How to Start Stretching Your Ears
- Step One: Pierce Your Ears. This is an obvious first step, but you will need to have your ears pierced if you don’t already have them done. …
- Step Two: Gather Your Supplies. …
- Step Three: Stretch Your Ears! …
- Step Four: Let the Stretch Heal. …
- Step Five: Repeat. …
- Step Six: Cleaning and Care.
Simply so, how long does it take to gauge your ears?
How long does it take to start stretching ears? 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.
- Your Earlobe Holes May Never Get Back To “Normal” …
- You Can Repair Gauged Earlobes. …
- You Should Wait Eight To 10 Weeks Between Stretches. …
- Tears Can Cause Scar Tissue. …
- Pain While Stretching Probably Means You’re Damaging The Tissue. …
- You Should Care For New Gauges Like You Would Your Average Newly-Pierced Ears.
Secondly, how bad does it hurt to gauge your ears?
Ear gauging, also known as ear stretching, is a process where the ear is gradually stretched out for the purpose of wearing larger piercings. Even though ear gauging has grown in popularity in recent years, it is still a painful process that could result in unwanted effects and the need for ear gauging surgical repair.
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.
What is an ear blowout?
A blowout is one of the most common complications of ear gauging. It’s a ring of scar tissue that forms behind the jewelry and gives the piercing the appearance of turning inside out. Blowouts usually occur from trying to stretch the hole too quickly. They often cause sharp pain and inflammation.
Can I start stretching my ears at 10G?
There is no such thing as stretching too slowly, but stretching too quickly can cause scarring, injury, and prevent ears from healing evenly and properly. Find out what size your earlobe piercings are. Most standard piercings start at 16g or 14g, but can be done bigger by request.
Why do my gauges stink?
The reason your ear gauges smell bad is because they’re sitting in your ear. Your skin sheds almost every hour on the hour and all of those dead skin cells are left sitting on the gauge. Thus the stinky smell. To prevent this, a strict cleaning regiment is needed.
How Big Should I stretch my ears?
To get to your desired gauge size, you need to start stretching your piercing slowly – only stretch one step at a time (18g to 16g and so on). To do that you can purchase what is called a taper. This is a stretching tool that is thinner on one end and larger on the other to get up to the next gauge size.
How can I make gauging less painful?
First, apply 3-5 drops of oil to the front and back of your piercing and gently slide the stretching taper in until you experience mild discomfort. 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!
Are gauged ears out of style?
Yes, it did hurt. There are many reasons for people to stretch their ears. With ear stretching becoming more popular as the years go on, it still doesn’t make them any less of an anomaly.
How long do you leave tapers in before putting plugs in?
Generally, you need to wait at least 3-4 months before gauging the fresh plug piercing, after it’s initially done. Then, you‘ll have to take breaks of at least 1 month between other 1-sized stretches.
