this is my third story. The last place I left off was waiting for my 0 Gauge tunnels to come in the mail. Well I did get them and they were very nice just what I expected. I wore those for a long time b/c I wasn't allowed to go any larger.
At A Glance Author Jeremiah Contact undergroundracer89@msn.com When It just happened Artist myself Studio my bathroom Many of you might be familiar with the tape technique, which is the process in which you wrap a little tape around the post of your jewelry once every week or so. I did that because it's a discrete and cheap way of stretching. So I got to stretch, without my mom noticing. I did this until my ears where a little bigger than a double 0.
Then me and my family took a trip up to GA for my brothers graduation. While we were there we decided to check out there mall, very nice by the way. So I went into the Hot Topic to look at jewelry, some pretty cool stuff. They were having a buy one get one 1/2 off so I picked some out and ran to my mom. I told her about the sale, and that I didn't have cash on me so she agreed to spot me some. Keep in mind, that I didn't talk about size. I bought a pair of black screw ons and a pair of steel double flared tunnels, both 1/2". I was so exited I rushed to the bathroom to put them in. Of course I started with the screw ons so I wouldn't have to stretch much. Got one in my right ear with a little pain and effort, but my left ear was a different story it took me at least 5 minutes to get it in and it hurt really bad. keep in mind it's not supposed to hurt too much, but I'm really impatient and stupid.
I was exited because they looked really cool. I wore those until they were about to heal and I was anxious to put my other pair in, but it would not be easy because of the flair. So on flared jewelry the flair is about as big as the next size. But in my case it was about 2 sizes more I wanted the in really bad though so I rushed into it AGAIN. Luckily I had a 5/8 taper from my neighbor. So I busted out the lube got to it, first ear ok not that bad, but once again my dumb left ear gave me trouble and I think I had a minor blowout, because the skin on the back is pushed out more than normal. I was really mad at myself for doing that so don't try it. It hurt and bled, but it healed within days. I wore those for weeks , they looked great. I saw someone else with my screw ons and it made me want to wear them again. Wrapped some tape on em and put em on. I wrapped them till they were the size of the flair which was 5/8.
So just a few days ago I went to warped tour and it was AMAZING. Chiodos, Alesana, Underoath, and Scary Kids Scaring Kids were all sick nasty. Anyways at the amphitheater they were selling jewelry at a little shop called plug your holes. I couldn't resist, so I bought a pair of black stone plugs and they look great. Once again there double flared, so I can't fit them, but I wasn't thinking when I bought them. I'm very anxious to get them in so I needed something bigger than 5/8 to stretch with.So I took that 5/8 taper and wrapped tape on the end and shoved it in my left ear, it was throbbing a little but nothing bad. And that's were I'm at in my journey. My mother no longer tells me to stop just encourages me to. I might be done after I get these plugs in. It's a good place to stop stretching.
Again, to everyone thinking of stretching I encourage you not to do anything dumb such as stretch to early, be patient. and if it is really painful or starts to bleed stop doing it. it's not normal. I know I'm such a hypocrite when it comes to this. But take my word for it. I also recommend having a goal size, or else you will just keep aimlessly stretching. I feel that I'm ready to stop only because I think it looks like a nice size. Although It's a little annoying hearing everyone saying the same thing about my ears when I'm old And hearing my mom tell me how weird I am for doing it. I do not regret stretching at all, but I do regret stretching early and all the other dumb things I've done.