Stretching questions & care

Re: My 2G Stretch

harold — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:31:31 GMT

tylerd:
I pulled the 2G out last night. After having it in for 3 or so days. No puss no blood no nothing. so I think I'm going to leave it in.

well - im sure most of the folks here are just shaking their heads... but, ill go ahead and try a little bit more... PLEASE try and be nice to your ears - they really are the only pair that youve got - it is not like you can go to the store and pick up another set on sale...

im not gonna tell you what to do - you can look that up yourself... i, also, have not had the experience to share the horror stories of 'what can go wrong' (other than a little tear once) - so i will again tell you to go look that up yourself... i will, however warn you that you are risking your one-and-only-ears on being-careless... im sure you wont listen, so i guess i should just stop...

good luck - and who knows, maybe youll never have any problems (i mean - cmon - obviously - you are invincible) and our warnings are for naught - but if you DO have an issue - then you can be sure we will all be here to point-and-say-'we-told-you-so'... h.

Re: My 2G Stretch

tylerd — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:06:57 GMT

I pulled the 2G out last night. After having it in for 3 or so days. No puss no blood no nothing. so I think I'm going to leave it in.

Re: My 2G Stretch

harold — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:50:48 GMT

tylerd:
I don't know if mentioned this before by 2G is where I am stopping. But thanks for the post, this is what I was looking for. P.S. The on the DF's one flare is much smaller than the other. The "large" flare is a 0G exactly and the small flare hangs just over a 2G.

hey - its all good... im glad you took out the 2g and stuck them against a sizing chart... thus, youve possibly answered your own initial question (yes, one earring was larger than the other - so even if your holes are/were the same size - theydve acted different)... also, i have found that my holes actually ARE different from side to side - and ive been using, afaict, symmetrical jewelry...

lets assume that your 'friend' wont mind you keeping the 4g for awhile longer - so you can use them to keep your lobes healing (at 4g) correctly... if not (and money is a big concern) then try some of the less-expensive acrylic jewelry here at baf (in 4g) and invest in a nice pair of SF pyrex or glass 2g pieces (for the 4-2 stretch, you wont want acrylic there)... even if you decide that the 2g DF bones that youve got are your 'final' point - your ears will def appreciate having some 'naked time' or some SF 2g in them when youre not 'feeling it' with your bone-jewlery... also, youll be able to 'tape stretch' with some simple SF 2g plugs so that your ears are stretchy enough to handle the bone DF that youve got...

done forget the SSS and massages and maybe a little oil for soothing... even if youre not 'feeling' like anything is wrong - i have found that my ears just seem to 'feel better' if ive given them a SSS. sorta like the way my car seems to 'run better' after ive washed it... lol.

Re: My 2G Stretch

tylerd — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:38:41 GMT

I don't know if mentioned this before by 2G is where I am stopping. But thanks for the post, this is what I was looking for. P.S. The on the DF's one flare is much smaller than the other. The "large" flare is a 0G exactly and the small flare hangs just over a 2G.

Re: My 2G Stretch

Mr.GuzbeKnot — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:18:16 GMT

Well done harlod, as mentiond double flairs can be a nightmare, im paying the price for it now in time, but i found a best friend, the SF. Aslo quoting heathdawg check out those guides they help out a bunch.

Re: My 2G Stretch

harold — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:27:09 GMT

kwaniesiam:

heathdawg:

You are doing everything wrong and are a blowout waiting to happen.

Please refer to this link for proper stretching advice. http://forums.bodyartforms.com/forums/t/5641.aspx

Your phrasing made me lol, and I agree completely.

ill agree about the lol - but not on the blowout... ive already mentioned my personal experience elsewhere - and since the OP is gonna do whatever they want - really, ill just try and address the original questions...

1 - as everyone has said - take out the DF - that was not a good idea...

2 - drop back to the 4g (or 6g) and 'wait it out' until you can pull the o-ring thru like you did with the other stretches... do NOT resort to a taper to try and work that 2g DF into your ear... even if you DO get it in, the ear will prolly close-up around it and then youll never be able to get it out and itll be a mess...

3 - assuming you get to the 4g and are able to 'pull the o-ring thru' again (in a few weeks), then go up to a SINGLE flare 2g... look at a sizing chart - right around 2g - the jumps start getting bigger than they were down in the 6/8/10 region...

4 - once the 2g SF is at the 'o-ring pulling' stage... go to a 1g... yes, i said 1g... do not try 0g... that is too big of a jump... 1g - or start taping your 2g...

5 - you get the idea now, basically - you have to wait some more... and stretch slow enough to heal... take the 2g DF and put the flare onto your gauge-card and see just how big it is - it is probably a 0g or maybe more... thus - your lobes will need to be able to handle (easily - because this is bone, not metal or glass) the flare-gauge and be healed correctly or the bone will start 'reacting' with your body - probably...

good luck, h.

Re: My 2G Stretch

kwaniesiam — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:38:33 GMT

heathdawg:

You are doing everything wrong and are a blowout waiting to happen.

Please refer to this link for proper stretching advice. http://forums.bodyartforms.com/forums/t/5641.aspx

Your phrasing made me lol, and I agree completely.

Re: My 2G Stretch

tylerd — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:23:14 GMT

I would say probably 3weeks to a month.

Re: My 2G Stretch

Axon — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:58:59 GMT

Yes, I was saying that you shouldn't resort to it.

So how about addressing my query - how long did you wait between stretches?

Re: My 2G Stretch

tylerd — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:26:27 GMT

I said I was NOT going to shove :p

Re: My 2G Stretch

Axon — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:49:31 GMT

Here's a tip, don't ever resort to 'shoving' anything into any hole in your body.

How long did you wait between each stretch?

Re: My 2G Stretch

wissabo — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:44:02 GMT

You need to take that DF out ASAP. May want to downsize back to a 6 for a few months, then stretch up to 2g the right way. Follow the link heathdawg posted. Never EVER put double flares in unless your holes are completely healed and stretchy enough to do so. The flares on DFs are always atleast a size larger that the wearable surface, which equals a mm or more. Please be good to your little lobes! They're the only pair you get. Stretching is not a race.

Re: My 2G Stretch

heathdawg — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:05:16 GMT

tylerd:
I began my stretching with a 10G pierce. I let my initial pierce stay in for about 3 months. After which I ordered acrylic plugs down to 6G here at BAF. The way I determined if my ears were ready for the next gauge would be if I could pull the O-Rings threw my ears with ease and no pain. I have made it down to 2G(well sort of XD) my ears are perfect circles and they are in no-way infected. After wearing my 6G's for quite some time. I ordered 2G Bone double flared eyelets. During the time I waited for them to arrive I put a 4G of my friends into my ears no problems. Today my earrings got here and I got ONE into my left ear it didn't hurt at all, but it is a tight fit. Now my right ear is seemingly smaller, I cannot get the earring in it, I haven't tried to literally SHOVE it in, and I will not. I don't want a cat's butthole, or any other blowout. My question is, why is one ear more stretched than the other? and should I leave the 2G in, or does the tight fit mean its not ready? Thanks in advance.

You are doing everything wrong and are a blowout waiting to happen.

Please refer to this link for proper stretching advice. http://forums.bodyartforms.com/forums/t/5641.aspx

Re: My 2G Stretch

HardcoreBrandyn — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:59:19 GMT

try using a taper on the bothersome ear, and you said they were double flared, the flare is going to be larger than a 2g.

My 2G Stretch

tylerd — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:30:46 GMT

I began my stretching with a 10G pierce. I let my initial pierce stay in for about 3 months. After which I ordered acrylic plugs down to 6G here at BAF. The way I determined if my ears were ready for the next gauge would be if I could pull the O-Rings threw my ears with ease and no pain. I have made it down to 2G(well sort of XD) my ears are perfect circles and they are in no-way infected. After wearing my 6G's for quite some time. I ordered 2G Bone double flared eyelets. During the time I waited for them to arrive I put a 4G of my friends into my ears no problems. Today my earrings got here and I got ONE into my left ear it didn't hurt at all, but it is a tight fit. Now my right ear is seemingly smaller, I cannot get the earring in it, I haven't tried to literally SHOVE it in, and I will not. I don't want a cat's butthole, or any other blowout. My question is, why is one ear more stretched than the other? and should I leave the 2G in, or does the tight fit mean its not ready? Thanks in advance.