Thin Lobes
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Saturday July 26th, 2008 @ 6:45 AM
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Hey!
I have been stretching my lobes since October 2005. My left lobe is at 1 1/4″ and my right lobe is 1 1/8″. It’s not as stretchy as the left for some reason.
I have been taking my time with stretching, but the inner lobe (earpit??) is really thin, especially my left. I want to stretch up to 1 1/2″, but I think it’ll be impossible unless I want to tear my lobes off. My friend started stretching in November 2007 and he’s already at 1 1/8″ with super thick lobes. I would think it should be me with the thick healthy lobes and him with thin ones! Why is this?!
Is there any way I can buff them up without having to downsize and restretch? Or is that the only option.
Someone told me that massaging them with Vitamin E oil can help make lobes a little thicker, but I’m not sure if this is true.
Thanks!
This isn’t a race/competition people, for christs sake!
Just because your friend has had no problems stretching, that doesn’t mean ANYTHING involving you and your lobes YOU’RE BOTH DIFFERENT PEOPLE, PIERCED AT DIFFERENT TIMES…Piercers are not perfect machines placing the piercings identical every single time…So again I say YOU’RE FRIEND IS YOU’RE FRIEND AND YOU ARE YOU! What works/happens for your friend, may not work/happen for you, and you need to start realizing this ASAP!
Know that depending on how thin your lobes are getting there’s only a few small ways to correct this situation, lobe re-direction scalpelling procedure being one. And even thn that will not fully 100% correct the lobe thinning situation. Also know that the Vitamin E oil may or may not help, it really depends on your lobe or “ear pit”. If its thin in that specific area that you’re referring to, I’m more inclined to say its a result of how it was pierced and quite often no amount of magic jesus juice or re-direction will make the “thinning problem” go away.
People need to stop having “goal sizes” and instead just simply work with what they are given with…Make sure its pierced properly to begin with and go from there and never put anyone elses stretching experience in the same relation as your stretching experience. Because everyone’s experiences/capabilities are completely different.
Also I’m just curious…Are you confusing “Super thick lobes” with massively blown out lobes? Cuz 1 1/8″ stretched lobes since getting them pierced in November 2007 is FAAAAR too fast to be stretching. And you’re friend is putting themselves at serious risk for some SERIOUS complications if they continue on the pattern they are.
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Thanks.
If anything, I wasn’t trying to make it sound like it was a race.
I was just saying people who don’t take their time with stretching usually end up with effed up lobes and his aren’t.It doesn’t make sense as to why he has healthier lobes than I…and okay, he’s different from me, but 7 months and is at 1 1/8″?? (He doesn’t have any blowouts.)
I don’t care who gets to what faster. I know that I’ve taken my time with this whole stretching process and what do I get?
Anyway..
Thanks again for answering my question.
Beesh on July 26th, 2008 at 5:08 pmI’ll give Vitamin E oil a try.
Beesh: Sorry for misunderstanding the way you were writing, just when someone refers to other people,etc it always comes off to us piercers as you’re involved in some race/competition to get bigger and better lobes.
Personally I say look at it like this, give your friend time and watch the fall-out. I reckon at some point he’ll do a stretch or irritate the piercing in someway shape or form and BLAMMO, a massive blow out will appear from stretching too much, too fast, too soon.
You can try Vitamin E oil, Neem Oil, Jojoba Oil,etc,etc,etc…Heck you can even just take your jewelry out at night and in showers and massage your lobes to try and build collagen and increase blood flow/circulation to that area.
However the problem may not be able to be corrected via that way, and the only other route might be lobe re-direction via scalpelling. However in that situation I would not consider any more attempts at stretching or anything like that…
Warren Hiller on July 27th, 2008 at 9:52 pmLeave a Comment