Need advice from the people that have their ears gauged pierced.....

So I have had my ears at 4g for the last month or so, no problems.
This past weekend I was at a shop and they had some real cool ebony
wood plug type swirls. When I put them in there was no problems at
all went in without a problem, but now when I am trying to take them
out - I can barely budge them - WTF Happpened?

Thanks for any advice.....

On Jul 9, 2:00 pm, Brandon.Sn...@corporate.ge.com wrote:
> So I have had my ears at 4g for the last month or so, no problems.
> This past weekend I was at a shop and they had some real cool ebony
> wood plug type swirls. When I put them in there was no problems at
> all went in without a problem, but now when I am trying to take them
> out - I can barely budge them - WTF Happpened?
>
> Thanks for any advice.....

Nina didn't have to wait long for an example, did she?

Kavin

On Jul 9, 2:03 pm, "KavinTay...@gmail.com" <KavinTay...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Jul 9, 2:00 pm, Brandon.Sn...@corporate.ge.com wrote:
>
> > So I have had my ears at 4g for the last month or so, no problems.
> > This past weekend I was at a shop and they had some real cool ebony
> > wood plug type swirls. When I put them in there was no problems at
> > all went in without a problem, but now when I am trying to take them
> > out - I can barely budge them - WTF Happpened?
>
> > Thanks for any advice.....
>
> Nina didn't have to wait long for an example, did she?
>
> Kavin

Huh?

On Jul 9, 4:11 pm, Curt <curtja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The new jewelry is also 4g? A healed stretch?

Heh.

See, you'll admit there are bad tattoos before long . . .

Kavin

Brandon wrote:

> So I have had my ears at 4g for the last month or so, no problems.
> This past weekend I was at a shop and they had some real cool ebony
> wood plug type swirls. When I put them in there was no problems at
> all went in without a problem, but now when I am trying to take them
> out - I can barely budge them - WTF Happpened?

The new jewelry is also 4g? A healed stretch?

> Thanks for any advice.....

You wouldn't happen to have a subscription to the Journal of Emergency
Nursing, would you?

Never mind.

Y'knooow, you'd think that the following link might provide some
insight:

http://www.organicjewelry.com/woodhazards.html

Funny thing is, though, their advice includes: "IF YOU THINK YOU ARE
HAVING A REACTION TO WOOD, REMOVE THE ITEM AND SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION
IMMEDIATELY"

Duh.

If you could "REMOVE THE ITEM" then you wouldn't have much of a
problem, right?

Anyway, if you're not having an allergic reaction and the plug hasn't
"swoled up" like a sponge somehow then I'd simply jump in the shower
and soap it up and pray that it'll slip out.

If that doesn't work then contact a carpenter. Dremel much?

i KEED!

Seriously, contact your piercer.

Best of luck.

--
Curt

Kavin Taylor wrote:
> Curt wrote:
>
> > The new jewelry is also 4g? A healed stretch?
>
> Heh.

Whatever.

How did I put it? "I typically don't use the term gauge as a synonym
for stretch however, unlike your turd-in-the-punch-bowl self, I have
no problem with those who do."

Or something like that.

> See, you'll admit there are bad tattoos before long . . .

Don't hold your breath.

There are tattoos that you like or don't like based on personal
preference. You might call it bad, so what? There's someone,
undoubtedly, who will love that very same tattoo. Hence, no bad
tattoos.

HENCE!

Sweet.

Get thee hence! Oh, I'm kidding. Enjoy your whatever it is you're
doing.

--
Curt

KavinTaylor@gmail.com wrote:
> On Jul 9, 2:00 pm, Brandon.Sn...@corporate.ge.com wrote:
>> So I have had my ears at 4g for the last month or so, no problems.
>> This past weekend I was at a shop and they had some real cool ebony
>> wood plug type swirls. When I put them in there was no problems at
>> all went in without a problem, but now when I am trying to take them
>> out - I can barely budge them - WTF Happpened?
>>
>> Thanks for any advice.....
>
> Nina didn't have to wait long for an example, did she?

Heh.
Brandon: Relax. Were you wearing heavier jewelry before? Your earlobe
has pulled tight around the jewelry, and/or the wood has absorbed your
skin's natural oils so your skin is dried out. Ebony hís very dense with
a smooth surface (if you bought quality jewelry), so don't worry, it
will not embed yourself into your earlobe.
Whatever you do, don't try to just pull it free forcefully, although
some gentle tugging is allowed after you've put lots of oil (olive,
almond, any salad oil... better than baby oil) on your earlobe and
whatever amount of plug surface you can reach, and massaged it in some.
Wait overnight, if necessary. Repeat. Then try again.

Keep wooden plugs well oiled to avoid this!

Nina
--
C'est les microbes qui auront le dernier mot.
Louis Pasteur
http://www.chaotropic.net

Nina Baltes wrote:

> Keep wooden plugs well oiled to avoid this!

Oh, and *NEVER* wear wooden plugs in the shower. They absorb water and
swell up. This is not really a problem for a well healed stretched lobe,
but it can ruin the jewelry. At the very least, it will make it dull.
Inlays can fall out, etc.

Nina
--
C'est les microbes qui auront le dernier mot.
Louis Pasteur
http://www.chaotropic.net

Nina Baltes wrote:
> Nina Baltes wrote:
> > Keep wooden plugs well oiled to avoid this!
>
> Oh, and *NEVER* wear wooden plugs in the shower.

Oops.

> They absorb water and swell up.

Hence the great canoe catastrophe of 1604.

> This is not really a problem for a well healed stretched lobe,
> but it can ruin the jewelry. At the very least, it will make it dull.
> Inlays can fall out, etc.

I trust the OP read the entire thread. Otherwise, they might be in the
shower riiiiight now, flailing around under the weight of a pair of
plugs holding, what, well, even one gallon of water would be rather
uncomfortable.

--
Curt

On Jul 9, 4:30 pm, Curt <curtja...@gmail.com> wrote:

> "I typically don't use the term gauge as a synonym
> for stretch however, unlike your turd-in-the-punch-bowl self, I have
> no problem with those who do."

So what is your reason for not using it?

Kavin

Kavin Taylor wrote:
> Curt wrote:
>
> > "I typically don't use the term gauge as a synonym for
> > stretch however, unlike your turd-in-the-punch-bowl self,
> > I have no problem with those who do."
>
> So what is your reason for not using it?

Personal preference.

Hey, you quoted my text, Kavin. Did you read it?

--
Curt

On Jul 9, 7:39 pm, Curt <curtja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kavin Taylor wrote:
> > Curt wrote:
>
> > > "I typically don't use the term gauge as a synonym for
> > > stretch however, unlike your turd-in-the-punch-bowl self,
> > > I have no problem with those who do."
>
> > So what is your reason for not using it?
>
> Personal preference.

Based on what?

Kavin

On Jul 9, 5:11 pm, Curt <curtja...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I trust the OP read the entire thread. Otherwise, they might be in the
> shower riiiiight now, flailing around under the weight of a pair of
> plugs holding, what, well, even one gallon of water would be rather
> uncomfortable.


Yeah, that Nina boner is still intact as well.

Kavin