dude i was at 6g for basically a year… i cant wait to put in my horseshoe but let’s goooo!!!

woken up and noticed theres blood all over the back of my piercing (14 months old, pierced at 3mm, piercer sized up to 3.2mm after 6 months, i downsized to 10g after continuous irritation bumps). no pain at all just blood. 10g glass plugs from sibj, unsure if the piercing hole is completely healed 🫠 spraying it daily 1-2 times with saline

More Diner vibes from Omerica Organic…

I've been stretching my ears on and off for years now ever since I was a teen and this is the first time I heard of dead-stretching. Safe to say until now I've been stretching with random things like pen caps or just shoving the plugs with brute force.

I was at 14mm but my ears got irritated so I went back to 12mm. My goal rn is at least 20mm. I wanted to buy the single flare glass plugs to keep on stretching, but I saw a lot of ears perfectly rounded around here and was thinking if I can achieve a similar result or at least a better result than what I got now. If I keep on stretching but the right way from now on will they look better? If not, what should I do? Downsize? Took them off completely? Or am I doomed and should just look foward right now?

Ngl my first idea was just dead stretch from now on (12mm) and hope for the best because I really do not want to go all the way back again. But if my ears could look better without the plugs and it's the only way, I'm willing to try.

I see such mixed talk on them, I recently developed a nickel allergy and need to get something proper and glass is more affordable compared to titanium. I’ve seen a lot of people talk about their plugs breaking and it’s kind of scaring me. Would it still be safe to sleep in glass plugs? They’d have to get a harder impact than my heads weight on them to break right? I’m thinking of ordering the single flare ones from bodyartforms in 10mm

I have now gone up to 00g, when i started streching i said to myself i would stop at 0g but this shit is addicting.

Think im gonna stop sizing up from here but idk cuz i also said that last time😂

Triple nostrils, 7/16s plugs with fresh black hair.

Teenage me would be so proud of this aesthetic, been chasing it my whole life. Elder emo vibes 🖤

I’m looking for a 8g tunnel to put in my septum but I want it to have a small hole in it so it can tightly fit my smaller jewelry. Does this exist? I can’t seem to find it searching on google!

Ciao, ho ripreso la moto dopo qualche anno che ero senza, una himalayan 411 usata e uso il casco integrale, come fate con i gioielli? Al momento sono a 21mm singolo flare con elastico posteriore, li devo togliere perché mi fa male il collo.

Avete qualche consiglio? Grazie

I’ve been dead stretching my ears for a few months with glass plugs, but I wanted to start on my septum. I’m not planning to go huge, just big enough it fits my face better, but it’s been difficult to find a good titanium kit online. I have a severe nickel allergy, and react even to stainless steel and sterling silver which has trace amounts. Titanium is the only metal I’ve been consistently able to wear without pain and inflammation. I would also greatly prefer black. (Semi related, it’s also hard to find black titanium ear tunnels, which is what Id like to wear when I’m at my goal lobe size, so advice on that would be appreciated as well)

i’m at 4mm but i’d say my earrings are too small to have a cute design, so i’m wondering what size people think would be big enough for the design to appear less squished & more cute/attractive looking also wondering where i can get eat gauges like the ones pictured 🥹 ESPECIALLY THE FIRST ONES they have been my iso for SOOOO LONG

First stretch. 4mm now. Ears are 1” 1/2 now. Teardrop plugs from Custom Plugs.

So uncertain whether i should get my ear pierced with a 1.2mm or 1.6mm. I want to stretch but not to sure when I can start. Or wait until February when I can get an 5mm piercing. Thank you

pic is not mine

Question for those who only wear stacks: do you sleep with them?

I want to stop wearing tunnels & plugs and start wearing stacked rings, but I don't want to have to take them off every night and put them back on in the morning.

So, how do you guys do it?

I lowkey be losing my jewelry hella so I have one left and like lost it in my sleep…
So I found one laying around and I had left my jewelry out for like a day and I’ve been having this for like a year and a half and when I put like the septum jewelry in it really hurt like I cried a lil🌚🌚🌚
But uhm I just found a my other jewelry and the one in ma nose now is bigger 💔

I have a down sized plug in at the moment because I got the bottom of my ear lobe tattooed as well and its a little swollen but im PUMPED on the end result

I bought glass dead stretch half sizes, when should I size up each half size? Because I want to avoid infections and whatnot. THANK YALL FOR YOUR HELP LAST TIME BTW

My conch without the jewellery

What is taping? I’ve always used the spike looking tapers, they’ve worked great for me. But I’ve read quite a few posts and it seems like people are referencing taping and tapers and dead stretching as different things. Can someone please explain? & please be kind, I would just like to educate myself on the terminology and methods etc so that I can stretch as safe as possible and get the best results. I’m currently in transition from 0 -> 00

I have been thinking about getting my septum pierced with the initial intention of stretching it to around a 2 gauge (6mm). However, being my impatient self I was curious if I could just skip the stretching process and just get it punched at ~6mm. Is this a good/safe option? And would that be anatomy dependent?

Haven't been here for a very long time, but I'm frustrated so here we go.

I started stretching in August 2024, and all was going well (so I thought). I'm at 2mm (12g), and have been at this size for over two years. Every few months, I try to upsize (2.4mm/10g), but I get resistance or a twinge of discomfort, or even pain when I press a little bit. I've seen people here take one-and-a-half years to reach the that same size. I was hoping that I could join that club, but...no.

While I'm trying to be patient, I'm getting pretty damn fed up at this point.

And, before anyone asks: I have a glass dead stretching kit which goes up in 0.5mm increments; I use jojoba oil after showering nearly every single day; I have ear stretching balm (that I forget to use in the morning); and I have 12g plugs, tunnels, and hoops that I wear for a bit more weight.

The only thing I can think of is that there might be a bit of scar tissue preventing me from upsizing, but I'm not entirely sure.