because this can cause severe scar tissue problems in your ears.

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