Oh my goodness, can I just rant for a second please? I signed up on this website because I had a few questions about ear stretching and the advice given out on most of the internet is complete bullshit. It’s ridiculous the 'advice' some people are giving. Almost every post asking how long someone should wait to size up is answered with "well you’re supposed to wait 4-6 weeks but I didn’t LAWL" and then those same people post topics titled 'something is wrong with my ear/bleeding & irritated/blowout help'. Seriously people, if you wait 4-6 weeks THAT WON’T HAPPEN. Do you think pain and a blowout are part of stretching???
I started stretching in Spring and I went way too fast because everyone was going at the same speed as me and even though nothing bad happened I really wish someone would have told me sooner to SLOW DOWN. I had a bit of irritation and signed up on here for advice and I’m so glad some people really know what they’re talking about and gave me real, useful advice. I’ve only seen maybe two or three people who are adamant about '6 months for a new piercing, 4-6 weeks between stretches'. Every time I see someone say "You’re not supposed skip sizes but I did and everything was fine" or "Yeah I was impatient and got a blow out but everything’s cool now" or "They say 4-6 weeks but I only wait about a 5 days" I want to just go HULKSMASH with the keyboard.