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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

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.

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.

KayKay123 wrote:How long should I wait between stretches?

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

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.

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

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

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).