It started as just an idea, a 13 year old kid that didn't no shit about stretching/plugs. One day I was walking around the mall in about September 2006,and I saw some guy with plugs, and I said to my 18 year old sister damn I want that. So I went to my moms office, which was inside the mall, and got my sister to try and convince her to let me pierce my ears. As expected my mom was lie HELL NO. So we leave her office then later on that day to my surprise my mom come up to me and tells me that she told her boss I want to pierce my ears and her boss convinced her to let me, saying it was just a stage and Ill take them out. So the next day she took me to clares and I got my ears pierced with a gun(like an idiot). I kept in the little studs for about a month. Then I brought up the idea of having huge holes in my ears to my mom, back then I had no clue how the process of stretching went(because keep in mind I was only 13,about to turn 14)so she was like no way your going to have big holes in your ears. Well me being the rebel I was I decided I was going to do it anyway, because I had long hair that covered my ears.
At A Glance Author alex uslar Contact xgreendayx99@yahoo.com When N/A So by October I was on my journey of stretching. I still hardly knew anything about it, but I would go into my local hot topic, and talk to the employees, that didn't have plugs, and they gave me the worse advice. So I first bought a 14 gauges tongue ring, I took out the little studs and slid the tongue ring in no problem. I kept that in for like a week, then bought 10 gauges pinchers, that's when I had my first actual stretching experience, it didn't slide in as easy as I hoped but I did get it in. Then after like 2 weeks, I bought 6 gauges pinchers, and said to my self o its not a big jump. so the it slid in nice(but I do Not suggest skipping under any circumstances). Then again after about a week I bought 4 pitchers and slid them right in. But I didn't like the way they looked, so even though no one could see them because of my hair, I went to the mall again the next day and bought 2s,but they didn't have tapers so I just bought some plugs with no flairs, I don't know how but I got them in, but I did, no trouble.
Now this is where the fun part starts. I was at a 2 gauge and I said to myself, "ok ,I am going to go to a 00 and stay there, because I want it to close up when I get older" so after about a weeks of being at a 2,i wanted to get to a 00 already! So I went to hot topic and they said it would be no problem skipping a 2 and going to a 00. Well listening to them was the stupid thing ever. I get home that night with actual 00 tapers(not pinchers this time) and a few pairs of plugs. I take out the 2's and get the 00 tapers and expect them to slide right in, to my surprise I could only get a little bit in. I started pushing with more and more force, and I still couldn't get them in, so I started shoving and shoving and shoving. I even got my sister to push as hard as she could but they still wouldn't go in. I get in the shower and started shoving some more. Finally after like 30 minutes of shoving it slid in little by little and it hurt horribly. So at this point I go to sleep. The next morning I wake up and look at my ear and it was swollen as fuck. And I go to take out the tapers and its crusted in blood, and as soon as I take it out my ear starts dripping blood and puss and gross shit, so I really quick put the taper back in. and go to school with one ear at a healthy 2 and the other swollen as fuck nasty 00. So when I get home from school I try cleaning the fucked up ear, and I am faced with what am I going to do with my other ear, and like the idiot I am, I try putting in the taper, it was like de ja vu, the same thing was happening with the other ear. IT WOULDNT GO IN. So I do the same thing over the course of the day, Force it in. I finally get it in. and after a few hours it starts swelling up and all. so pretty much I had to super fucked up ears, but I didn't take it out because I had reached my goal. So at this point it was about February 07. So my ears finally heal, and over a course of like a month I had like 10 pairs of 00(even though it was pointless because my hair totally covered my ears at all times). Then I started feeling guilt about stretching my ears and not telling my mom. so I tell her and show her but I assure her they will close up and I wont go any bigger, o was I mistaken. after about another month of being at a 00 I started feeling unsatisfied. so I start stretching again, in less then a month I was at 5/8, I bought 7/16th taper,1/2 tapers and 5/8 taper and tunnels for all the sizes all together. and each time I had no trouble. so by the end of April 07 I was already at 5/8ths. And I was sure I was going to stay there. And I was satisfied.
Till the end of the summer. I had been at 5/8ths for like 4 months, and my dad took me to a piercing store and I picked out like 3 pairs I liked and I thought they were all 5/8ths, but one pair I picked out was 3/4 and I wasn't aware of it. so I pop them in and it hurt a little. Then I saw how tight they were around my ear compared to my 5/8th being really loose. So I got them measured and saw they were 3/4ths, so I started buying 3/4ths. Then at the point I decided to cut all my hair off so my plugs would be visible. SO I shave it all off and when my mom sees my plugs she flips, and was like that's way bigger than before but I lied and said no. So I was going to stay at 3/4ths, but I ordered a pair of 3/4ths organic plugs offline and when I got them I popped me in and it hurt a ill. Then I go to put back in some different 3/4ths but they didn't fit, they fell right out. And I realized the 3/4ths I ordered were hand made and they were made with huge flairs. So I was like fuck it ill go to an inch, so I bought some inch tapers and inch plugs but I couldn't get me in, so I instead bought some 7/8ths plugs and popped me in, they went in no problem, but after I only had me like 3 days I forced the inches straight in, not even using the taper, I just got in the shower and shoved me in. Well my ear got swollen, and by the time the swelling went down I realized I blew my ear out. So iv been at an inch since about November 07 and I do not plan on staying at this size ,iv been thinking about it a lot over the last month and I want to go to at least an inch and a half. But I' am going to enjoying my inches and I am going to take my time, No skipping sizes for me.
That's my journey over the year and few months of stretching my ears, learn from my mistakes. I am only 15, but I have no regrets, I am already getting artwork together for my sleeve, and money for my future modifications.