It's STRETCHED, you sillies. :3 [PICS]

Which is your b***h ear?

Right.	18.9%	[ 10 ]
Left.	28.3%	[ 15 ]
Both.	9.4%	[ 5 ]
Neither! (the "lucky b*****d" option)	17.0%	[ 9 ]
idk what ur talkin bout.	26.4%	[ 14 ]
Total Votes:			[ 53 ]

[Le Discoteka]

lilartichoke

Le Discoteka

I have 4g lobes, I'm hoping to get to 5/8.
Too poor for tapers, so I'm using a sea sponge.

How does a sea sponge work?

My piercer taught me this trick.
Cut a piece out of the densest part of the sponge, the size you want to stretch your ears to. soak it in hot water, twist and put in your ear. wake up in the morning and your lobe is stretched.

[capn crunk]

I have 4G's that go from 2's to 0's to 4's constantly. I change them alot, but I think I'm done with gauges.
I just want some normal wood earrings. Pimp? Mhmm.

[Cosmic Surgery]

I've got an 8g in my left ear, a 10g in the right (I had to downsize because the one ear used to have an 8g plug, but for some reason it swelled up like a b***h and turned really red and sore, bled a little bit too). Plus two other 18g holes in my lobe I'll be stretching to a 10g.

My goal size is 2g, so I don't spend money on fancy plugs, I've just got boring steel ones in there sad

Although I have a pair of gorgeous 10g spirals I bought from BodyArtforms.com that I'll be wearing in my second holes once I've stretched those.

[SweetlyVague]

I've never been very fond of ear stretching.
i think it looks kind of gross.
But to each his own, of course.
Little stretching is alright, but some are ridiculous.
I saw a guy with his nose piercings stretched.
gonk

[Extensive]

I have a 6g in my earlobes, but I didn't have them stretched. I had them pierced. As in, hollow needle taking a chunk out. :D But they're only about 4mm in diameter, so if I left them out long enough they would probably close up.

[Xx-HAleYSAUrusREX-xX]

I think that I'm fine with my tiny ear piercings. My ears are probably to small to get giant holes in them anyway.Lol. pirate

[LUX AURUMQU3]

Cosmic Surgery

I've got an 8g in my left ear, a 10g in the right (I had to downsize because the one ear used to have an 8g plug, but for some reason it swelled up like a b***h and turned really red and sore, bled a little bit too). Plus two other 18g holes in my lobe I'll be stretching to a 10g.

My goal size is 2g, so I don't spend money on fancy plugs, I've just got boring steel ones in there sad

Although I have a pair of gorgeous 10g spirals I bought from BodyArtforms.com that I'll be wearing in my second holes once I've stretched those.

I bought my 8g tapers from bodyartforms.com biggrin
One is purple and the other is blue - they glow in the dark.
I really want swirls, but I've never seen any smaller than a 6!

[I had taken out my 8g's at one point to shrink for normal earrings for a dance, and forgot to stretch back, and then I went to 12g's, and then one of my ears started getting irritated [sensitive skin] and now my ears are earring size again. But I've got prom in less than three weeks, so after that, I wanna go back to my 8g's! biggrin ]

[Monstryk]

Le Discoteka

My piercer taught me this trick.
Cut a piece out of the densest part of the sponge, the size you want to stretch your ears to. soak it in hot water, twist and put in your ear. wake up in the morning and your lobe is stretched.

Haha.

Did you actually try this? Because I highly doubt that it works.

Stretching doesn't work that fast. (Plus, aren't sponges soft? The softness wouldn't do anything to the ear)

Anyways, I'm at 1", probably going bigger.

Got no pictures.

[apple monster]

how do you stretch?
i really wanna start. :
but i don't know how to!

please answer. : D
i really want small gauges though.
the size of maybe the end of a pencil.
how big would that be?

[Le Discoteka]

Monstryk

Le Discoteka

My piercer taught me this trick.
Cut a piece out of the densest part of the sponge, the size you want to stretch your ears to. soak it in hot water, twist and put in your ear. wake up in the morning and your lobe is stretched.

Haha.

Did you actually try this? Because I highly doubt that it works.

Stretching doesn't work that fast. (Plus, aren't sponges soft? The softness wouldn't do anything to the ear)

Anyways, I'm at 1", probably going bigger.

Got no pictures.

I've never done it personally, but i know people that have.
Note I said the densest part of the sponge.
Of course your not going to go from an 8g to 1'' or anything huge, but it still works for going up a size or two.

[[.Hikaru.]]

i'm at 3/4's right now....
undecided about going bigger

here's a picture i guess sweatdrop







haha sorry it's so "myspace"

[[.Hikaru.]]

apple monster

how do you stretch?
i really wanna start. :
but i don't know how to!

please answer. : D
i really want small gauges though.
the size of maybe the end of a pencil.
how big would that be?

buy stretchers. you can find them at like Hot Topic and skate shops and some smoke shops.

just go size by size... bigger numbers means the smaller the size. so start with like a 16, then move to a 14, then 12, then 10 and so forth...

for the size of a pencil you probably only want to go to a 4 or maybe a 2


but beware..... it can be addicting


biggrin my only suggestion is to TAKE IT SLOW... one size at a time.. or at least let it heal for at least 2 weeks before attempting to skip a size...

if not you risk blowing your ear out.. which basically hurts a lot and looks really gross


have fun

[Monstryk]

Le Discoteka

I've never done it personally, but i know people that have.
Note I said the densest part of the sponge.
Of course your not going to go from an 8g to 1'' or anything huge, but it still works for going up a size or two.

If you can't afford tapers you could always use tape.

It's cheap, and I'm pretty sure it works a lot better than using a sponge. Probably safer, too.

[IN VEGAS]

`dagon

Used to have 3/4" lobes. Infections, etc, now I'm at... 11mm? 7/16? Something like that.
And I am also stretching my triangle. It's at 8g now. =3 I want to go to 4g at least.

Triangle? o rly?