The first time I ever saw a stretched ear lobe, my mom and I had to sit down and try to figure out how the hell they did that. He was in a music video, so we figured that it was just special effects. A few weeks later, I saw a guy at a local record store with ears that were only about 4 or 6 ga, but at the time I thought they were huge and gross. Who would want to be able to see through their ears, that's disgusting!
At A Glance Author anonymous Contact flyingmonkeymacaroni@hotmail.com When A month ago Artist me Studio my bathroom Location boston Flash forward about 4 years. I was watching the video for "Total Immortal" by AFI and I thought that Davey Havok looked DEAD SEXY with his stretched ears, but I never thought of doing it myself. It wasn't that I didn't want to or was even afraid to, the thought just never crossed my mind. During the next few months, I noticed some of the people at shows and around town who had really interesting body mods, and so one boring little night I decided to search around the net for some eye candy. (no not THAT kind) I happened to stumble upon BME, and was really intrigued by the ear stretches.
I showed my boyfriend some of the more interesting photos, and he said that he thought I'd look good with them. So I thought about it, and after a few days I decided that I'd become bored with the way I looked from the neck up. I got bored quickly with hair dye, because my hair is brown, and my mother wouldn't let me bleach my hair so my $10 bottles of hair dye would last me two days. I'd had my ears gunned (EEK!) when I was in fourth grade, but during seventh I stopped wearing earrings because they were a pain to clean, and I didn't like the girly-ness of hoops and sparkly jewels.
So my decision? Stretch my ears. I read hundreds of experiences on BME to find the best method. The best (cheapest/ quickest/least painful) seemed to be the wrapping-electric-tape method. But there was still the HUGE obstacle of asking my parents. My mom was okay with it, after finding out about what I had researched and how I knew about what I was doing. However, my dad is not as easily convinced as my mom. The first time I asked, I said "I was wondering if I could make the piercings in my ears bigger so that I could wear different types of jewelry." "You mean you wanna make it so you can see through your ears like those freaks at the music store" "Ummmm...no?" After a few minutes of talking, and showing my dad some of the smaller ear stretching pics on BME, I got a big, fat, disappointing NO. But, after talking it over with my mom, we decided to approach my dad again. I asked him, and he said that the answer was the same as it was before. My mom butted in and said, "you know , with all the things you see on the evening news about what some kids are doing, we should be happy that the only thing she wants to do is put a big hole in her ear. She's a moral person, she doesn't do drugs, she doesn't smoke or drink, she gets (sorta) good grades, I think that she's earned the right to experiment with the safe stuff." So my dad said yes. WOO!!!
On the first day, I got out my old studs that I'd been pierced with. I put those through to make sure that they fit, and then put a few layers of electrical tape around it. It didn't hurt too bad, just a little pinch. I left it in for about 2 days, and then put some more on. I kept doing this for about a week, and then the tape was getting wider than the studs and kept falling out. So I found a Capri-Sun straw and used that. After about one or two layers of tape, it was equal to an 8ga. Today, I went to my mom's office and fished around for stuff to wear, because I've heard that straws have a tendency to collapse easily. I found some book rings, which are also 8ga. I'm putting those in after I take a nice, long, hot bath tonight to loosen up my ears because they look like they might be a little more difficult to put in. When they get bigger, I'll write another experience, but I was very eager to write this to get more access to the rest of BME and find out what else is out t here. If you have any questions, don't be afraid to email me. I don't bite! Happy stretching!