plugs

Cait.

i want to get plugs but don't know much about them or where to start
can i just stretch my normal ear piercings into plugs??
xxx

Gauge

Here are some links to get you started:
http://forums.bodyartforms.com/forums/t/5641.aspx
http://www.onetribe.nu/faqs/11

What size are you at now? When you say normal piercings, do you mean studs?

Will

yup stretch em up and throw some plugs in, simple

Le Rack

you can get starter kits, they're sorta like so so you stretch them gradually, long long process but better than scalpalling cuz with that you actually cut out a chunk so have no chance of your lobe closing even slightly again



dang too slow

Will

when you scalpel you dont remove tissue, just make an incision

Gauge

I wouldn't recommend stretching with pinchers, really...

Le Rack

Wilburt wrote: »

when you scalpel you dont remove tissue, just make an incision

like what emz got? takes out some dunnit?

Cait.

yeah i defo am not cutting out a piece of my ear!!
does anyone know where i can get them in dublin?
xxxx

Le Rack

*covers mouth slightly to say this* georges arcade....

but afaik any piercers should have em

pretty certain celestial Ring in SG have em...

and guage they were just the first image that came up when I google it, prefer the spike style ones myself

Cait.

i looked ingeorges arcade today and was just lost i was like eh?
lol coool and are they dear?
xxx

Gauge

You can stretch them yourself. How big are you looking to go? Bear in mind it could take quite a while to do it properly.

Scalpelling= cutting a slit with a scalpel, no tissue removed, great for stretching further because it can correct bad placement and people I know who've had it done said their ears loosened up really quickly afterwards.
Dermal punch=punching a hole with a circular scalpel, removes a tissue of circle and is not so good for stretching because it removes tissue.

The spike things are called tapers and you use them to get to the next size in one go, they're not to be worn for extended periods of time, so you can't use them to stretch 'gradually'. If you want to stretch up in a gradual way, PTFE tape is the way to go.

Will

ive a stretching thing done up, il post it tomorrow, should help people

Le Rack

sorry seen this and HAD to post it!

Cait.

that is amazing!!!

Le Rack

from the bmez encyclopedia!

The biggest key in stretching is to take it slow and listen to your body! Philip Barbosa adds,

"This might not be accurate, but when I was in college and stretching my ears seven years ago, in Toronto 0 gauge ears were not that common and usually noticed. My humanities professor told me a story about a tribe in Africa where the stretching of your lobes represented knowledge gained through listening. If done correctly, and done over time, you showed years of knowledge obtained from listening to elders with much larger lobes and much more knowledge than you. If you went too fast though, you would mess up your ears and look like someone who was passing themselves off as falsely knowing more than everyone else... the village idiot."

Cait.

thats actually pretty cool to know
so slow is smart llol

Star Lord

It's not just smart, it's the only way if you don't wanna make a mess of it.