For the first time, after babying my ears like crazy from a 16g all the way through to a 1g, I got a blowout going from 1g to 0g. I am beyond pissed. I had a tear before but that was pretty quick to heal and didn't look nearly as bad as this does.

From reading people's experiences I knew that I needed to immediately downsize, do religious sss, keep them dry, and massage with jojoba oil. So I took out the plugs, did a warm sss to loosen up the pus, took some cotton rounds soaked in warm water, and applied some gentle pressure to try remove some of the pus. Then I cleaned them with my usual gentle antibacterial soap and dried them with another cotton round. I plan on massaging them a few times daily to get rid of the blowout lip but I had a question about jewelry size.

I went down to a 2g, put them in with some jojoba oil, and I still feel a bit of pressure on the inside of the hole. It doesn't hurt or even feel uncomfortable, but I'm concerned that as long as there's pressure on the hole, the blowout won't heal. Should I go down to a 4g or even a 6g? Should I not feel any pressure on my ears at all? I'm also trying to use sf plugs with the flat part on the blowout, hoping it might push it back into the hole a little, could this be what I'm feeling? 

First, you should downsize to atleast a 6g, and stay there for six months. Going naked would be your best option because it sounds like you've done LOADS of damage to your ears. Also, if the skin is broken(not sure) you shouldn't be using jojoba... Also, since there's pus, you're gonna wanna hold off on the massages until your ears are not secreting fluid, and aren't tender/red/swollen, et cetera.

 I wouldn't mind going naked and starting over again (it really beats the alternative of ugly busted ears forever) but I've read that if you have broken or raw skin, which I have, you shouldn't actually go naked because it'll heal over with all that pus still being produced inside and you'll end up with a nasty cyst. 

I'm slightly freaking out after googling pictures of healed blowouts. They already look heaps better after cleaning and putting a warm compress on them but I want to make sure I do everything possible to help them heal. I love my ears and even though I would love to be at my goal size of 0g, there's no way I'm rushing it. It took me a long time to get here and I tried to do it the right way. Can I really go nude?

attic bird:

 I wouldn't mind going naked and starting over again (it really beats the alternative of ugly busted ears forever) but I've read that if you have broken or raw skin, which I have, you shouldn't actually go naked because it'll heal over with all that pus still being produced inside and you'll end up with a nasty cyst. 

That sounds out of this world. If you have any links, I'd like to take a look... Go nude.

As for the blow out pics, thats because they didn't try and fix their blowout.

 http://www.uga.edu/ugazine/past/s2005/piercing.html

"If you want the skin to close up over the infection, resulting in an abscess (a localized collection of pus surrounded by an inflamed area), then this is the way to go - otherwise, this is not a good idea. Smyre says, once an abscess occurs, the infection will have to be surgically removed. He warns against taking out the jewelry of an infected piercing unless under the direction of a physician, and with the aid of antibiotics."

I'm taking antibiotics now for an unrelated issue and I'm wondering if I should take them out after all. I'm currently wearing a 6g (I can't put anything smaller in without them falling out and once the swelling goes down on these, the 6g are probably going to fall out) but the only ones I still have are wood (which won't work unless it heals) or double flares (which sort of worry me re: swelling) so I'd rather not have to deal with worrying.

If you have an infection in your lobes, do not let them close. It will trap the infection in your body which is very, very bad. Are you sure you have an infection in your lobes? Hot to the touch, oozing fluid, swelling, pain, redness... Leave the sixes in as long as you can.

 Yeah I'm 99% sure its infected. The pus is mucus consistency and yellow-green and it's radiating some heat as well. I think to be safe I'll leave the 6g in for a few months and try again. Should I still compress to drain the pus?

 Don't take them out until the infection is COMPLETELY cleared up. Also, if it doesn't seem to be getting better I'd go see a doc and possibly get different antibiotics; a lot of them target different things so you not might be on the right one to treat this. For sure leave something like glass or steel in for now, but as you said, you want to make sure you're not putting any pressure on the fistula. In my opinion the way you described wearing the tunnel (backward, so that the "flare" kind of holds the blowout in?)  sounds OK, I've actually read one experience where doing something similar helped it reincorporate into the normal tissue. After the infection is totally gone, the skin is healed, and it isn't tender, I'd start massages with emu oil to promote tissue growth and help soften scar tissue. But not until they're superficially healed, at least.

 Thanks for helping out both of you, I appreciate it. I'm now wearing glass 6g eyelets which I hope will encourage the blowout to heal back in without putting too much pressure on it. I'm just a bit worried since there's some numbness and creepy tingly feelings in my ear (like when your foot starts to fall asleep). I really hope it's not circulation related so I want to keep massaging it but I guess that's bad while it's still infected. I've got chubby little earlobes so I'm not afraid of dead tissue but increased circulation can only help heal, right?

I wouldnt wait to see a doctor... Id go to the doctor ASAP! If it is a true infection you NEED to be on antibiotics to treat it... 

attic bird:

increased circulation can only help heal, right?

Quite true, you do want the best circulation possible, but I don't think you should risk achieving it by massaging. If your ears are raw it will only lead to further irritation, and I don't even want to think about massaging infected ears..ouch and ew. I think the best thing you can do to promote circulation right now is to keep pressure of of your lobes, and seeing a doctor as soon as possible will help get the infection issue resolved so you can start focusing on healing that blowout.

It seems, weirdly enough, that the infection cleared up right away but the blowout on my other ear is a bit worse than I previously thought. Now that the infection's gone I can start massaging right? 

 If there's no open skin or any soreness you can massage. However, if you very recently had an open wound I would wait a few weeks until your skin can toughen up a bit and heal a little more before massaging. Otherwise, massaging might just irritate your ears.