| At A Glance | |
| Author | anonymous |
| When | Two years ago |
| Artist | Myself |
| Studio | Mall Bathroom |
| Location | What is now known as West Field Mall |
I honestly don't know where to begin with this story, I have never done somthing so stupid to my body excluding the time I gave myself 2 home-made tattoos, but I guess I will start with my idea and inspiration.
Ever since I was a kid I was extremely interested into body modification and they only thing my parents would let me do is stretching my lobes as long as I got good grades and remained a good person, well after watching a special on TLC about body modification (let me remind you this was well over 2, maybe 3 years ago when I was unknowledgeable about body modification, etc.) while watching the special I thought that stretched lobes were the coolest things in the world. I was already at a 4g and stretching way too fast and I did a google search about gauge sizes so I decided to go straight to a 00. I went to the mall later that week and purchased a 00 taper at my local hotpocket (my nick-name for the most stupid, overpriced store, hottopic. I will admit they do make a mean taper) and I was so excited I wanted to do that day. My friend said I could do it (stretching) in the bathroom and lube up the taper with some soap. I'll later find out what I was doing wasn't the best idea in the world.
I get into the bathroom with my friend waiting outside, I lube up the tapers but they will not go through at all, same with my other lobe. I Then took a deep breath and pushed them through as hard as I could and the same with the other lobe. This procedure took almost 30 minutes. They hurt so badly I took the taper out and blood went everywhere, so I quickly jabbed the tapers back in to stop the bleeding. I didn't get a blow out but I sure as hell got a tear. I felt so horrible and light headed for the next some odd minutes, so we decide to get some food. I just wasn't feeling good at all and felt like I was going to pass out so I didn't eat anything (I still can't believe I wasted 6 dollars worth of Chinese.) and this horrible feeling dragged on for the rest of the day. Passer-byers, I didn't even know told me how pale I looked. It was finally time to go home and I couldn't even talk from feeling so weak and my friend said "you don't look so good." I felt like collapsing and thats when I did. I passed out. Call me a pussy but I don't know if I passed out from the pain, from some unknown cause, or the fact I was a naive teenager and skipped over 2 gauge sizes. All I know is it was because the stretching. I passed out in the parking lot and the last thing I remember was my friend getting their dad. I woke up in my bedroom a couple hours later with a bandage wrapped around my head to stop the bleeding. My mom at the time was a nurse and felt it wasn't serious enough to take me to the hospital. Thats is when I unwrapped the bandage, my holes were so tiny and my mom wanted me to close them up to at least a 8 gauge, if not that, smaller. It took what felt like months to recover and I never had to use that much oils and healing sprays in my life.
I am currently very knowledgeable about body modification and currently have a couple, like my lobes are a little bit passed 5/8 (stretching with tape, slowly and correctly) and I even plan on becoming a body piercer myself and I am searching for an apprenticeship (if not it's back to petco //sarcasm\\) really though if I can't find an apprenticeship i plan on doing make-up for horror sets. But lets stay on topic ;]
Moral of the story: Always slowly and correctly stretch your ears and do tons of research before stretching or even considering it, and if you want to make a huge jump in gauge size always have a professional perform the procedure in a safe method and in a safe environment, not a mall bathroom. Remember kids, say no to ignorance, a think before you mod your bod!
So people lost with gauge sizing can comprehend what I went through.
I went from this,
to this 
I also permanently have areas in both lobes from where the drastic rips didn't heal. They are a constant reminder to listen and follow one of the best quotes in the bod mod community, "listen to your body". Don't be an idiot like myself and never make my mistake.