In my junior year I heard about people stretching their ears on the radio. Even though no one in my high school did it, I wanted to because I thought it was something that cool people did. So I went to the Hot Topic (did absolutely NO research) and bought whatever I could. This was a curved barbell in 12g. It did not fit in my 18-20 gauge ears so I used hoop earrings to stretch. Then I decided that I would just shove it in there (please don't do this!!!) and I did using the threads as a sort of taper. There was pain, blood, and swelling. It was bad for a few days I'm pretty sure. I think I blocked it out of my memory because it was so horrible.
At A Glance Author zbaerenlovesme Contact zbaerenlovesme@bme.anon IAM zbaerenlovesme When Five years ago Then my hunger grew. I wanted bigger ears!! I bought two acrylic claws to stretch and wore those for a month. I would move it up to the bigger end every few days or so. It was great. People at school thought I was cooler for it. Perhaps it was not so much the people at school but definitely the people in the band. I was a big part of the band. It was a lot of fun and I felt like I was special. Nobody else had what I had.
Then this drummer came. He was a new guy and his ears were at half an inch. I wanted what he had so badly. I asked him how he stretched his ears and he said he just put new earrings in whenever he felt like stretching them. He had no method and I remember he had nasty looking lobes. I still wanted bigger ears though.
At this point my grandma began to notice that there was something different. I couldn't hide it anymore. My ears were almost to 8g. My grandma stopped feeding my addiction and not only stopped me from wearing these earrings but she refused to give me any money to go buy more earrings. So, I retired my ears until the next year.
It was about two months before graduation and I started again, with just the claws this time. I got my ears up to an 8g this way in a matter of two months. 18-8 in two months!! HORRIBLE!! I used different jewelry, almost all of it from Hot Topic. I still have that jewelry today. There are two glass plugs, one in 8g and the other in 6, two pinchers in blue acrylic, 4g, and numerous clear acrylic plugs in various sizes. It was painful, often bloody, and exciting.
That summer while I went on vacation my ears were constantly being stretched. My uncle thought I was a weirdo but bought me two sets of plugs. I remember one point where I shoved some plugs in and my ears hated me for a whole week. There was bleeding almost constantly, pus, and swelling and redness.
By July 17th I had my ears at 4g! I remember this because this was my birthday and my Grandma had finally accepted that she couldn't control me and my ears anymore and bought me 4g plugs. So anyway, for the rest of the summer I played with different things, straws and pens. I wanted bigger as soon as possible because I was joining the Army. I held a hope deep in my heart that maybe my lobes wouldn't shrink all the way if I got them bigger and bigger. I got up to a 2g, possibly. I'm not really sure because on September 12th, 2004 I had to go to basic training for the Army.
I do remember that I had to take my plugs out before they let me on the bus in Atlanta. I also remember sitting through a week of briefings at basic training and subconsciously playing with my ears. Someone sitting across from me one time gave me a weird look and I realized that I had put my pen through my ear without realizing it, which got a lot of laughs and "wow's from the other soldiers. Of course my ears shrunk and I pretty much forgot about stretching after that. I was so busy I didn't have time to think about trivial things like my earlobes. Suddenly not getting shot or in trouble was my main priority.
Looking back, I realize that the speed at which I stretched my ears was alarmingly fast and I am amazed that I came out of it with so little damage. I also feel that trying to look cool for other people should not have been my main priority. I harmed myself for looks and it could have scarred me for life. I feel lucky at this point in my life because I have the right resources available to me. Now I am able to stretch my ears safely, without causing harm to myself. That is another story though.