Ok Here's my background first...

I started stretching when i was 13, went up to 4mm, and stopped there for 2 years. When i was 15 I decided it was time i continued my stretching journy, I rushed my ass off up to 00 gauge (very bad idea, didnt do any research at the time and i totally regret all the bad decisions ive made with my ears in the past) 

After i reached 00 gauge, because I rushed myself, my ears were never healing, constant discharge and blood and stuff of the sort. I got sick of it. and I took them out. Let them skrink right back down to normal earing hole size. (that took about 2 months to skrink) Now, about a year later i decided to go back into stretching, because i missed them ALOT. and i wanted them back, so I go out, buy a whole new taper set (made of acrylic, bad idea i know) and I had plugs from before hand of the sizes following up to 00g were i stopped before.

Now, This time i paced myself WAY more then i did the last time, though i still rushed through the small sizes, because my ears werent fully shrunken from my failed attempt before, so they were extreamly easy to stretch up to 00g again with no pain through any stretches and no blood or blowouts. Life was GOOD!

My ears were at 00g for about 3 months before i decided i wanted to go to 12mm. After the long conversation with my not so over concerned mother. I talked her into letting me get 12mm. I had a taper from 10mm to 11mm. So, I Shove those in with only a little pain. and I leave those in for a few days, because my tunnels i have are 12mm, not 11. so i figure i better leave the tapers in for a few days first. (Now, being better edjucated on the matter, i know leaving tapres in is an extreamly bad i dea, aswell as the fact that i rush myself constantly when stretching)

About 1 month after i hit 12mm, I hear about this site, and i order 2 pairs of 1/2'' DF plugs.

 Now, Knowing that 1/2'' is only 0.7mm bigger then 12mm, I think putting them in willl be no problem

being myself. i dont think of the fact that the flare is almost 1mm bigger, so that's nearly 2mm ill be forcing onto my ears which are just freshly streched to 12mm in the first place, but despite that, i shower up, lube um up. and after fighting with them for 30 minutes like a total idiot, I get them in, and i get the netoreous POP sound, out of my right ear, right away i think "oh balls i just did it" and i look at the back of my ear, sure enough, blow out. Not a huge one, but enough to get me freakin' out.

But because the flares on these plugs were so big, and my ears were really not ready for them, i can't get the bloody things out. So i have to leave them in for 2 days, For those two days, i lurk the forums here on BAF reading about blowouts, and no one seemed to have a problem close enough to mine to satisfy my need for knowledge on the matter.

After finally getting the DF1/2'' plugs out, I Emu oil the hell out of both my ears, and put my 00g tunnels in, and Ive asked my mom to get me some teflon tape for when this problem has blown over. (which i now know im waiting a hell of a lot longer, and not rushing myself like an idiot)

My question, should i downsize further then 00g? or will this be fine to heal a minor blowout?
and have i done the right thing to fix this blowout? or should i be doing more.

and once my ears are healed in about 6 months from this blowout, to get back to 1/2'' should i be using tape, considering my lack of tapers from 11mm-12mm and 12mm-13mm?And would it be a good idea to buy some single flare or threaded steel plugs rather then jamming in DF 1/2'' plugs, once i get there?

(my second time through my stretching routine, i was doing SSS's twice a day, and oil massages often)

Thanks alot in Advance, Ranak.

If you havent already, read these

http://forums.bodyartforms.com/forums/t/5641.aspx

http://forums.bodyartforms.com/forums/t/24279.aspx

And if i were you, i would downsize, to at least 10mm, probably further, and try to oil massage the blowout back into the fistula, and put your plugs in backwards. Also, stop forcing shit into your lobes!

 I Dont think you read my thing all the way through, I did downsize to 10mm. I didnt mention this, but i am doing oil massages and i did put the plugs in backwards. and I REALISE MY MISTAKES dont make me feel worse :P

But thanks :)

I dont think jamie the rock was trying to make you feel bad, but just give you the advice you asked for. Dont be offended when someone tells you what you did was wrong or anything, they are just concerned and trying to help :)

katir:

I dont think jamie the rock was trying to make you feel bad, but just give you the advice you asked for. Dont be offended when someone tells you what you did was wrong or anything, they are just concerned and trying to help :)

I realize that, which is why I thanked him.

Ranak:

 I Dont think you read my thing all the way through, I did downsize to 10mm. I didnt mention this, but i am doing oil massages and i did put the plugs in backwards.

i would say downsize as small as you can go.

LifeIsArt:

Ranak:

 I Dont think you read my thing all the way through, I did downsize to 10mm. I didnt mention this, but i am doing oil massages and i did put the plugs in backwards.

i would say downsize as small as you can go.

ok thanks for the input, it might be a good idea to go even a little smaller than 10, because of all the bloody negative work i did on my lobes in the past.

LifeIsArt:

i would say downsize as small as you can go.

I agree. Go as small as you can go, and really baby your lobes. If I were you'd I'd wait at least a year, just to try and repair some of the damage you have done to your lobes. Continue the massages, etc. After a year, if you feel you can be patient and do it properly, start stretching again. If you don't think you can be patient, give it another six months and see how you feel. If you don't think you can stretch properly, don't stretch at all.

 Also, never, ever, ever stretch using double flair plugs. Always single or no flare. 

vampmn:

I agree. Go as small as you can go, and really baby your lobes. If I were you'd I'd wait at least a year, just to try and repair some of the damage you have done to your lobes. Continue the massages, etc. After a year, if you feel you can be patient and do it properly, start stretching again. If you don't think you can be patient, give it another six months and see how you feel. If you don't think you can stretch properly, don't stretch at all.

 Also, never, ever, ever stretch using double flair plugs. Always single or no flare. 

Yea, That blowout really set my mind straight, Im taking my sweet time from here on out, I think because of my previous experiance, while rushing i didnt get any major problems before like blowout or ripping, I thought my lobes were invincible, but that blowout scared the living hell out of me and I've most deffinatly learned my lesson.

Im waiting a good long time before I start going back up, and when i do, im going up using tape. so i dont feel like i have to get those tapers through as soon as i can possibly manage. because that's always how i felt while tapering.

Learned my lesson, Doing it the RIGHT WAY this time(once im all healed up, and the damage reversed), No buts about it. Thanks for your guys concern and input, I really do appreciate it.

 Ok so just an update on where I'm standing a few days later. I downsized from my blowout to 10mm, then with your guys guideance i went down to 6mm, But, my ears have been extreamly dry for some reason, which is wierd because I've been doing 3 oil massages a day, and then pulling Holey Butter on once the oil is all soaked in, and before i go to bed, so they shouldn't seem dry. But because of all the damage ive done to my lobes. Im going to go naked for a long time, let my lobes repair themselves, and continue my daily massages and butterings. etc etc. I can barley even get 6mm plugs in now, only a few days later after taking out my 1/2''...that's either really insane elasticity or i just totally did my ears wrong, either way, Im kind of hoping they close totally so that they can heal 100% inside and out, and then after they're PERFECT, I will start from scratch, and take time, be patient, etc. (Im NOT doing this wrong again. No way no how)

Thanks everyone for their input and I thank god I ran into this website when i did.

 sometimes my lobes feel kinda dry if i don't wear plugs, even if i oil them.

good for you for trying to reverse the damage instead of ignoring it. :]

and if it's any consolation, your ears might be easier to stretch the second time around, provided that you take really good care of them and heal that blowout completely.  good luck.

 Yea im hoping starting fresh will help my ears alot, Thanks for the good wishes :)

 the blowout is nearly invisible, (although i know its not healed, cause that is gonna take a long time.), but its almost unnoticable now. which is VERY PROMISING for the future of my lobes :D

Thanks again everyone.

 I know you're not supposed to go about reviving dead threads, But this is a continuation on my blowout problem.

 Im oil massaging them twice a day and SSSing once a day. Now, They are scabbing up really badly. I have normal earings in (18g) they are plastic, but that shouldnt make a diffrence when they're just closing up. So im wondering....Should I be pulling the scabs off after my SSS's, because that's what ive been doing, cause i really dont want scar tissue. I have no idea why my ears are scabbing up, They were super healthy and juicy with my stretchers in, now that i took them out, they get worse? ahhhh! help please!

Thanks again,

 Take the plastic out, its porous and isnt going to help anything at all, if you have something that small in steel or titanium get that in there asap. When you soak, just soak, dont pull at anything. If they're scabbing that bad, dont oil them either. Just soak, and if its not getting better within a few days, you might want to see your doctor about it, it could lead to an infection if its really bad.They probably looked healthy, because they may have been swollen, and thats what Im thinking it was with your issues.