Earlobe Stretching

[sbphotog]

try the hoops then you are not cramming something that does not fit right in your ear.. then just tug on the hoop when you arnt busy

nah, that's okay. I don't like wearing tapers. Besides, stretching that way results in uneven thinning lobes.

 

[Dredbull]

I used taper needles and plenty of lube. Sounds wrong but it worked like a charm. Just be wary I found out I was rejecting acrylics using them post stretch, Stainless or nothing.

 

[sbphotog]

I used taper needles and plenty of lube. Sounds wrong but it worked like a charm. Just be wary I found out I was rejecting acrylics using them post stretch, Stainless or nothing.

my tapers are stainless and my current tunnels are titanium. I'm not fond of acrylic and they are not good for a healing piercing or stretch.

 

[SmilingSlasher]

I have mine streched to 4 gauge......thinking I might stop around a double zero gauge.

 

[dopeless-hopefiend]

I have 1" earlobes. Had my 1st stretch about 15 years ago. And whats this I hear about stretching is not supposed to hurt?! ya right! granted my stretches were pretty brutal, though done at a respectable tattoo parlor years ago before the hype of stretching too big, too fast. my stretch order was the following: 14g to 6g, 6g to 00g, 00g to 1/2", 1/2" to 5/8", 5/8" to 3/4", 3/4" to 7/8" and finally, 7/8" to 1". whew! glad all that is over with!
All stretches healed beautifully with no blow-outs and no ugly scar tissue.

 

[DinosaurVapor]

I wanna try to go to a 2G...that is if my lobes will let me

they'll let you, i took mine all they way up to a 00g, but have let them shrinkall the way back down to like a 14g or maybe 12g if im lucky =]

but keep doing it, its super super sexy and i know a lot of people who love it. including me.

 

[crashtestjeep]

<-------4 gauge

 

[MrLongbeard]

I have 1" earlobes. Had my 1st stretch about 15 years ago. And whats this I hear about stretching is not supposed to hurt?! ya right!

That'll be me and I stand by it.

Granted I stretched in small 1mm intervals and you Americans go up in odd size jumps, but from 1.6 to the current 18mm I felt no pain, no stinging, just an odd tightness for half a day or so.

 

[johnny bravo]

I'm currently at 00 guage, went to a 1/2" at one point, took them out for about two years and it shrunk to about a 6 guage, i too have felt pain through the stretching process. @ dopeless-hopefiend, wow, 6-00 thats quite a huge jump! I went from 6-2 and it was less than pleasant, not much sleep that night, i imagine my lobe would have ripped apart if i had gone any farther!

 

[dopeless-hopefiend]

@ dopeless-hopefiend, wow, 6-00 thats quite a huge jump! quote]

Yes it was, I would not want to do it again - thats for sure. From 6 to 00g and 00g to 1/2" were the two most painful. Nowaday I just let the my little ones swing from them. They get quite a kick from their 'ol dad, lol!

 

[K-Sound Krew]

I originally stretched mine out in 1993 i went from a 16 to a zero in 2 months time, by wrapping a post in electrical tape and going up one layer of tape once I felt comfortable to do so

Eventually I took em out and let em close, after not having anything in my ears for almost 4 yrs I jumped straight to an 8g, which I wore for a yr, then I made a jump from an 8 straight to a 2g in one day doing it by myself with a taper, ouch