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Gauging Tips (2)

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:08:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Some MORE helpful tips and hints for stretching your earlobes, pt. 2.

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When inserting wood plugs that are just slightly too tight, try putting them in a zip-lock baggie and then letting them sit in the freezer for 10-20 minutes. The cold causes the wood to constrict and then they'll warm and expand in your ear. This should only be done with healthy ears and plugs that are slightly too tight to get in easily.

A new, tight sponge can be cut to about 1/2" larger than the plug you want to wear. Wet the sponge and squeeze it into the lobe. As the sponge dries and expands overnight it can stretch the ear quite a bit. Be careful taking the sponge out, as the skin can get quite a grip on it.

Weights are probably the most common way to stretch lobes, but they're not always the best way. Unless the weight is distributed to all the tissue inside, the piercing the only stretching going on is where the weights actually touch the skin.

Massage regularly with jojoba oil or even extra virgin olive oil, but avoid vegetable oils as they tend to become rancid quickly.

Tags: plugs, ears, sponges, wood, stretching, gauging

How to not get "cat butt" ears.

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:56:49 GMT

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Soloman

I just woulden't do it purely for the reason that they look like cat's bums without a plug in

But it's your body, enjoy it

That's why you do oil rubs, to break down the scar tissue and keep your ears elastic. My look slightly wrinkly after about an hour without the plugs in. If the look like that as soon as you take them out, you need to take better care of them. No one likes cat butt ears.

Tags: guages, gauging, ears, ear, earlobes, piercings, stretch, stretching

Gauging Tips (1)

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:48:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Some helpful tips and hints for beginners stretching their earlobes, pt. 1.

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Step Three

Take a warm shower and wash your hands and earlobes with antibacterial soap before beginning. This will relax and clean your lobes, making gauging a little easier.

Step Four

Choose the ear lobe you'll start with. Gently massage that lobe.

Step Five

Insert the larger earring in that lobe--carefully. The new ring won't slide right in, so take it easy or you'll tear your ear and make it bleed.

Go slow. Gradually move from one size to the next. Pay attention to what your body is telling you during the gauging process. Don't change sizes until you're ready.

Rub a little antibacterial soap on the earring to help it go in easier.

Follow the instructions you received with your first piercing every time you move to a larger gauge. Use rubbing alcohol or antibacterial soap to keep it clean.

Don't touch. Keep your hands away from your ears to avoid infection.

Tags: ears, piercings, guaging, gauges, ear, pierce, holes, larger, stretch, stretching