So is the ear stretching process supposed to hurt or not?

[WineHouse]

Hello
I have had my ears pierced ever since i 9 years old. I recently decided that i want to stretch my ears. How should i go about this? i have a normal ear piercing size, i think its 18G. Im also wondering if ear stretching hurts? It seems like it hella does but i wanted to hear what other people thought..

[skylorlambert]

I have much experience in this, and yes it does hurt. It takes time though to go through the process of stretching your ears, like many things do. What you want to do when you start out get a 14g taper, which looks like so:

What you want to do is take the taper and lube it up with something either it be any type of sexual lubricant, or anything that would make the taper go in easier, even if it's petroleum jelly. You just take the taper, and place the lube on it, then proceed to push the taper through your ear till your at the very end, once you do so be sure to put the O rings on to keep it in place. Keep those tapers in your ears for a couple of weeks till your ears are completely healed up, then proceed to go up sizes. When you get to bigger sizes I suggest not keeping your tapers in and end up just putting a plug in place once you stretch up because it can cause your ears to form weird if you keep tapers in at a bigger size. If you have any questions or anything of the sort just ask me and I would be glad to further help! HAPPY STRETCHING!

[nikcycakes]

I would think its supposed to hurt. Why would it not hurt, your stretching your skin!

[Tom]

oh it hurts!

[hondachick609]

yeah it hurts but not to much and it depends on size

[skylorlambert]

Yep, yep. Good answer Alyssa.

[need_plugz]

It definitely hurts but it should not bleed or anything like that. If your ears bleed, you're doing something wrong!

[eargaugeenthusiast]

it doesnt hurt all that bad..it all depends on ur pain tolerence and the size ur going to..some sizes hurt worse than others.

[corazon_de_oro]

Ideally, it shouldn't hurt if you wait for your ears to loosen up between sizes. A lot of people think of stretching as creating a wound in your ear, waiting for it to heal, and creating another wound. However, the best way to think of it is slightly increasing the size, leaving it until it's truly ready for the next size, and increasing it again. There should never be any tearing or bleeding if you're waiting the right amount of time between sizes, so it should never be too painful. Some will say that it's not supposed to hurt at all, but I've felt a slight sting with the stretches I've done so far. To sum it up, the more patient you are the less it hurts.

[Liquidx]

Oh yeah it hurts.... lol I've even made the mistake of going down 2 sizes in 1 week, Yeeaaahhhh blood galore. So be Careful!!!