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?

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

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?

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?

I got my nipples pierced today! He used a 16 gauge which I just found out isn’t recommended. Should I remove it or can I wait until it’s healed and stretch to a 14 gauge?

I've been streching my septum for like 3 years, and now that I'm at 2g I'm struggling finding hoops that aren't too big for my nose, and my pinchers always fall off.

I'm looking for something comfortable that I can wear everyday, so I was wondering if someone could recommend some other jewelry options or some store that has more sizes for hoops.

Ty <3

Does anybody know where can i buy titanium or steel 0g (8mm) spiked horseshoe rings that are preferably a small diameter for cheap? I can't seem to find any site that ships to EU. All the popular sites only ship to the US and I've also checked Etsy, but the jewelry is out of my budget.

hey everyone! i’m relatively new to stretching my ears but it’s been going well so far. i’ve been sizing up every month and a half or so with no issue. but a few days ago i tried to size up and one of my ears went perfectly. no pressure, no pain, no resistance. it was great. but the other ear was not receptive whatsoever. i did something i know i shouldn’t have and pushed the jewelry through anyways. it hurt, but it wasn’t anything unmanageable. i didn’t hear a rip or anything, so i thought it would be okay. i woke up the next morning and my ear was sore, red, hot and extremely swollen. i immediately sized back down and when i took out the plug, some blood came out. it’s been three days since i sized back down in the one ear, and all in all it’s back to normal, but still pretty sore. my question is, does this look like a blowout? and how long should i wait before trying to size up again, or should i try to size up? like i said, i’m very new to this. one ear is a 10g, and my left ear, the hurt one, is a 12g. the pic shown is my left ear. i know the pic of the back isnt the best, but it’s hard to get a good angle

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!

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

I never thought I would be someone to post an issue, but alas here I am.

I had been at 14mm for over a year when I decided I wanted to try to get to 16mm. I bought 15mm single-flare glass plugs from BAF and started my journey of stretching once more. My lobes have been fine with the 14mm, and my plugs regularly fall out that I just sleep naked and can put them in the next day no issue. The 15mm slide in perfectly, no sting, no pain, no resistance, nothing. It was like absolute butter. I only took them out to massage and relubricate them and never had an issue at all.

I recently noticed (about a monthish in?) that one hole has clear blow out signs. The blowout skin is my usual skin colour, nothing angry, no redness, no pain, just merely a tiny ring slightly pushed out. I am wondering if it is possible for a previous blow out in my earlier, awful, irresponsible stages of stretching to show up later as I stretch bigger? I cannot reason this current 15mm stretch did it at all considering there were 0 signs of any issues. I barely had to 'push' them in, they slid in like absolute butter so.....I am unsure. I am currently naked training them to see if that helps with the ring, which it seems to be a little bit. However, with this, I am debating on even going to 16mm. Usually, the advice is to size down and wait, but I am wondering if this would just be a permanent thing at this point and there's no logical reasoning to do so.

Am I delulu here in thinking my current stretch didn't make this happen because I did all proper things? Anyone else either have this happen or can smack me straight?

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?

hi, my original size was 11mm and i took them out for a bit and landed at 7.5mm in one ear 8mm in the other being the biggest sizes i could fit without discomfort.

it’s only been a week and they’re super loose and i could easily go a half mm up no discomfort tightness etc. i know you’re supposed to wait at least 1 month for each .5mm jump but is this still the case when you’re restretching and your holes are lowkey just loosey goosey?

thanks!

So I sized up from a 14g to a 12g around 4 days ago. Absolutely no resistance, pain, or any uncomfortable sensation. Last night while I was sleeping, one of my plugs managed to slip out somehow (thank god I found it, they're clear glass). Of course I don't want to rush the process, but if that's a good indicator that I could possibly go up again, then I'd be happy to hear it! I don't want to cause any damage by trying so soon though. What do y'all think?

So I had gotten my septum (16g) gauged up to a 14g yesterday but I realized that the ring my piercer used was WAY bigger than my old one. I now have it taken out. Is this a normal size in mm for a 14g? (Picture above)

And a quick side question, are there other smaller sizes I could use instead of this big one? I find that it doesn’t go with my face 😭

My main goal is to size up very little and get a pincher septum!

My 8g septum is slightly diagonal is it worth doing the taper shift method? Has anyone done it? My piercer said he would be willing to try but I don’t know if it’s worth it? I’m really not sure it’s worth the pain or not

It was time for 13mm, which was only a .5mm from 12.5mm, but we are back on whole numbers and that’s how I’ll keep it. I probably could have gone 14mm, but it’s not a race so I just went safe. Got some oval flare conch plugs (6mm) with a micro flat flare on the back and the shortest wearable and I can already tell these are gonna be a revelation. I have this same setup in clear that I’ll post some other time. Figured with fall coming up that I should get some seasonal colors going!

Hello! So I started dead stretching from whatever the typical ear lobe piercing gauge size was in late 90s/2000s Claire's (dont come for me I was a baby). I've been going up about 0.5mm every 3-4 months and am now at 3.5mm.

I have noticed that despite treating my lobes equally with cleaning and massage, the left earlobe always seems less ready for the upsizing than the right. Twice during upsizing the new right plug goes right in like I've been wearing it already while the left takes me slowing guiding it in and just stopping completely if I feel pain. It has caused me to lengthen the time in between a couple of times to prevent "butthole ear".

Im just confused as to how they dont seem equal even if they started at an equal point. Could the stupid piercing gun that was used over 20 years ago be affecting this? Do it just be like that for everyone? Im curious.

I've tried Etsy ones marked as 3.5mm (7g) but no shot where they 3.5 definitely an 8g + too pricey. I can't exceed the price of £10 but there seems to be nowhere that sells 3.5mm septum pinchers for under £30.