but no naked lobe pics...

komek58:

it seems theres a large number of people who know so much about these blowouts and infections, when they have never had a blowout or even some who are at such small sizes. i'm not burning on anyone with small lobes, dont get me wrong. i'm just saying when i blew one my ears out at 5/8's, the only people who gave me info and the only people posting anything about it werent even close to 5/8's, which is really stressful when i needed some advice i could relate to. so i'm going to explain what i've done for both my ears for people who have a minor/major blowout at a large gauge and need someone to relate too. feedback is welcome, just please dont be a jerk. i was young stupid i didnt know how to properly stretch lobes. 

Who cares about lobe hole size if someone is giving sound advice that actually works? There is an abundance of information on how to heal a blowout on the boards, just utilize the search function.

By refusing to downsize holes after injury, one is faced with an inflammatory response which can cause considerable damage and places an enormous amount of stress on compromised tissue.

komek58:

after folding and pushing the blowout back into the hole, i put in a silicone plug , the kaos ones from BAF, since they tend to be dry and tactile, to hold in new blowout's position in place so it wouldnt slip out. a month later it went from double earlobe to perfect.

Kaos states that their products should not be used for the stretching process and should  be worn in healed holes. Silicone can stick to even a well-healed fistula without daily oiling and cause unwanted damage.

It seems like you healed despite all of this nonsense that you did to your ears. If it did truly work for you, I'd love to see some quality close-up images of the front and back of your holes without jewelry.

As a warning to other readers, I would not suggest mimicing the OP's actions in a similar situation unless you want to chance the health of your lobes and endanger your chances of safely stretching in the future.

 meh, I prefer to stretch properly to begin with and not have to deal with so called healing methods that are sketchy.

 wow. i dont even know what to say about people on here. all you guys care about is who stretched the right way first and who's lobes look better.

i just was trying to put some info out there to people who had the same problem i did. trying to find info about blowouts from someone who actually had one instead of a bunch of people who think they know about them.

 i'm not even gonna be on the forums anymore. its not fun to read anything you guys say. so negative. 

Axon:

Kaos states that their products should not be used for the stretching process and should  be worn in healed holes. Silicone can stick to even a well-healed fistula without daily oiling and cause unwanted damage.

uh

if you read properly , you would have seen that i was healed and i have been wearing silicone for months. i simply used kaos since they ARE TACTILE and will hold the stuffed blowout. 

and i'm, going to be completely honest, when i want advice about my gauges, i like to hear advice from people with larger gauges, bigger than mine, so i know they have been there. getting blowout advice from someone with 14's doesnt really help me to be honest, no matter what they say or suggest.

whatever. peace out forums. hey BAF i'll still order from you guys all the time as usual. hope your forum people become more positive about suggestions and anything else said instead of it being a huge competition to who has the best naked lobes or who stretched better than so and so.

komek58:

uh

if you read properly , you would have seen that i was healed and i have been wearing silicone for months. i simply used kaos since they ARE TACTILE and will hold the stuffed blowout.

You said the following earlier:  "i let it heal almost."

The tissue was evidently still healing if the blowout was reabsorbed into your fistula, which is why I pointed out that it is probably not a good idea to use silicone while the skin is compromised.

komek58:

and i'm, going to be completely honest, when i want advice about my gauges, i like to hear advice from people with larger gauges, bigger than mine, so i know they have been there. getting blowout advice from someone with 14's doesnt really help me to be honest, no matter what they say or suggest.

whatever. peace out forums. hey BAF i'll still order from you guys all the time as usual. hope your forum people become more positive about suggestions and anything else said instead of it being a huge competition to who has the best naked lobes or who stretched better than so and so.

It's not about positivity or negativity, I can't speak for anyone else but I was pointing out some grievous issues with things that you said so that people are forewarned prior to attempting the techniques that worked for you. Those techniques could potentially cause major issues, making the blowout problem pale in comparison. A person should be informed about their options when faced with a situation like this. I'm sure this thread will pop up in future searches and I'd be remiss if I didn't point out some potentially problematic things.

"uh

if you read properly , you would have seen that i was healed and i have been wearing silicone for months. i simply used kaos since they ARE TACTILE and will hold the stuffed blowout. 

and i'm, going to be completely honest, when i want advice about my gauges, i like to hear advice from people with larger gauges, bigger than mine, so i know they have been there. getting blowout advice from someone with 14's doesnt really help me to be honest, no matter what they say or suggest.

whatever. peace out forums. hey BAF i'll still order from you guys all the time as usual. hope your forum people become more positive about suggestions and anything else said instead of it being a huge competition to who has the best naked lobes or who stretched better than so and so."

that's the point. you know when you stretched right that you have awesome looking naked lobes. Stretching is about sharing your patience and knowledge. It is definitely not for everyone. I personally have healed blowouts the correct way by downsizing and releasing pressure on the blowouts to allow them to be reabsorbed and I love my lobes. lessoned learned

mariawithoneeye:

that's the point. you know when you stretched right that you have awesome looking naked lobes. Stretching is about sharing your patience and knowledge. It is definitely not for everyone. I personally have healed blowouts the correct way by downsizing and releasing pressure on the blowouts to allow them to be reabsorbed and I love my lobes. lessoned learned

yeah and i believe i said i was young and stupid and didnt know how to stretch

and dude, idk about you, but no matter how healthy or blown out or whatever your lobes are, when they're naked, they're still nasty looking lol. thats just my opinion. mine look fine tho so...whatever. 

i understand the patience involved. this was from a long time ago and i felt like posting what happened and what i did incase anyone was curious and in the same situation i was at the time: searching for all possible information and other people's experiences since there is a huge lack of experiences on here. i can see why because you get flamed down for it. what happened to making mistakes? is that illegal now or something? 

ok people heres the end all :

1. this method is extremely dangerous even though i have done it twice and it worked painlessly

2. i am not responsible for anyone's choices, injuries etc.

3. dont gauge up with silicone (i never did that, just stating it again because its bad)

4. take this advice at your own risk

healthy lobes don't look disgusting. they are flesh colored and should be perfectly round. anywho, do what you want

komek58:

i understand the patience involved. this was from a long time ago and i felt like posting what happened and what i did incase anyone was curious and in the same situation i was at the time: searching for all possible information and other people's experiences since there is a huge lack of experiences on here. i can see why because you get flamed down for it. what happened to making mistakes? is that illegal now or something? 

I have baby ears so my opinion probably means nothing to you... but I came to BAF forums before I started stretching and have stayed because I have found folks here to be knowledgeable and nice.  You say there is a huge lack of experience here.  I don't know how long you've been around but it does not seem you've read enough.

I've seen no where where you've been flamed in this discussion.  People told you flat out that your advice was misguided, which you have admitted yourself.  The reason why there are fewer posts about blowouts, infections, rips, tears and fugged up lobes here, is because the forums is filled with active posters who take excellent care of their lobes.  These boards are also very carefully moderated so that the BEST advice is what people will find when they come here looking for the information you have requested.  There really are plenty of other places who will allow you to post whatever you want and I guarantee you, folks there will not be as polite in correcting you as they are here.

Lastly, from what I have read here and elsewhere, a blowout is a blowout and shoddy care of stretches is shoddy care of stretches regardless of the size of the lobes.   Those of us who wish to attain any size stretched piercings that are healthy, happy and attractive follow the sound and corroborated advice given here.  But, that's our choice.  You are free to make whatever decisions you wish.

 ha i'm not even going to read that whole thing dude.

well i tried.

whatever.

i like my ears.

and they look fine.

so

uh

i guess thats all that matters, to me anyways.

Yes. that attitude is why you ended up with blowouts and likely why you could not find the information on these boards about the proper way to heal them.

Carry on.

komek58:

 ha i'm not even going to read that whole thing dude.

well i tried.

whatever.

i like my ears.

and they look fine.

so

uh

i guess thats all that matters, to me anyways.

there are plenty of videos on youtube about people who stretched too fast got blowouts and didn't take care of them and continued to stretch. check it out. we are not trying to be jerks, we just want everybody to have happy, healthy lobes because you only get one set