Lobe stretching past 1 1/4

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Thursday July 10th, 2008 @ 3:15 AM

Filed under: Ear

Well, I’ve had my ears at an inch and a quarter for the past year or so, and recently found a new shop that sells larger plugs and whatnot for a good price, aka $60 for a pair of 2″ tunnels.

So it would seem I’m going back to work on these lobes. But how is the best way to go about doing something like that? In the past I’ve just guaged slowly up over time with larger and larger peices since I had access to a workshop and could make my own. Also my ears weren’t so big, and I didn’t have the fear of snapping my lobes… I’ve downgauged a few times, and the flesh is pretty happy, but it’s still a concern. And lastly, what of ear weights, would those do me any good, seems like a pretty gentle way of going about things.

Step One: “Stretched” or “Downsized” not “Gauged” or “Downgauged”. As per Samuel L Jackson a la Pulp Fiction people: “English Mother F***er, Do You Speak It?”

Sorry not trying to piss people off or get them upset or anything, just trying to keep the english language alive and well. Instead of it spiraling down into Idiocracy.

But back to the questions at hand…Actually the issue with ear weights is that they concentrate the stretch in one specific area of the lobe tissue. This can make an irregular shape of your lobes and even thin the one portion out.

As for getting up to the 2″ you mentioned, you’ll need to start the stretching process all over again. Starting off wearing whatever jewelry fits comfortably and snug, then soon as that relaxes and becomes uniformed, slide the next size in. Do not force the stretch, the stretch should occur naturally. Continue doing so from the size you are at now, until you get to whatever goal size you may have.

And please remember patience is a virtue so don’t rush this. Take your time and be careful and stretch properly and you’ll have happy and healthy large sized lobes.

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