[ Home | FAQ-Related Q&As | General Q&As | Answered Questions ]

Search the Q&A Archives

if you gauge your ears up to a zero gauge. how long will it...

<< Back to: rec.arts.bodyart: Piercing FAQ 2E--Genital Piercings & Their Suggested Jewelry

Answer by Aimee E.
Submitted on 5/18/2004
Rating:	Rate this answer:
shrug A friend of mine had his ears either at 0g or 00g [cannot remember which] and they shrank almost completely within weeks. Zoe, right now you are at a 20g or 18g. DO NOT even attempt to put a 12g in. If you do, you are taking a VERY big risk of tearing or causing a blow out in your lobes. Trust me, it ISN'T fun. Start at a 16g at the BIGGEST. From there wait at least 1-2 months between each stretch. Piercing studios do not charge much to stretch a piercing [at least not the ones here; they're only about between $5 and $10]. The cost of jewelry on the other hand, though, is a different matter. If you don't want to get it done professionally, get some first aid tape and add one revolution of tape on your earrings. Every couple of days add another revolution until you get to the next size. I realize that you may be impatient to stretch your ears, but trust me, it is better to wait and have it done properly than to jump into it and possibly do permanent damage to your ears.

Answer by steve-o
Submitted on 11/24/2004
Rating: Not yet rated	Rate this answer:
Ok I have something to say first off the right way to gauge your ears properly is to put heavy earring's in and play with them til they go to the next size on their own and so on that way the scar tissue in side the ear doesnt get to thick to heal.So just using weight will guage them or you can usa a taper or spike but can do more damage.Now on this subject of no return I know someone who had 2 1/2 inch gauges and left them out for 3 years and they went all the way back to an 8 you just have to do it right I am currently at 1/2 inch gauges in both ears and i have been working on them for about a year so I would just say do what you want you can take more time with it or do it fast and maybe cause problems but just go for it.PeAcE

Answer by Koval
Submitted on 12/4/2004
Rating: Not yet rated	Rate this answer:
don't go too fast like i did or you'll regret it. TRUST ME! i went WAY too fast. i put in safety pins then went to a 14 to 10 to 6 to 4 to 2 to 0 to 00 to 1/2" and finally to 5/8" so far. i only waited a few days in between. they prob. won't close up. if u want them to close up, don't go past 1/2" (or a 2 ga. to be on the safe side) if u take your time it'll be easier to go back due to less scar tissue. take it slow, it'll make your destiny that much sweet when u get there. i ignored it and now i'mhere for the rest of my life and i'monly 17. i know how you'll feel, i felt the same way. u think, "it'll never happen to me. not me. maybe you or that guy. but not me. i'llbe able to go back and close them up." but you won't!!

Answer by SMPLCTY
Submitted on 1/2/2005
Rating: Not yet rated	Rate this answer:
i dont know if you people post in here still or what not, but from what ive read there is a lot of ignorance. everybody has their own point of no return. ive had a frend at quite the large gauge and her ears did what one person said, if you forceyour ears to a larger siZe then take out the jewlrry, your ears will shrink a lot faster. my ears are currently at 1" and ui dont plan on going smaller. i think if you are going to go through the effort and pain of stretching them, only to know that you are going to take them out in a short while, whats the point, i feel that body modifications are a self expression and a stateof mind. you shouldnt let society make you stop in fear of not succeeding in the future.

Answer by ST1LLET0
Submitted on 1/2/2005
Rating: Not yet rated	Rate this answer:
To Zoe, I am an apprentice piercer. My ears are now at a mere 00g, but the trick is to rub neosporn or some other greasy anti-biotic onto the earing before you put it in, you should be able to easily put in a 10. Gauging hurts because of friction, not so much the stretching, that is one reason it is so easy to gauge a toungue, saliva acts as a lubricant, plus that, the neosporan should also help your piercing heal right, a good piecring shouldn't have much scar tissue, there are a lot of kids out there that have very bad looking gauges, mostly scar tissue, that makes it hard to gauge later, if your planning on going big, like my buddy with a 2 in. then you don't want to develop much scar tissue, I also recommend witch hazel as an anti-biotic, it is a great disinfectant and it won't turn it into a scar.