infected gauged ear?

Question

ok i have both of my ears gauged .
my left ear is a 2 [6mm] [not infected]
my right is not an 8 and infected i guaged it from a a normal 18
to this with a taper it was doing fine for a few days i was swelling at first but thats normal and went down as the day went on now after like 3 days i didnt clean it one night and i woke up it was sore red i later took it out in the school bathroom ot clean it and blood and pusk came out
i knew it was infected so i cleaned it and and squeezed most of the pusk out and then put my taper back in it didnt get better as the day went on so i mixed sea salt and all of that stuff ui soaked it and applied pressure with cotton balls

now the real question is is it ok for me to put my taper back in or should i leave it out for a few days until all swelling goes down?

[please only reply if you know what you are tlaking bout and know a gauges work i already know not to put rubbing alochol neosporin etc.. on it]

,thanks jonjon

Answer 1

Both my daughters have gauged ears and occasionally get infections. What my older one does is leave them out for a few days until the infection clears up. The younger daughter puts them back in while the ears are still infected but she makes it a point to clean the gauges thoroughly before putting them back in. The older daughter says that if you do decide to leave the gauges out for a few days, your earlobes will shrink back up a little. It doesn't seem to bother her, though, because she puts the gauges in without much effort. I guess what I'm saying here is either way is correct. It just depends on how you are willing to handle things when your ears get infected.