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[dirty_truth]

I've noticed A LOT Of people are interested in ear stretching on my friends list and A LOT of those people are very misinformed about stretching properly. Everyone seems to be convinced they can jump gauges or stretch with safety pins or stretch like two days after they just stretched...and it concerns me because along the way someone is going to

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[shred_a]

i just re-stretched my ear yesterday. i have never had any thing happen, luckily. but i kept taking them out, putting them in. i need to decide if i want them or not. hmmm

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[dirty_truth]

Yeah I definately think that guaged lobes should be thought carefully about because they can be a permanent decision.

[moveover]

Wow! Good for you. A lot of people are not well educated and need to talk to someone before they start up. That is why I love being an active member of gauged. As annoying as it might be to hear the same dumb questions over and over again, I don't mind answering their questions because it's good to educate people. So yeah...way to stress proper piercing maintenance! I'm SO happy with my ears, because I've gone slowly and stretched healthily (is that a word?) and I still marvel at how good they look, and it makes me happy.

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[dirty_truth]

Yeah I love being educated and informed about the things I do to myself. I cringe at the thought of not being aware of the risks and problems that may occur if I do not take proper care of modifying my body. Its also nice to know that other people such as yourself feel the same way. Your ears look AMAZING. They are an inch now right?

[astroteen]

my ears are currently 00g, and you are definitely right in everything that you said. i started from 18g in march of last year and put a goal for myself that i would have 00g by june, for my prom. things didn't work out as planned and i ended up with 4g by prom. up until the 4g, everything worked out smoothly and beautifully for me

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[dirty_truth]

This is taken from biglobemafia.com

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[astroteen]

this is very helpful! but i found a 1/2" taper and it's proven to be very successful. i have it in my right ear now, working very slowly to get it through. it worked on my left ear, and i have a tunnel in it right now.

thanks so much, though :)

[sayre]

I waited a year between my last two stretches. I've never had a rip, tear, drop of blood, pain that lasted longer than a few minutes, etc. Everytime I see someone say, "Hey, I just stretched from 14ga to 4ga and my ears hurt, what should I do?" I feel like screaming! :)

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[dirty_truth]

I KNOW. People are so damn dumb, I swear.
Yay for being smart!
<3

[detach]

i have your standard girly ear piercings. i have two though! haha, i'm so hardcore. i got my tongue pierced like a year ago but my family and boyfriend didn't really like it so i took it out. that was $50 down the drain. i'm thinking about getting my nose pierced though. :) sorry, that had nothing to do with your post.

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[xoxoerin]

how did you feel about your tounge peircing? Did you like it?

nose peircing: i enjoy mine, yet i have issues with the nose screw. The screw part hangs down sometimes (when it's too large) and it looks like a booger. Also, if you do get your's peirced make sure to do so with a hoop. This allows the peircing to heal better. I took my hoop out too early and had this icky puss bubble on my nose. it's gross. your better off putting up with the hoop for a while.

also, and this is obvious, don't let anyone peirce your nose with a gun. again, it sounds like a stupid comment but my friend had her nose peirced with a gun and it ended up being a 20g. and then she had to deal with stretching and it didn't heal right so she just got rid of it.

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[dirty_truth]

My 2 cents: Stretched tongue piercings are hot. H-O-T. Beaux used to have a 4 gauge and it was so cute and fun.

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[dirty_truth]

awww youre so cute and dainty. I totally say go for the nostril piercing. I miss mine terribly. theyre so cute and feminine and very subtle.