is it just me or is the stretch from 00 to 7/16 nothing?

[Nic]

I bought some 7/16 tapers the other day and put em next to my old tapers for 00g and they were almost the same. 7/16 was barely bigger, it was kind of a waste of money. They just slid in. Is the stretch to a half inch from 7/16 big?

[joexxx]

ahh that sucks! for that size i just got silicon plugs and popped those in, that took care of that, then basically 7/16" is almost 1/2" so that stretch was easy too.

[Nic]

haha nice, i wish i had known. I stretched my left ear to a half inch yesterday and it hurt all day. It feels kinda hard, like firm. I think its infected, what do i do?

[joexxx]

if i were you, i would put back the 7/16" plugs and wait for them to heal!..you just stretched them, even though it was an easy stretch give it some time before you do the process again

[corazon_de_oro]

It's not a waste of money... stretches aren't supposed to be that difficult if you give your ears enough time between them. Even though the stretch was easy you should've left your lobe at 7/16 for six weeks before moving on. The pain and swelling is your body's way of telling you that that skin wasn't ready to stretch.
Every 1/16" is equal to about 1 mm, which is the amount you should be stretching.
Like the other person said, downsize at least back to 7/16 and wait six weeks or so.

[Tom]

Ya that was an easy stretch, its sucks having to spend money for tapers for a an easy stretch.. im with joexxx on getting silicons for small stretches like that.

[Nic]

hey everyone, just thiught id let u know that i went back 7/16 . ima wait a month and see how my ears are looking. thx for the advice everyone

[dave]

i would advise not stretching with silicon plugs. no matter how big or small the stretch is.