8 to 6. SUCKS!

[KayKay123]

I'm at an 8g right now, I've tried twice to get to a 6, it hurts too much so I think im just gonna wait a bit longer with the 8 because the 6 is a bigger jump than anything before 8 isn't it? ugh! it hurt =/

are there any things I can do to make the stretch easier? Everytime I go up a size I do it after a warm shower. I use water usually, but since it was SUPER hard I used this gel baby oil stuff (it was in gel form, weird ) and the next day I tried unscented lotion cuz I read somewhere someone used lotion. But yeah..How long should I wait between stretches? I'm at that mark where I gotta wait longer right? any help would be appreciated

[Nic]

lol 8-6 seems to be a hard stretch for alot of people. but for me it was ez. I would recomend playin with ur jewelry during class an stuff to loosen it. U should wrap it with tape to, taping is a gud way to move up sizes.

[KayKay123]

yeah! I do I do! I pull on them a bit, not so much that it hurts, but enough to stretch it a bit cuz I used to have a hoop in my lip and i would play with it just outta habit, its probably like a 12g now. haha but yeah.

how do you do the tape? Is it a specific kind of tape? I heard about this before.

[leighmarie]

How long should I wait between stretches?

At the minimum 6 weeks, but 2 months is better.

[Hardware]

You will want to use a PTFE tape (plumbers tape) or bondage tape. You basically want to avoid any tape with adhesive and use a tape that sticks to itself. The adhesive in most tape is toxic to the body, therefore not something you would want to wear in your earlobes.

[KayKay123]

awesome! thanks for the advice, I'll try the tape thing if i still cant get the taper in after another month or so.

[RavenSaves]

I agree with the other posters about the taping. I had a hard time getting the 6g into one of my ears, so I used tape and a few days later it with in nice and smooth

[shellbournian]

Good luck! 6 is a tricky one! A friend of mine blew out and quit stretching at that size. My memory of my 8-6 is a little fuzzy as a fair amount of Southern Comfort was involved (big mistake).