For many types of ear gauge jewelry, cleansing with antibacterial soap is the most effective way to keep your piercing and jewelry fresh. Simply lather the jewelry with antibacterial soap, rinse in cool water, and dry with a clean paper towel.
Secondly, can you take gauges out to clean them?
If you stretched properly without any resistance or discomfort, you should be fine to take them out whenever honestly, waiting a week to really clean them is unnecessary (depending on your ears of course, but even then you can combat shrinkage by training your ears to stay open).
Similarly, can you use Vaseline to gauge your ears?
Stretching Process (taper method)
Lubricant will make the taper super slick, so it will slide through easy. Lubricants make a stretch easier. While you’re out getting a new taper, get some Jojoba oil, Vitamin E oil or GaugeGear Stretching Balm (Neosporin and Vaseline are not good lubes for ear stretching).
How can I make gauging less painful?
First, apply 3-5 drops of oil to the front and back of your piercing and gently slide the stretching taper in until you experience mild discomfort. If your skin turns white around the taper, back the taper up slightly – a white ring of skin is a sign that you’re stretching too fast!
Should I twist my gauges?
So, if you take anything away from this post it should be that you should leave your ears alone for 2-3 dyas after a stretch. Don’t turn, twist or fiddle with them, leave them alone. If you’ve been at a size for a while rotate them every so often.
Should you take your gauges out at night?
No problem either way. If you go without plugs at night, your holes will tighten. If you find that you’re jewelry starts to get loose and you don’t want to upsize, then sleeping without jewelry will help keep them from self-stretching.
What size gauge can you not go back from?
It’s often recommended that you start with 16 or 14 gauge when you first start stretching your ears. Stretching your ear larger than 2 gauge is often considered “the point of no return.” Once you stretch your ear to this point, you‘ll likely need surgery if you want the hole to fully close.
Do stretched ears ever stop smelling?
During the process of stretching your ears you may notice an unfortunate side effect – the smell! Some people are lucky enough to never suffer from ear funk but it is common when you first stretch your ears. It may not be pleasant but never fear – stretched ear odour is completely normal and easy to get rid of.
How do you heal an infected gauged ear?
Treating the infection at home
- Wash your hands before touching or cleaning your piercing.
- Clean around the piercing with a saltwater rinse three times a day. …
- Don’t use alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, or antibiotic ointments. …
- Don’t remove the piercing. …
- Clean the piercing on both sides of your earlobe.
How do you clean ear tunnels?
Cleaning Glass Plugs / Gauges / Tunnels
Glass care is also pretty easy. You just need some antibacterial soap and tap water. Clean them under running water, lather up, rinse well, and dry them immediately with a towel or paper towel.
Why do my gauges smell like death?
The reason your ear gauges smell bad is because they’re sitting in your ear. Your skin sheds almost every hour on the hour and all of those dead skin cells are left sitting on the gauge. Thus the stinky smell. To prevent this, a strict cleaning regiment is needed.
Are wood plugs bad for your ears?
Wood is not an appropriate material to stretch ears with. Wood plugs should only be worn in completely healed ear lobes or piercings. Trust us, it is worth the wait. Wood is a porous material and it can harbor bacteria.
