I've been stretching my lobes for about a year, but my mom is VERY disapproving of it. Her theory is,"If god wanted those big holes in your head, he would have put them there himself." But I don't believe in God, so who cares?
At A Glance Author Jane Contact Jane@bme.anon When A month ago Artist me Studio my house Location where I live By that point, I had stretched my lobes to a 10 gauge, but they were thinning out at the bottom, and I was worried. I had read about people cutting their ears upward to keep the plugs from tearing out at the bottom. I thought this was a great idea, so I thought I would try it.
I bought a pair of 6 gauge plastic plugs, because it wasn't a huge change in gauge and I thought it would be safer. I fashioned a scalpel out of the blade I had removed from my razor. I cleaned both my ears , plugs,and the "scalpel" many times, because infections are very not cool. At this point I'm standing at my bathroom sink, trying to convince myself that it won't hurt. I got over my fears and pushed the blade into the hole all the way and gently pulled it upward. It made a little ripping sound which kind of made me sick to my stomach. I decided that I had cut it far enough to slide the plug in, and I eased the blade out of my ear. Blood welled up a little bit, and started dripping like mad all over the bathroom counter. I have never bled that much in my life. I picked up the plug best I could with my shaking, blood-drenched hands and pushed it into the bloody hole that was now my earlobe. I had made the hole a little smaller than the plug to help stop the bleeding, and I think I succeeded. The bleeding slowed down a LOT and I slid the back rubber band onto the tiny little plug with great work. I rinsed my hands and wiped some of the blood off the sink, counter and floor. This was when I took a break.
For the first time, I doubted if I really wanted to do the second ear.
But I don't believe in quitting, so I got the second "scalpel" good and clean, along with my other ear and plug. I did the exact same thing as I did with the previous ear, pushing, gently tugging, and getting ready to withdraw the blade. This time I was ready with a tissue, and I made quite a bit less of a mess. There was only one problem: I had made the hole a little too small, and I was having trouble getting the plug in. I pushed the plug through with a whole lot of pain, and finished by putting on the back rubber band.Washed my hands, cleaned up after myself, and let out a BIG sigh of relief.
I continued all night with no one noticing what I had done, until I came home. My mom, of course, noticed immediately and proceeded to give me the lecture of a lifetime. When the yelling had subsided. She grew very quiet and told me to take them out. All that hard work for NOTHING!!??!! I'll just say that I wasn't very happy with her decision, seeing as they weren't her ears that I had just done this to; They were MY ears attached to MY head. But there was no way that I could have disobeyed her without a great punishment, so I did as she said.
I took out the first plug, and blood began gushing out of the hole. I put a bandage over it, and did the second one. Same thing. My mom was watching me do this, and I could tell that she was disgusted by the sight of all that blood. I bandaged the second ear, and went to sleep.
When I woke up the next day, my pillow was covered with blood spots, and dried blood was caked in my hair. It was really gross, and my ears were STILL bleeding!
I got new bandages on the wounds and went to school. My friends said I was crazy for doing that to my ears, and I think I have to agree with them. It was painful, and involved a lot of blood. My friend, who's ears are currently at 4 gauge, said that what I did was very foolish, and I should have either stretched my ears gradually, or had a professional do the scalpeling for me.
So, now my ears have healed, but they are at 14 gauge, which I am not very happy about, but at least I don't have to repierce them. My mom is sorry that she put me through all that, but she still says that what I did was stupid. So I guess it's unanimous: I'm stupid.
So unless you want everyone telling you that you're stupid, I greatly discourage you from doing what I did!!!