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Lobe stretching

  • 10-02-2012 2:14am
    #1
    judgefudge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 915 ✭✭✭


    Hi guys,

    So I had my lobes stretched up a few years ago (just to about 8mm or so, can't exactly remember) anyway I took them out and then last year decided I wanted to stretch up again. Only this time I had a lot of difficulty. Basically once I started stretching, even at about 3mm, I was getting a lot of clear liquid oozing out of the piercing. This would dry and kind of crack the skin around the piercing. I really want to stretch back up now but I'm scared of this happening again and I don't really understand why it happened the last time. I was using mainly stainless steel stretching tapers.

    Any advice?


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  • #2
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    judgefudge wrote: »
    Hi guys,

    So I had my lobes stretched up a few years ago (just to about 8mm or so, can't exactly remember) anyway I took them out and then last year decided I wanted to stretch up again. Only this time I had a lot of difficulty. Basically once I started stretching, even at about 3mm, I was getting a lot of clear liquid oozing out of the piercing. This would dry and kind of crack the skin around the piercing. I really want to stretch back up now but I'm scared of this happening again and I don't really understand why it happened the last time. I was using mainly stainless steel stretching tapers.

    Any advice?

    How far did they close and did you stretch to 3mm straight away?


  • #3
    Kast0r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭Kast0r


    what are you using to stretch and what if any lube are you using?


  • #4
    Dr. Jonathan Crane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 261 ✭✭Dr. Jonathan Crane


    That sounds a bit severe. I'm stretching my ears up again for the third time in five years and it's going swimmingly.

    Make sure you're using good jewellery and a sound method of stretching. I use a combination of PTFE tape and dead stretching. Slow and steady wins the race etc.


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