Hey everyone. This is "STRATTERAsean", but I can't remember my password/old email so I had to create a new account. Now I woke up a couple nights ago with a mysterious blow out on my right ear, and I'm at 5/8. Now keep in mind that I've been at this size since Christmas because that was when I last got plugs. I've been babying them, as I always have, and they've just been so irritated for the past 2 weeks. They got kind of red and inflamed for about a week, and I thought it would go away but it didn't. So it's been about a week and a half, my right ear sucks and blew out a little, and they're just hurting so I decided to take them out for a while. :( So should I gradually downsize from 9/16, to 1/2, to 7/16, to 00? Or would it be best to SSS, lobe massaged with jajoboa and vit e, and just leave them out for a few months and gradually stretch back up when I feel I am ready?

You can place smaller jewelry in your ears as a means of downsizing, but what I've found effective for myself is leaving them out entirely. And don't be bummed, you'll be happy you did it once you start restretching them. :)