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So I started stretching my left lobe (my right lobe isn't pierced) a bit ago before I found this forum and after reading here about the importance of taking it slow I realised I stretched way too fast :/
So heres my story...
I pierced my ear ages ago and my ears were fully healed and then left a gap of about 2months between fully healed ears and stretching.
So i started by stretching using a steel taper from 14g too 6g which meant I skipped 3 sizes which at the time thought was normal. The stretch did bleed a little and was little painful but I got my 6g steel treaded flare tunnel thing in no problem. I left this in for about a month and a half and it healed nicely without and problems at all.
I stretched again from 6g too 2g on Christmas Eve with an acrylic taper after a hot shower and it didn't bleed or hurt at all. I got my tunnel in no problem and it was only a little tender the next day but more importantly I hadn't got a blow out
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So today in the shower (5 days after stretching) I took my tunnel out and looked in the mirror and my ear looks nice and healthy with no obvious problems or anything like that at all!
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Im going too stay at 2g for a very long time as im pretty sure I stretched way too fast, but how long do you guys think I should wait? Also does anyone have any advice or tips for making sure my ear hasn't being damaged?
Thanks Liam, I hope I haven't screwed my ear
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