KAISERROLLS wrote:Okay, well to start off you have already made a ton of mistakes.
First off guns arnt the greatest thing to get pierced with, but it looks like you already know that.
Second you didnt wait long enough for your ears to heal. 2 months is only good enough of a heal to change out your jewelry, you SHOULD wait for at least 6 months until you even think about doing your first stretch.
Third, you seem to have skipped 18g, 16g, 12g, and 10g, you should NEVER skip sizes, even if it doesnt hurt. Personally with stuff like that, i think that you got extremely lucky. Also as a side note, wait at least a month if not more in between sizes a week is wayyyy to short.
Fourth, it seems to me that your piercer doesn't know what hes doing, otherwise he would have told you the possible consequences of doing all this stuff
Im glad this has worked out for you so far, but please take some of our advise on here, and dont hurt your ears any more than they already have been.
I agree with all of this.
Just because a piercer tells you something is okay, doesn't mean it is. Lots of piercers are horribly misinformed about stretching even if they're good piercers. It's just a relatively new thing (in our culture, anyway) and there's still a lot of bad information out there. The best thing to do is take advice from experienced people on sites like this and do all your stretches yourself. Going to a piercer for a stretch isn't a very good idea not only because they tend to give bad advice but also because they can't feel your pain and will shove the next size through even if you're not ready. Doing it yourself allows you to listen to your body.
If I were you, I would get some good quality jewelry (surgical steel or titanium labrets or straight barbells) in 18G or so and just let those heal for a few months. Then stretch one size at a time. If you insist on keeping your 8G stretches in, leave them to heal for several months before you think about stretching again. Once they heal, start massaging your ears with an oil like vitamin E or jojoba to break down scar tissue.