I mean, you CAN...nobody is stopping you, lol. But why would you want to? Make sure to clean your ear with HYDROGEN PEROXIDE to help fight the infection. Also, clean your tunnels/plugs in the peroxide.
From what I know, have your cartilage already pierced before you try to gage it. I pierced my own, then once it healed i put a 14 gauge through it. It didn't really hurt but pinched a little.
Putting a 14 gauge barbell through a piercing the size that it was pierced at, around a 20-18 gauge, is not recommended because you will be skipping sizes. But if you can put it through with no pain or blood then your'e good to go. You cannot put it straight through without a prior piercing. If it has been pierced and completely healed and already stretched to 16 gauge, yes.
Well me personally mine got infected once i moved up to a 6g i washed it with soap,applied vitamin e oil, it didnt really help much until i got the idea to use bactine (the spray) it doesnt burn or anything i sprayed it on the front and back of my ear and i also sprayed it on my flesh tunnel before putting it back in my ear i was amazed it actually cleared up in a day or two. i hope this helps and good luck with stretching
The area around an infected piercing may be swollen, reddish, sore to the touch, discharge puss or accumulate crust which returns after being removed.
Put rubbing alcohol on the infection every day about twice a day.
Put some hydrogen peroxide in it and if it doesn't get better go to the doctor.
You may have an infection. I got my lobes pierced, and my left ear got infected, but now my right ar is infected, and not my left. My piercer told me to put "a topical ointment" on it if it gets infected (a topical ointment is something like Neosporin which works well for me). I also take Ibuprofen an hour or so before bed so I sleep easier, and it doesn't hurt as much. Go ahead and call a doctor or piercer. Even if you don't have your cartilage pierced, put Noesporin on it, take Ibuprofen, and calll a doctor.
if you can fit a 16 gauge plus 4 20 gauges your probably at around an 8 gauge but not nessesarely if you can put 4 20 gauges in your at a 14 gauge
Well 18g and 16g are neighbours in the gauge world, 14g is the next largest gauge from 16g so you would just be stretching the piercing up to 14g. All stretching should be done with proper tapers and ultimately done by a professional body piercer to ensure the piercing isn't torn in the process.
To put an ear cover with a bridle, you put the EAR NET over the ears and then put the bridle on over it.
Putting a nice warm onion in the ear canal is supposed to cure ear aches. But it is really a just myth. Anything warm will make the ear feel better but it can't cure an infected ear. Bacteria are not going to be killed this way.
First, you should never skip a gauge when your trying to make them bigger. Only go up one size every time. You probably tore the hole. If you keep it clean and take care of it like you would when you first get something pierced it should heal but may have some scarring that could make it more difficult to gauge because scar tissue is different from skin and regular tissue. If it gets infected you need to go see a doctor.