Ear stretching can be done as soon as you want. The only real condition is that you need to have a completely healed piercing before you start. It’s best to wait up to 6 months (sometimes longer) to make sure it’s fully healed and you‘ll be able to stretch evenly.
Additionally, does stretching your ears affect other piercings?
Stretching too quickly and skipping sizes is a common problem that can do some serious damage to your piercings. When you do this, you are doing more ripping of your skin than actual stretching. Human skin only has a certain elasticity, so going too big and too fast is enough to cause ripping and tearing of your skin.
Likewise, can you get gauges with double piercings?
The only real precondition for ear stretching is having your earlobes pierced and having them heal completely. That means just about anybody can get their ears stretched. The only exception are those who, for whatever reason, cannot have their ears pierced in the first place.
Can I leave tapers in overnight?
If it’s too tight, what you’ll do is tear the skin off the inside of your hole. This is painful and incredibly unpleasant and bloody. Repeat until you get the taper all the way in. Leave it for at least a couple of hours, ideally overnight.
How long should you wait between stretching ears?
6 weeks
How do you know when your ears are ready to stretch again?
If your skin turns white around the taper, back the taper up slightly – a white ring of skin is a sign that you’re stretching too fast! Once you’re happy with your stretch, slide a smaller o-ring onto the stretching taper, and stop right before the o-ring touches your skin.
What happens if you stretch your ears too fast?
A “blow out” happens when you stretch your ear too fast and scar tissue builds up in the hole. This can result in permanent scarring. Stretching too quickly can tear your ear tissue in half or cause earlobe skin to detach and hang from your head.
What’s the point of no return for gauges?
The point of no return when thinking about ear stretching is a term that is used to define the point at which you may be able to stretch your piercing (typically speaking about ears, but stretching other piercings have their own point of no return) that when you take out the plugs for an extended period of time it will …
Can I put a 14g in a 16g piercing?
14g jewelry is larger than 16g jewelry, but you might be able to fit it. Yes, you can stretch you piercing to a 14g just make sure that the jewelry that you’re buying is suitable for a freshly stretching piercing.
Can you put a 18g earring in an 16g hole?
yes you can. When learning about piercings sizes you will know that the bigger the number the smaller the gauge of the piercing so yes you may use an 18g. the 18g is smaller than the 16g. Just be aware though that sometimes user smaller jewelry could cause your jewelry to get accustomed to that size.
What is the next size up from 7 16 gauges?
Ear Gauge to MM Conversion Table
| Millimeters(mm) | Inches |
|---|---|
| 11 mm | 7/16“ |
| 12 mm | 1/2″ |
| 14 mm | 9/16″ |
| 16 mm | 5/8″ |
Does gauging your ears hurt?
Is ear stretching painful? Ear stretching should not be too painful. Yes, there will be some discomfort, but your ears should not be screaming in pain. If this is so please go to your local piercer for care.
What the biggest size you can pierce your ears?
What size can I stretch up to without permanent damage? There are a lot of different opinions on this topic, but the majority of professionals in the body modification industry recommend never going any larger than 2 – 0 gauge if you want your ears to totally close up where you can‘t see through them.
