well i have 7/16 gauges myself, and I've ran into infection many times in the past. don't use alcohol rub or peroxide to clean them while they are infected, they can leave chemical burns and prolong the infection. always wash your hands before and after touching your infected lobes. its best to see a doctor and get an antibiotic ointment for them, but if your a do-it-yourself kind of person like me, then just carefully remove the gauge, and soak your lobes in a salt solution. just sprinkle SEA salt into warm water in a shallow cup, and simply soak your lobes in it for a little while. don't use iodized table salt because it can irritate the infection. if you don't have sea salt, its all good, use Epsom salt instead. if irritation persists or gets worse after 72 hours or so, you should probably just see a doctor. after you treat the infection, keep them clean with soap and warm water, dial soap works well. to keep your gauges from tearing and cracking, rub them with oils like KY lube, jojoba oil, or vitamin E oil a few times a week. to prevent infection from happening again, use safe stretching procedures. don't skip sizes, for example, if you have a size 4, use a surgical steel size 2 taper to size up. after stretching, don't size up again for at least another 2 weeks. if you have larger stretched lobes such as a 7/16 and beyond, you should wait 4 weeks to stretch them again.
well i hope my info helps out :)
safe stretching!
-cheryl
if you don't take care of your finger and toenails they can grow in and get infected, if that happens you have to go to the doctor.
I Have Many Tattoos And The Most Common Way For A Tattoo To Get Infected Is From If The Artist Didn't Use Sterile (Clean) Needles Or You Didn't Take Care Of It Properly.
Take it out for the time being. take care of it with "Natrual Sea Salt" and Peroxide as so it doesn't become infected. An infected peircing is far worse than no peircing at all.
Infection really depends on how you take care of your piercing. But, I'd say that some piercings in the pubic/genital area would be more susceptible to infection.
it all depends on your current health.and how well you take care of yourself.im currently infected myself,im learning as i go.keep the faith and continue to think positive about life.god will take care of you....
When you do not care or when you yank it
you can get that from any piercing or cut if it gets infected that's why its so important to take really good care of it
You could get very sick, or you could have imples everywhere, or you could be infected.
viruses occur if a person does not take care of himself/herself and then becomes infected an then spreads it on to another person and so on.
Is it all the gauges or some? You make have to take the instrumental cluster apart. Make sure all the hardness for the gauges are all connected.
The Free African Society help the infected people in 1793 from Yellow Fever.
Take a look at the gauges. At least one of them is out of it's normal parameter.