Wtf happen to my ear. (stretched ear)?

ok so ive been stretching my ears for a while now, i had them up to a inch when i first did them and that was say two falls ago. and i decided to take them out then recently i started stretching them again. well i went form 1/2's to 1 inch in around a month and a day. (dont give me ****, i know my lobes) well as i had the 1/2's i began to tape them everyday. and i got up to 7/8ths. well i took them out cause my tape was messing up, like it would come off the gauge, so i had them out for say 3 days, and i bought inch sillicone double flare, or saddles, which ever. and well i decided to tape them again, (remember the old tape fell off) and in a matter of a day my gauge just kept slipping out at 7/8 and so i put the 1 inch's in and wall laa. no problem. the 1 inchers looked like plumbers tape packaging. (the plastic part) and so i wasnt having it, so i trimmed them down with scissors, and cleaned my lobes and no tears no blow outs, and i put them back in and holy crap, they started throbbing, so i lifted up the plug nothing was wrong, so i figured there just sore, so i delt with the sensation, it would go away, and only in certain spots did it hurt, but to get the moral of my question... i woke up and moved them around, and felt something wet on my fingers, and thought it was just some funk or something and when i came to, i looked at my fingers and it had blood on them, so i went in the bathroom and took it out and my ear was ******! it was bleeding and everything. so i cleaned them and such and now there doing better. but what exactly happen to them? how did it tear when just the other day they were fine til this morning? please help! and only people that know about stretching and body modding only. please.