I cant remove my ultra flared 00 acrylics and ive tried everything!!! at least i think... they're acrylics so i really dont want them in that long and ive already had them in for a freaking week!!!! oh, and i stretched to a 00 two months ago so i dont even know what i was thinking putting these really flared ones in.... HHHHHEEEELLLPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [:'(]

take a hot shower, try to get them warm and pliable. then use some sort of oil -- emu or jojoba would probably be the best but vit. E (or hell, olive if that's all you've got) to cover the plug and your lobe. try to work the oil into the piercing as best you can, then try to remove the plug as if it were a button and your lobe is the buttonhole (try wiggling it out, if that makes any sense). try not to tug or pull on your lobes, it's just gonna piss them off and make them swell up. if that doesn't work I'd go see a piercer tomorrow and maybe they could help -- sometimes just having a second set of hands and a different perspective can make all the difference. and in the future, I wouldn't keep DFs in for so long : ) good luck!

sapphiredonna:

and in the future, I wouldn't keep DFs in for so long : ) good luck!

Agreed, I never wear mine longer than a day, and I always remove them while I'm IN the shower...hot water and gentle soap works, too.  Just cover the drain!!

 Try a nice warm/hot shower and something like astro glide... its slipperier than oils... And it washes off easily... 

 bleh, well, the day after i read all of these posts and finally it worked! i though i ran out of jojoba oil, but i guess not. the left lobe tore a bit, and its still healing, but none the less they are out and i just have a pair of glass plugs in at the moment.  THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!! the flares on those evil things still scare me, and if i had a working camera id post a pic just because they are so frightening :)

interesting...  wellp - crossing threads here - but your mom might have a point about not wanting you to stretch right now...  i know that we all make mistakes - but youve gotten to 00g and you left in the df-plugs for a week?  if i wear any df-jewelry (esp if it 'scares me'), then i am fairly good about removing it within a few hours (or a day, at most)...  except earskins - i dont really think of those as df and even those will get a bit funky after a couple days...

amyways - i hope your earlobe heals well - and try to be nice to your piercings, so that if/when you DO get to 1/2 inch - they will be 'purrrty'...  :-)

 OH GOSH!!!! i would have never really by choice left them in that long!!! every time i tried to take them out my ear would tear a little, so i got scared and kinda just left them alone while they healed up a little more O_O then i took them out and BOOM! but at least i got them out, thanks for the advice though ^-^