Ok well this is gonna start out with me saying something that most people would know better than to do. If the taper won't go through do not force it. Ok that being said. about a week to two weeks ago I was craving to get my 7\8s inch lobes stretched to an inch I had used tape to get from 3\4 to 7\8 and things were going great.
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Then I started looking at my 7\8s thinking that these aren't quite big enough yet so I went to Hot Topic and bought some 1 inch double flare stainless steel tunnels and a 1 inch taper thinking that it would just slide right through up to the inch and boom i would be happy.Now I don't know why I thought that I had been at 7\8s long enough but I rushed home and hopped in the shower and start letting the warm water and steam loosen up my ears a bit.
After about 10 minutes in the steam room AKA my shower I popped out the 7\8s and lubed up my taper and went to push it through it made it about 3\4 of the way and I got a bit excited and tried to force it through well it wasn't gonna budge so I gave up on the stretch for the day. Noticing that my ear was a bit swollen from the stress I had just put it through I decided to put the 7/8 back in and leave it be.
fast forward 1 week
Now here comes the smile that turned to a frown. I had left the inch tunnels sitting on my desk and they were just sitting there staring at me mocking me telling me "Come on Chris, Put me in It will look great" well so I again head to the shower, taper and tunnels in hand. I stand with the water running for some time loosening things up and start the process 7\8s out taper in and push well it goes a little farther than last time so im thinking good stuff but the I look at the tunnels and start thinking I wont get the flares through even if I go to an inch so I hop out run to my room and grab some tape and start wrapping my 7/8s till they are an inch.
I reapply some lube to the taper and give a firm solid push while tugging the bottom of my lobe. To my surprise I hear a POP and the taper goes all the way up. I was thrilled shitless I line up my plug and push, it goes in and im smiling but in a little pain no more than a normal stretch but I figure thats enough for one day ill get the other ear tomorrow. so I finish my shower and go to bed.
The next morning I wake up to the worst painful, swollen lobe I have ever had I run to the mirror and look and say shit thats not normal I pop the plug out and a gusher of lymph and blood pour out. Turns out the pop I heard was my fistula ripping the entre way around. so I unwrapped the plug put the 7\8s back in and go about my day thinking its gonna heal lesson learned well it starts hurting more and more through out the day.
That night I take out my plugs to clean the holes in the shower and do a sea salt soak well I notice that its not looking any beter so I do the soak and wash it painfully. after my shower I put in 2x2ga rings to keep the hole open and let it heal.
To save time I'll sum up the rest I let it heal for two weeks until the scabs fell off duuring one of my regular soaks its now back down to 9\16 and im taking it slowly to get back where it was. I continued taping my left ear and its sitting in the beautiful SSS tunnels looking amazing. listen to your body don't be dumb like me I got lucky that all it did was rip and not leave me with a horrible split lobe or massive blowout. I am slowly taping it to get it back and ive thrown away my taper so I dont make that mistake again. If you ever get the urge to go big and your ear or what ever it is that you are stretching tells you Know I dont wanna go up Then do not do it. its not worth the pain and lyphing. Plus all the extra pillow cas laundry I ended up doing when I would wake up with my ear stuck to the pillow.
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PEACE