I had to travel back home because my mom was in the hospital. I took my silicone tunnels (5/8” abt 15mm) out before a shower, I didn’t put them back in for almost a week because I lost my oil and was just busy/stressed. I put them back in when I found the oil but I didn’t oil and clean them daily because I lost it again, and while they were slightly sore they really weren’t bothering me. Fast forward however many days (literally cannot remember) since I put them in and I took them out when I showered today. -that’s when I realized how fucked they were. Obviously like pus/discharge was on my tunnels and ears. They didn’t appear to be bleeding, but were sore. Took a shower, cleaned my lobes with antibacterial hand soap -I don’t think I was super rough with them but when I got out the shower they were bleeding, red, and slightly swollen. I put jojoba oil and neosporin on them this morning. Throughout the day I would use tissues to soak up the discharge and reapply the neosporin. The worse lobe (right picture) started to sort of stick together in the wrong places and this is what prompted me to cut up cotton pads, rolled them up, and put them in my lobes with neosporin to help them heal properly and soak up some of the discharge. (I have decided to skip the jojoba oil for now.) And all this comes after my mom passed away early this week. 😮‍💨

TL;DR

I WRECKED my ears this week after my mom died. I mostly wanted to vent -but I’ve never dealt with anything this bad so any advice is appreciated!