I first got my left ear pieced when I was eight years old. I kept my gold stud in for quite some time but I had to take it out for school one time and it closed up. I was quite annoyed but I was young and wasn't that bothered.
At A Glance Author Aaron When N/A Artist me Studio bedroom and bathroom Location my house The years passed and I got my left ear pieced again when I was 12 with a silver stud (I was so happy!). I kept the silver stud in for about five weeks then started to change my earring to decorated studs. Months past and I started to find out about ear lobe stretching.
At first I was like "emm...that's weird but at the same time extremely cool!" I looked on Google, Yahoo and other search engines at pictures of other peoples stretched lobes. Some were huge and looked really strange but others didn't look out of the ordinary and quite nice!
When I started my high school I saw that about five people had their lobe/s stretched. That's when I thought, "I must get one what ever it takes!" The next week I told my parents that I wanted to stretch my ear. I didn't have a clue how to stretch it but I just wanted to. After talking to one of my gothic/emo friends in my class at school; I found out that she had a 16ga bar in one of her ears.
At the weekend I brought a black 14ga bar instead of a 16ga bar by mistake from a stall at my local market. I tried putting it on my way home but there was a lot of blood and pain. I thought, "Oh god just my luck! I've just wasted two pounds on a piece of jewellery that I can't even wear!" I got home and tried again, still wouldn't go in! I then went up to my bedroom; put some head-banging music on and tried again, still wouldn't. By this time I was getting extremely annoyed and my ear was red and a little sore!
Then one day I came home from school and tried putting the bar in again and it went in! I thought all those times I tried and there was blood pouring out of my ear and this time it went in fine without any blood or pain at all!
After this experience I found out more about stretching, such as putting a lubricant on the stretcher (oh yer never thought of that! How stupid!)
I kept the bar in for about 7 months. I then got bored of having it in and I wanted to stretch my lobe bigger! On May 7th I brought a blue 8ga taper and black single flare plug with a tiny hole through it. My mum wasn't very happy with me stretching my lobe but my dad couldn't wait for me to do it!
I got home and went to my bathroom; I got some Vaseline and surgical spirit out of the cupboard. I put some surgical spirit on the taper to clean it then some Vaseline on the taper and my ear as a lube. I took my bar out and held the start of the taper near my hole (I was so nervous but also extremely excited!), I pushed the taper about ¼ of the way through then my ear started to sting, I felt sick and my legs shock a bit, but no blood! I sat down then got some more Vaseline and but it on my ear, I pushed the taper again and it went through! Whhhhoooaaaa!!!! I'd stretched my lobe to 3mm, I know I skipped a couple of sizes but I just wanted to go to 3mm.
A couple of weeks later after having a hot shower. I took my taper out and put some Vaseline on the single flared 8ga plug and pushed it into the hole. I put the O-ring on the back and looked in the mirror. It looked great! I recommend stretching your lobe after a hot shower because it relaxes your ear and makes it a lot easier to stretch!
A week later I went back to the stall where I brought my first bar, single flare plug and taper. I looked at the silver tunnels and picked up a 3mm one. I brought it straight away and couldn't wait to put it in. When I got home I cleaned the tunnel with some surgical spirit then took out my single flare plug and put the tunnel in, it slid right in and it looks great!
I am hoping to stretch my lobe to 8mm when I am older, I can't wait!
Just remember to be safe when stretching! Don't skip sizes like I done and use the right stretching equipment! Happy stretching!