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I don't hate them, they're just very troublesome. Been at a 2g in my left lobe for around 5 months, and started taping for the last two months/1.5 months or so. My jewelery was less than a mm from 0 from the tape. I was dicking around with some old 0g tapers in a kit I had bought, no pain, no problems, so I pushed a bit, felt a bit of a stretch, and it went right in without me even trying to stretch. I was surprised, until I found a tear, and it started to hurt. Second time this has happened. No issues, waited a while, and then accidentally tear my lobes from mild pressure. I downsized after around 10 minutes to my taped 2g. I'm throwing out my tapers, more trouble to my lobes than they're worth.

Sorry, ranting. Anyone experience anything similar?

Not exactly, but I was blessed with stretchy lobes and I was pierced at 10g to boot. That said, 2g to 0g is a tough stretch since it's 2mm. Why not take a pit stop at 1g and give your ears a rest. Glasswear studio sells 1g plugs. I would say this would go double for you since it sounds like your ears aren't as forgiving.

That aside, if you have a tear, you should really go back down to 2g and let your lobes heal. Once they aren't sore or swept anymore, do vitamin e oil massages to break down the scar tissue, otherwise your ears will be even less stretchy as time goes along. Scar tissue tears more than it stretches.