some people say use hydrogen peroxide but ive had multiple peircers tell me not to do that, to use salt water. i used salt water and it worked fine, what u need iz sea salt an some warm water, mix in the sea salt, stir and dip ur ear in it fer a minute or 2. whatever u do dont put peroxide or neosporin on a q-tip to clean around the earing, if a piece of cotton gets in the wound this will cause a keloid (a fat ball of scar tissue) so will unsteril needles and earrings.

when u decide to stretch your ear, if u wanna skip some guages jus rub neosporin on the earring to lube it up and slide it through, by i think KY meight work jus as good an not be as bad for u.

ive got a 2 guage in each ear, took out my lip piercing, my eyebrow piercings, and my cartilige piercings