Ear Stretching Guide- Read First!

[LaurenRoyer]

Hey thanks for the awesome advice.

[Zeroskater1310]

Im currently in gauge size 4 and I have these sweet 2G plugs but I was wondering should I use a taper or a crescent(U shaped) gauge to stretch my ears to 2G before I put my plugs in to prevent stressing the piercing or any blowouts or infections?

[MarkoPollo]

What's good to use to lube it up?

[1LOSTSOUL]

Just wanted to say i did read first! This article was most helpful to say the least. I've already ordered a taper n tunnel set which should arrive tmrw!!! I'm not going real big, but guessing 6 g is about what I'm. After, maybe a size bigger then let them shrink back so a 6 fits comfy and easily.

[nicholasbullock]

Im just starting to gauge them, well i got them pierced on saturday and i noticed that my right earring is not in the center of my lobe. Could the complicate my gauging process in the quite near future? Do i need to have it redone before i gauge them? Please help!

[punkkid91]

I had Gotten my ears pierced to a 4 guage and was wondering if that would have any complications in the future. Does scar tissue carry over to bigger sizes going unnoticed while stretching up throughout smaller sizes?

[hollywoodhr]

How do I know when my ear is ready to go up a size? I've had my ear at 1,2mm for a month, but I've felt like going to 1,6 quite a while ago... When I got the 1,2mm, my ear felt a bit sore the next day and that's about it, after that it felt great. From another forum there were minimum healing time pointed out, like at least a month and when I go 4mm I should let it heal at least 3months.
Well, I had my other ear stretched to 8mm, but I messed up real bad, so I took it out. Obviously, I might feel ready after a week, but my ear is not.
So, what are the signs of perfectly healed ears? Because everyone's different and the healing time waries... I want to do everything right this time.

[caralhogrande]

So, would it be foolish to stretch to a 2 gauge? I have fresh ears that have not been stretched and the piercer I plan on going to said that it's fine. Any advice would help!! Thank you.

[corazon_de_oro]

Are your ears pierced? If they're talking about stretching a "normal" sized ear piercing to a 2G, no. Never skip even one size.
If they're talking about piercing at 2G, or piercing at 4G and immediately stretching to 2G, that's fine.