will my large gauge ears grow back
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Monday April 28th, 2008 @ 1:05 AM
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i want to go to like a 2-0 and i want to know if theyll grow back i need to prove it to my parents to asure them that it will thanks
Unfortunately if you’re looking for a sure-fire guarantee, no piercer will give you one in answer to this question.
There’s many things we have to factor in this, and its ultimately falls on if your body wants to return to normal. Unfortunately at 2ga or 0ga its very unlikely that the pathways are going to close entirely up. They might shrink in size and go to say around a 6ga or 8ga, but I honestly will say they’ll never get back to a 14ga or 16ga size.
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6 Responses to “will my large gauge ears grow back”
Thought it was worth pointing out that if you stretch carefully and don’t accumulate any scar tissue and cat-butt-ness, if they shrink down to a 6 or 8ga, there’s a good chance they won’t *look* much more obvious than a “normal” sized piercing, without jewellery - wearing jewellery might still be a bit of a problem though.
You can’t see daylight through my 2ga lobes once I’ve left the jewellery out for a couple of hours, although they do look a bit different - a little slit rather than a dot. However I stretched very slowly (took a year to get to 4ga and another 6 months til I went to 2ga) and have no scar tissue - if I did it would be a lot more obvious.
If you go for it you need to accept that your ears may never look “normal” again, but you can maximise your chances of them being fairly unnoticable by being very careful with your stretching.
joker on April 28th, 2008 at 6:18 amI think the ear-shrinking thing is really different from person to person. I’ve been stretching mine for almost six years now, and at 1.25 inches for about six months, they’ll start shrinking up after just two days, looking like only maybe a 2g sized hole, though the plugs fit back in easily. I’m convinced that if I left my plugs out for a few weeks I’d have barely more than just some fat earlobes and small holes. I credit this to a combination of my body/skin type and the fact that I’ve stretched really, really slowly, from a large gauge initial piercing always using Teflon tape and not tapers.
thomas on April 28th, 2008 at 3:47 pmYea, it definitely depends…
Mine were pierced w/ a gun when I was a baby, and then a couple years ago I starting stretching, and got them to a 2g, where they stayed for a few months.
Eventually I had to take them out, and within a month, or less, they were back to a 14g.
rhiannon on April 28th, 2008 at 10:38 pmI’m not sure mine will ever shrink that much in terms of what jewellery I can fit in them - I can leave my plugs out for 3 or 4 days and have no problems getting them back in, I’ve left them out for a week or two a couple of times when they’ve got pissy about something and even then they only drop down to a 4ga and I can get the 2ga back in after a few days. They *look* small though, and I’m sure with more time they would shrink down more.
joker on April 29th, 2008 at 9:13 amI agree with Warren on this. The larger you stretch and the longer you keep them at that size, the less likely they’ll shrink up, full stop. I’m 32 years old, my earlobes are at 1″ and have been this size for five years at least, and I can leave my jewellery out for weeks (and have done so) and slip it right back in like it was never out at all. I stretched my ears very slowly (over a period of eight years!) and never had any blowouts or cat’s arse scarring, but my skin has gotten less elastic as I’ve gotten older, and there you go.
Yes, some people have good luck with their ears shrinking up naturally, but most people don’t, or you wouldn’t be reading and seeing all kinds of remorseful lobe-stretchers having their earlobes cut off/closed up surgically - and I’m definitely seeing a heck of a lot more of that then we used to!
My feelings on stretching lobes (or any other piercing) are as they always have been - assume it’s permanent or darned close to it. You might be one of the lucky ones who is able to reverse it easily, but in all honesty, you probably won’t be.
Lori St.Leone on April 29th, 2008 at 9:16 amI had my ears at 00 for 3 years, until one winter they got chapped and I let them heal up. They healed completely to about 16ga and I started to stretch again. They’re back at 00 and have been for a long time.
Some people start stretching and never want to stop, it gets addicting to some. I’ve been at 00 for 5 years and happy with it. Some people cannot heal back to nothing from anything higher than 2ga. I did. I started at 13 years old because normal piercing posts kept causing infections. Some young people do not care enough for their bodies to look into good jewelry, or take a long time stretching, I did.
Everything you do with your body is a choice. If your parents oppose it, then wait. Listen to them. Believe it or not, they are trying to do their best for you. My mother allowed me to get piercings when i asked for them, let me get pets and taught me responsibility. My fiance’s mother let him get obese, he has been near morbidly obese since he was ten. Parents don’t always make the right choices, but they try. Don’t discount that.
is it important enough that your ears be at 0ga to risk losing your parents at a time in your life when you need them? Do you know for sure what is best for your body? Can you afford the more expensive jewelry that is best? Can you keep from being affected by the peer pressure that may come your way to defy your parents, and stretch bigger and faster?
I believe that if you have a discussion with your mother, show her every one of these replies, don’t lie or hide any of the naysayers, and convince her that you have really done your research, you will have a much better chance of convincing her than if you just ask a short question on a QoD page. And if she says no, at least that way you will have a better understanding of exactly why that is.
Noelani on May 2nd, 2008 at 10:07 pmLeave a Comment