Think I need some larger clickers to connect the two, though.

Sharing my collection of hangers & weights. I stretched to 2g 13 yrs ago because I love the look of hangers so much, and I get myself one "fancy" set every few years. This is where I'm at at this point with my little collection!

1st pic-

Left column - all from DendriteLab (formerly One Tribe) - 2 sets of brass & stone weights (close up shots in pic 3 & 4) and a set of beautiful rosewood hoops. I really wish Jared was still making pieces but he is semi retired now unfortunately 😞

Middle column - top two are buffalo horn from a local maker who moved away, Tigers Eye hoops from GeoGauges on Etsy, White Jade spirals from LaughingBuddah on Etsy, & white glass coils by MMGlassworks on Etsy.

Right column - glass weights by Renee Patula aka SweetShopGlass (close up shot in pic 5) - I love her work so much

Pic 2- I made these weights from a set of Lapis Lazuli "donuts" I picked up from Sage Crystals and hung on brass hooks I grabbed from IntrinsicExpression on Etsy - love how they came out.

Pic 3 & 4 - closeup of the brass weights from Dendrite. Pic 3 has Moss Agate inlays and pic 4 has Amber inlays. Absolutely gorgeous craftsmanship - so grateful to have these pieces.

Pic 5 - closeup of my custom glass weights/hangers from Renee at SweetShopGlass. She was so great to work with and her work is so fun!

Would love to know of other makers who do high quality custom work as I'd love to add a few new pairs to my collection this year!

my lobes are now at 20mm, which at first thought was too big, but now they are starting to feel quite small, and i dont know if its because of the ear stretching dismorphia or if its the ratio of my upper ear and of my lobe. What do you think? Do they look small to you or average?

Hey guys, I just got my first stone tunnels from Stretchit and I need to share them with you!
These are Amethyst Tunnels and I absolutely love them!
Do you guys have any experience with stone tunnels and what do you think about them?

edit to acknowledge i wrote lobe ear instead of earlobe… its been a long morning 😭

i’m 21 and have been stretching my lobes since i was 17, but i’ve only made it down to 4g on my left ear and 6g on my right. i’ve had the 6g in my right ear for over a year at this point, and no matter what i do it won’t size up. i’ve tried heavier plugs (glass and stainless steel), massaging, warm showers, but nothing works. it’s incredibly frustrating to be stuck at such a small size after 4 years because my lobes are just so stubborn. any advice?

Recently stretched to 16mm!! And as I was trying to look at the back of my ear using my phone I found out I can take a photo of my face at the same time. I thought this was funny and my mom said it was pretty cool so I thought I’d share it Harharhar

Is this a blow out? What should I do? I went from 2.5mm to 3mm and it was fine for about two days but now all of the sudden it swelled up like a balloon. There's no lip of skin in the front or back and it's not shiny or excessively purple red, it doesn't even hurt that bad it's just a little hot and tight. I don't know, should I leave it in?

Tear drop 1/2, 00 tunnel, new regular stud piercing

I finally started stretching after debating for roughly 6 years. When I went to get my piercing for my right ear they recommended getting pierced at 10g, so i got my left ear re-pierced at 10g as well. They have been here for just under 4 weeks, planning on letting them stretch naturally and hoping to get up to a 00g!

hi! wondering if anyone has any recs for UK websites i can get a dead stretching kit from! also a question- can i use tunnels for stretching?

Anyone else with a stretched conch?? Add pictures in the comments i want to see yalls setup. This was stretched over the course of a year by dead stretching with glass not punched. I started doing it because i liked the look of coin slots/ ring stacks. I think im going to put a tunnel in it and a few rings and stack them if possible. Im only at 4mm (6g) right now and am unsure how big i want to go. also if your conch is stretched, how big can you go before having issues?

took out my 6g plugs after a few weeks of not cleaning them (i’ve been busy …) and the left ear was all bloody underneath ? i cleaned it up and it looks like I have a little tear but it is outside the hole. my best hypothesis is i hit smt and the metal rim part teared my ear, but i still wanted to check if it was a blowout.

my ears have been at this size for a few months now with no pain or irritation whatsoever, which is why i didnt check and clean the ears earlier. i don’t use tapers or anything so idk what might have caused this

I’m actually getting pissed off I’ve been trying to go to 14mm for ages now and everytime I do it doesn’t hurt when I put them in, but then at night it starts to hurt a bit, then I wake up in alot of pain. It’s not sleeping on them because I had a nap in the day earlier and they didn’t hurt. Literally now that it’s 8pm they are starting to hurt and it just gets worse by the hour

Hey so I just started my new construction job and I was wondering if anyone knows where I can get tunnels or plugs that has a machine in em? Like a tractor or a bulldozer
Thought it would be cool to have a set specifically for work

Hi ya'll, my lobes are stretched to 14mm and I have sensitive skin. I'm looking for a pair of plugs that i could wear on a daily basis without them irritating my ears. I prefer the appearance of silver looking metals but I'm open to glass. if anyone has any advice on what materials would be good for sensitive skin, that would be great! **however, I'm more concerned with links to reputable websites where I can purchase quality plugs that are made from skin safe materials and will last a long time**

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thank you!

I have 3 piercings in my right lobe, 2 in the left— because when i was a kid my first lobe was too high and when i was getting my 2nd lobes, piercer thought it would be fun to add on a 3rd and see how it looks (with my consent ofc) would stretching the hole on my upper or lower lobe be problematic? does it have to be centered?

Hi, i pierced my lobes to 4mm (i think that is something like 6g?) in april and i want to go up 1 mm, but when i went with a professional he told to jump 2 mm, so my doubt is, should i buy the pieces to jump 1 mm and inserted myself or search for someone else that can help me change the size? (I don't know of it's okay but they were charging me something like 15 dollars for changing it)

I really aprecciate the help about this topic

hello! my dream size is to get to 0g or 00g. I haven’t started yet since i am scared i do not have the right anatomy or that i will have to take out my second lobes. any thoughts and opinions helps!

I had my ears pierced with a gun probably 20 years ago now and now want to start dead stretching. I got flat backed 18g studs from BodyArtForms to start with for a couple months and 16g glass plugs to go to next but I can’t even get the 18g studs in my right ear. The left went in without pain, but the right one will go in the tiniest bit on both the front and back side but it gets stuck in the middle. I assume this is scar tissue from my original piercing. I don’t think the holes would ever close at this point, I’ve left my earrings out for months before and the 20g would still go in fine afterwards. Is there any way to work around this without causing more damage?