Stretching lobes with electric tape?
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Tuesday August 12th, 2008 @ 2:35 AM
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Hi.
I’m curious if it is safe to wrap electric tape around a pair tapers I have. I’m currently at 00 and I can not find any tapers or plugs for 7/16 anywhere and when I do find them, they’re too expensive. I told a friend about my problem and he suggested using electric tape and wrapping it around my plug/tapers to make them bigger so I could stretch. Is that safe to do?
I hope this question wasn’t already asked. I searched on here and couldn’t find what I was looking for.
Thank you.
You’re better off using teflon tape than electrical tape. Teflon tape is super thin and it’s self-adhesive so it’s not going to cut up your lobes and have glue come in contact with them (which is VERY irritating)
Just a wrap or two every several days works well for a lot of people.
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5 Responses to “Stretching lobes with electric tape?”
This may not be healthy but i made sure that i kept my the tapes off my lobes and i got from 1/2-5/8ths using electrical tape, but yeah i recommend using teflon above electrical for sure, but i don’t dis electrical.
Lucas Reichennek on August 12th, 2008 at 2:41 amOr use bondage tape, it’s like electrical tape minus the adhesive.
Babysitter on August 12th, 2008 at 9:00 amI’ve been using teflon tape for years and had no problems with it. The only thing you have to remember is not to forget to wrap them every couple of days. I recently got the flu while trying to stretch to 00 and didn’t do any wraps for 2 weeks. I don’t know exactly what happened, but the next wraps wouldn’t go in, so I took all the tape off to downsize so I could restretch in a few weeks. If you’re diligent about wrapping them, it actually goes by very fast.
Teflon tape is cheap and can be found anywhere electrical tape can. It’s good stuff
sixums on August 12th, 2008 at 2:18 pmOh sweet! I love all the responses
I need to go get me some teflon!
Thank you all for helping me!!
kittydemon on August 12th, 2008 at 8:17 pmWe sell teflon tape at my work
I actually get a lot of people coming in to buy it for stretching their piercings.
Personally, I’m gonna go Warren Hiller and say that I believe in totally natural stretching. I wait until my lobes feel nice and loose and then just put the next size right in. But do whatever you think is right for your body to get to your goal size.
Randi on August 21st, 2008 at 12:09 amLeave a Comment