Tapers/gauges

Bree • 17. Oklahoma. I'm a house keeper. on the depo shot. 2 miscarries.. in a relationship 9/9/16.
How do you go about taking gauges out without the hole closing up so I don't have to get my ears repierced. I'm only at 8g. They just stink bad even if I clean them. I can't find gauges that my ears won't eat. Can't have plastic painted ones because my ears eat the paint. They start itching really bad. I have my second hole pierced so I don't want it to close completely up. I just want regular size earrings back.