Is this safe?

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Wednesday September 12th, 2007 @ 2:22 AM

Filed under: Piercing

I want to get my earlobes stretched. I’m trying to go from a regular ear piercing to a 2ga.
I heard you’re suppose to stretch you ears slowly but I called this piercing place and they said that they can stretch it up to a 2ga right away. Is this safe?

That would be a resounding NO, not at all safe. You can dermal punch or scalpel straight to a 2g, but not stretch. You let someone do that and your earlobe will be torn asunder. If you’re wearing something small like a regular earring you could probably get away with going straight to a 14g. But after that the general rule is one gauge size every 6-8 weeks maximum.

- Ryan Ouellette

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