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.

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.

I would say probably 3weeks to a month.

I said I was NOT going to shove :p

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 ...