Earstretching.net

TheGreyEyedMonster wrote:DONT use polymer clay, that stuff has chemicals in it that are very bad for your ears, especially ones that are so sensitive.

I agree 100% poly clay is never a good choice, i dont see why people still make/buy/wear them.

I stretched all the way to 7/8" with no pain or anything besides the initial pinch of piercing my ears.

I would wait for a month between stretches, use tapers every time and lube every time up till 00. After 00 i was too cheap to buy jewelry every size so i taped my way through the sizes (would do ...

i almost lost my second hole when i was stretching (that i later took out anyways so all the work was for naught) but i ended up going up and down sizes to build up more tissue between the holes, it helped alot but it also made my lobes pretty thick (which i liked but i wasnt trying to do that ...

stretching should never hurt.
How long did you wait?
Did you use lube?
Taper?

etc.

I know a lot of glass people that would cut perfectly sized mirror rounds for me and i make wooden plugs http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mirage-Pl ... 3095892352.

I could very easily inlay the mirrors into some plugs.

if you dont find anything else.

I have worn elliptical shaped jewelry (7/8") with no ill-effects.

Granted I never wore them for multiple days straight out of concern for the same problem (uneven distribution of pressure).

I personally use jojoba oil for my ears, and used it when I was stretching.

I have used Vitamin E oil aswell but my ears seemed to prefer the jojoba a little bit more and my ears were softer and felt healthier when using jojoba.
This is just my ears though, I dont know about other peoples.

I own Mirage Plug co. and i hand make fully organic wood plugs. I do a lot of carving so i could carve out some hanging/dangly jewelry.

Check us out on facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mirage-Plug-Co/141623095892352 ). Ill make them exactly how you want them and answer any of your questions ...

No offense but i wouldn't ever put poly clay in my ears, if you want to make plugs get a lathe and start turning wood (and decent woods dont be one of the hacks that uses cheap soft woods that arent exactly safe for use in ears) like i did. I sell on etsy too ( http://www.mirageplugco.etsy.com ...

It shouldn't ever hurt when you stretch up if you do it right. None of mine did besides my first couple because I didn't really know what i was doing originally.

Remember to always use lube and play with/massage/gently stretch out your ears before your actually stretch for an hour or so. All after ...