Lobes: I fucked up already lmao [4.7.25]

CW // for irritated piercing, puss grossness, and ear cheese.

I done goofed, but not in the way I expected. When I sized up recently, my right ear had a pinching pain and I needed to give it an extra push to actually make it out of the back of my ear while my left ear went real damn smooth, and yet that's the ear that told me to fuck myself. Late last week, I went to my morning class and noticed that my left year was sore. Like, super sensitive sore to the touch. It was very inflamed and swollen, so I planned to take out the tunnel and check on it after class.

I came back to my dorm and took out the tunnel. Puss. There was a bead of pus in the hole. Against better advice, I squeeze my earlobe because there was a bump inside it next to the piercing. A good little bit of puss came out. It was white with barely a hint of yellow. I cleaned that off and continued squeezing it. It hurt like all hell and continuously bled. I held a paper towel over it drenched in saline solution and waited for it to chill out. I downsized back to a 14g and left it alone.

Since I'm still very early on in my journey, this wasn't a big setback for me, and I'm thankful for that. This is a few days out now and it's a lot better. The swelling is gone and the little bump is tiny now. I'll be waiting for that to be completely cleared before attempting to go back up to 12g to be safe. I took out the piercing to clean it the other day and hoooly ear cheese. The post was fuckin' coated and smelled gnarly. I wiped it down with alcohol and cleaned my ear with saline solution before popping it back in and letting it chill.

I'll inevitably update once the issue is resolved, but for now that's all.

Take care of your ears! Even if you do everything right, shit happens!

-Otis