Wanting to start ear stretching?..?

Question

Im thinking about stretching my ears, im not planning on going very big maybe 6/7mm.

Ive looked around on a few sites but im still very confused about how to start? where to go? what to get?

would be great if someone could help. >_<

thanks,

Answer 1

Hi there, yes ear stretching can be confusing...even now I still get confused about different things to do with it. But anyway, how to start.

I presume you have your earlobes pierced all ready? If you do not though, go get them pierced. You will need to wait the six week healing time and preferably a month after the healing time to start stretching though.

Go out and buy some tapers, and some tunnels/plugs. The first size you should start at is a 1.2mm or 1.6mm depending on how long youve had your ear piercings. You can buy tapers and plugs from a body piercing shop. Alternatively you can look online. Theres this shop called crazyfactory.co.uk- i think its called that- and it sells that stuff crazily cheap.

Then you need to wait a month before you stretch again and you should buy tapers and plugs again, but in the next size up- 2mm.

You should repeat this every month until you get to your desired goal. There are different sizes out there, like you can get 2.4mm but those arnt always nessecary (which is confusing) but as a very basic rule you can go up like 1.2, 1.6, 2, (2.4 if you wish) 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

People often advice the use of lube to help with ear stretching, and its recommended to stretch in the shower because the heat makes your ear more stretchy. I like to dead stretch though, my ears just react better to it, im not a fan of tapers.

So, again, start off with a 1.2 or a 1.6mm. Just buy a circular barbell or something. Theres not much fancy jewerlery at that size but its nessecary to start off small. dont rush or you could tear your ears up.

Answer 2

hair dressors have all the info and studs to start out with

Answer 3

you mean, the ears on your head? =S.. is it possible to make your ears bigger by stretching them? if you can, then i know what some guys will be stretching lol ;-)

Answer 4

Okay I started stretching my ears about 3 months ago , i am about 4mm at the minute but i ahev been doing it very slowly so if you want to do it faster you can .

So firstly you need to ahve your ears pierced obviously lol

Then if you go to a site or a shop and purchase 1.6mm tapers or earrings and you just push them through your original piercing \/

leave that for 2 weeks and let it adapt and heal and then get some 2mm ppush them through

leave for 2 weeks then go to 2.6 mm do the same then 3mm

after 3mm it goes up by 1mm so after 3mm you go up too 4mm

I found going from 3mm to 4mm was a bit difficult but is alot easier if you use a taper instead of the barrel .

Oh and if you use all metal tapers or barrels it help the ear stretch more thatn a plastic

hope this helps :D