Stretched Ears

Anyone here have stretched ear lobes? You know, when you get em pierced and then stretch 'em like this...



I got my ears pierced at a 14 gauge about 3 months and decided I want to
go bigger. I originally said I wouldn't do it, but I developed a strong
liking for the look over the past few weeks, and I stretched up to a 10
gauge yesterday. That's 2 sizes bigger than what I originally pierced
with, and I skipped 12 gauge altogether.

This is m ear


What you see there is called a taper. It's called a taper because,
obviously, it tapers from a small diameter to a larger diameter. You
lubricate it with KY jelly or vaseline. I used vaseline because I didn't
have any KY readily available, and gradually push it through your
piercing, small end to large end, to get to the desired gauge, then you
pop in jewelery or a retainer. It's better to use KY beause it's water
based and evaporates. But it's ok to use vaseline or whatever. A
retainer is a piece of plastic, acrylic or stainless steel, etc to
temporarily hold the size until you get jewelery, or just so your hole
doesn't shrink/close while you have the jewelery out.

I'm probably going to a 2 gauge or 0 gauge, as pictured below

2 gauge


0 gauge



2 gauge to 00 gauge is commonly referred to as the "point of no return".
Because usually once you go past that size, your ear will never go back
to normal unless you have surgery to repair it. I'm going to go that
size because maybe one day when I'm old and gray, I won't want it
anymore.



Anyway, sorry for the long lost. I'm just bored and sick, and I was thinking about it so I thought I'd share with you guys.

So, anyone here have stretched ears?

God no. That sort of shit is just plain bonkers. You get something like that first picture, you will always have to have that. You take that out, your earlobes will droop like a pair of bollocks.

Omg, people do that for pleasure?

yea not a good look for when you start working. even if you have a pretty casual type of company it does start to wear on you. or thats what a few of my peers tell me whove taken them out

Nooo idea who any of you are. I joined literally for this topic and this topic alone...

I've had my left year pierced for over two years now. I've had my right one pierced three times. The first time I took off the locking back that it comes with because I hated trying to take it off with my left ear. So when I could get it off with my right ear, I took it off right away. Then during my sleep, I some how flicked it out of my ear. It closed up in about 4 hours of more sleep... The second time I took it out after a day and tried to stretch it up to a 16g. It didn't work. I tried re-piercing my ear with the earring, but it just closed around it right away. Third time was a charm. I waited the six weeks to start stretching it.

A normal piercing (the earring you get from Wal-Mart or most stores like it) is either a 20g or an 18g. From there it goes down to 00g skipping odd numbers. So it goes, 20g, 18g, 16g, 14g, 12g, 10g, 8g, 6g, 4g, 2g, 0g, 00g. Depending on who you talk to, you can either hear, 0g or 00g is the "point of no return," as you stated in your original post. I myself have heard both.
So you guys can get an understanding of the sizes.. a 20/18 is a normal earring. 16 is about a thumb tack. 14 is about the size of a wire coat hanger. 12 is about the size of spaghetti. 10 is like a tooth pick or a q-tip shaft. 8 is like a coffee swizzle. 6 is about the size of a sucker stick or a juice box straw. 4 is a chop stick. 2 is a drinking straw. 0 is the size of a pencil and 00 is the size of a fat crayon.
That should give you guys an idea of the sizes of the gauge.

I started with the normal piercing and because I'm so G, I skipped every other gauge. I went from an earring to a 14g for a day and a half to a 10 for a couple of days then down to a 6. I stayed there for awhile only because I didn't have money to go get any more gauges. I then found out about the chop stick being a 4. I looked in the kitchen for some and found them. I stuck them in and had 4g's. I then went on eBay and found a company that sells them for less than 5 bucks when Hot Topic sells them for more than 15. I currently have 2g's in and am waiting for my 0g and 00g's to come in the mail from the same company.

I used Triple Antibiotic Ointment when stretching because I figured it would give them a good clean as well as work as lube. Hurt like a mofo, but in the end, worked great. I can proudly say I have perfect ear lobes.

As said above, I'm a bit scared of going much bigger because I need a job. I'm 17 and need a job for gas money. But with my gauges in, I feel it will be harder to get one. There are plenty of ways to hide it, but still.. :\ (Way to hide it is go to Wal-Mart and get the big earring backs and an earring you like and put it in. I'm talking about the clear ones on the bottom of the picture by the way..)

For anyone who IS stretching their ears and want a good place to buy tapers from, shoot me a PM and I'll hit you up with that eBay company I was talking about. They come as a pair, so they are good if you are actually going to wear them. Otherwise I would suggest just getting a taper set where they come with ONE taper per size. You can find them on eBay for around 20 bucks.

Good lucky to anyone stretching.



p.s. Don't go to fast or you'll get a blow out. They are sick and nasty. And if you lobes get really hard and you have pains in your jaw/neck, take out the size you have in and just downsize to the next size down. /personal experience.

Yeah, i probably wouldn't bother with this.

If I wanted a job or a life.

Because we have stretched ears we have no life nor a job? Those are some pretty big accusations. (on my phone.. no spell check)

I think it looks good. Sad thing is that I would hate to have my ears never close up again...does it close up to it's original state or does it stay open? I heard that it looks like a cats butt...I don't know if that's true...

It just depends on the size that you go up to and the persons body. Some peoples ears wont close up once you get to a two. Others will close up after a 00 stretch. It just depends. But I've never heard of a close up after 00... So that's usually about it.
If you really want it closed, you can get it stitched.