Stretching Your Ear Lobe Piercings
Wednesday May 31, 2006
People either love them or hate them--pierced earrings made with real thick, decorative posts and rings. Getting the holes in your lobes large enough to insert the thicker jewelry is sometimes called gauging. You have to stretch the holes gradually, because enlarging them too quickly is painful--ouch--and can injure your skin. Use a gauge chart to compare jewelry thickness and to target how large you want your ear lobes to go.
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What is your suggestion if you have stretched holes and you want to go back to wearing pierced earings. It seem that there is more of a variety of pierced earings thatn clips……
It depends on the size of your lobes. As you’ll often see, it’s stated that once you hit 2g-0g, your lobes won’t close back up to a normal earring post size [between 20g-16g normally]. But, as you’ll also see, this depends on each individuals body. If you’re looking to close up your lobes, take out whatever jewelry may be in there and see where it takes you. Vitamin E oil is also recommended often. If your lobes are too large and won’t close up to the “standard” size, there are certain surgical procedures that can be looked into.
Hey, I’m kinda stupid when it comes ot this stuff but I want to stretch my ear lobes ot around a 10-gauge and I was wondering if I took the ear thigns out will my ear lobes strink back to the 18-gauge that I have now?
The only good advice on stretching in this and her other posts about stretching is to go ask a professional piercer.
well im @ 2g at the moment i gradually got there over a 3month period cautiously stretching with tapers then down sizing to thicken my lobes to make sure they stay healthy and thick, as long as your patient and dont get rushy your ears should be fine as long as you steralize your ear devices before and after you use them!
infetions=YUCK!
i wouldnt recommend using tapers as they can cause blowouts and other nasty things. I personally recommmend using teflon tape but remember to change the tape every few days. It doesnt hurt as much either. I just tried my first taper which was from 2ga to 0ga and they hurt like a bitch!
i’ve been interested in stretching my earlobes but I dont know the first thing about it. how do you start off?
how do you get them stretched? and what is the maintanence on this?
dood, just get some tapers, and push them threw slow with neosporin, ull be okay ur ears will tell u when to stop! trust me, not to mention most tattoo/piercing shops, will strecth ur lobbs for u ,and they know what to do and what not to do, and it will be alot less money then strecthing it ur self, u wont have to buy 40 pairs of earings….TRUST!
Why do they smell so bad?? Is it like an infection or what? I clean them all the time so I just don’t know what it is.
your ears will only smell because its flesh.
it smells like horrible cheese
my EX bestfriend is at 14mm atm and whenever i sit near her or next to her i can smell it.
TCP normally helps get rid of the smell
sammiesexytime:)xx
Hey .. I recently got a 2.5 thing which starts small at the beginning then gets larger gradually. I don’t know much about it. And i have got so far but i can’t get it any furthur. I’ve had it in over 6 hours and ive taken it out to put vaseline on it to see if that makes it easier, but its still not going much furthur.. any suggestions? Please email me.
I Recently Bought A 6mm Taper And Flesh Plug…It Only Took Me About 5 Days To Stretch My Ear And Get The Plug In…My Mum Is Really Bothered That I May Have To Have A Sergical Procedure To Get My Ear Lobe Hole Back To A Normal Size….I Heard That Aslong As You Hole Is Below 9mm Then It WIll Eventually Go Back To Normal Size If You Take Out Tyhe Plug/Tunnel…Is This True Or Is Ther eAnyway To Get Rid Of The Big Hole If I Dont Want It Anymore??
Im Only 15 And Have Been Told That Job Interviewers Will Turn You Down If You Have A Flesh Plug In Your Ear…I Got It To Show My Individuality And To Show That I Am Not The Same As Everybody Else…One I Have Shrunken My Hole Again….Can I Stretch It Back If I Want It Later On In Life??
Sorry That Its An Essay But Just Want To Know Facts Because I Dont Want To Have A Big Hole In My Ear For The Rest Of My Life If I Dont Want It When Im Older…If That Makes Any Sense
Thanks x
right if ur 2.5mm isnt working properly do it fastly try and do it in thee shower or bath i currently am on a 6 mm and i strugled at 2.5 but it gets easier
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