i have had stretched lobes for around 10 years now, and have gone from between 4mm and 12mm at different stages - at the end of 2008 i decided 12mm was bigger than i wanted anymore and shrank back to 8mm, now i'm down to around 4mm and still shrinking maybe one more millimetre smaller... i didn't need to cosmetically fix anything and i don't have 'huge ugly holes and hanging flaps of skin' because i was careful during the stretching process not to create any scar tissue and have simply worn smaller and smaller sets of earrings to allow my ears to shrink back.... i may stretch them bigger again or keep them at this size but the reason i bother is because i like it aesthetically and i know that it's not permanent.. i probably have another 7-8 years of good elasticity left in my skin before they'll have to stay at one size or whatever
That's the worst part about stretching, that old jewellery no longer fits. I make all my ow plugs though so at least it's not expensive for me.
for anyone who has some bigger gages.. (im at an inch): my bitch ear for some reason has been swelled for a few days and its sore. I clean my gages everyday, and ive had them the same size for a long time so they are completly healed. any advice on what to do:\
I just use a wet wash cloth... or just clean them with my fingers... I dont use anything except for soap every once in a while.
Use anti bacterial soap. Also make sure you use organic gauges like bone/wood. Metal and acrylic are bad for your ears. Make sure to clean your gauges aswell. Also rub some vita E on your ears now and then, keep um healthy.
thanks... Ive been wearing metal and acrilic gages this whole time. my wooden one were to small:\ but i guess that a top priority now is to get some. And i will try the antibac soap and the E... thanks again.
My bitch ear does that sometimes too. Just clean it well and it will go away in a day or so. Also, when did your bad ear become "the bitch lobe?" Mine's been like that for a while because I was dumb when I first started. But, I really need stretching tips for mine. It will not stretch one bit, but I'm only at 3/4"--not that big.
My bitch ear became the bad one when I was at halfinch or so. I was always dumb about my ears. I was always broke so I just ghetto gaged my ears. I would just but random shit, like hairspray caps or whatever, in my ears, then just wrap electrical tape around them to get them bigger. Bu my biggest mistake was that I would taper my ears 3 sizes up. So i didnt take my time. I tapered 3 sizes up to an inch and tapering your ears when they get past a half inch can make your lobes thin and uneven. But I would just suggest taking the gaging one step at a time. clean them alot and if they hurt dont touch them alot. Ive been through a few bad infections, mostly from tapering and using silacone gages to move up sizes, so stick to natural gages and i wouldnt suggest weighing them down, because it just gives you head aches. And if your ears hurt right after you make them bigger... There is this spot above your jaw bone that if you rub it makes your ears hurt less, well if worked for me. how big are you going for? how long have you been gaging them?
I had streatched lobes but a police officer confiscated my rings... since then I have been too depressed to get new ones, and they have shrunk