Stretching and Shrinking
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Friday November 16th, 2007 @ 5:41 PM
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I have my ears stretched currently at 5/8ths. I’ve had them at that size appx. a year, and I’ve never had a problem with them. Sometimes, I feel like I wish I had stretched bigger, but it would be a waste to do it since I’ve spent over $400 in plugs and jewelry (yeah, I love my ears). So the question is, could I stretch them to about 1 1/4′ and have them shrink back down to 5/8ths? Is that feasible? It would be just temporary, and mostly to fulfill that dream of having bigger plugs.
The answer to your questions is: Maybe.
Unfortunately, there is no way to know for sure. It’s not unreasonable that they could shrink down to 5/8″ from 1-1/4″, but it’s by no means a for-sure thing. If you decide to stretch that large, you need to be VERY comfortable with the possibility they won’t shrink that small…or be okay with the idea of having them made smaller surgically.
The natural elasticity of your skin, the methods you use for stretching and how healthy your ears remain as you stretch bigger are all factors that will influence how much you would shrink.
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2 Responses to “Stretching and Shrinking”
I have found that if you streatch slow by using tape or weights there is less scare tissue build up and that alows for easier down sizing one of my piercers had 7/8″ lobes and now wears a 2 or 0 comfortably. when you want to down size just go down gradualy like you went up. it alows for the shin to reabsorb if you will…
granted this is not full-proof so it may not happen, like they said be willing to stay bigger. everyones body is very different some can some cant just remember go slow and avoid scare tissue
DaveXDefiant on November 20th, 2007 at 12:25 pmIt’s “albeit” not “all be it.” Grammar Nazi, away! *flies*
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