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Total Mods: 0 Joined: January/02/2013 Posts: 9 |
   Topic: This one is about gaugesPosted: January/21/2013 at 1:04pm |
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Since I started gauging my ears when I was 15 for some reason the size 1 1/2'' always stood out in my head. Like that was the ideal size I wanted my ears to look like. Well, I'm 21 now and finally got to 1 1/2'' in 2 weeks ago, my problem is with the way my ears are they don't look like I originally imagined they would look. They're to small for me. I'm thinking I wanna push for 2". I'm giving myself time to think about it, but I get excited and giddy when it comes to stretching my ears, it's not easy for me to wait lol. Also, can I attach a picture to this post afterwards so people know what I mean?
Thank you everyone for your 2 cents, thoughts, input or anything of that nature
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Total Mods: 30 Joined: July/05/2010 Posts: 630 |
Posted: January/21/2013 at 2:21pm |
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Stretching
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Total Mods: 1 Joined: October/10/2012 Posts: 16 |
Posted: January/24/2013 at 12:08am |
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it seems when you get to the size you imagined yourself having, you want to go bigger. also for me it seems like it gets addicting.
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Total Mods: 22 Joined: June/14/2009 Posts: 15 |
Posted: February/04/2013 at 6:25am |
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All i can say is that although your really excited make sure you take your time and do it right!
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Total Mods: 11 Joined: July/29/2010 Posts: 116 |
Posted: October/17/2013 at 9:54am |
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"Gauge" is the size of the jewellery. "Stretching" is the word you're looking for. That is the proper term.
And referring to the piece of jewellery as "Gauges" doesn't make any sense since gauge refers to size. The two most common types of jewellery made for stretched ears are called plugs and flesh tunnels. If they are solid then you have plugs....and if they have a hole in the middle then you have flesh tunnels. And just wanted to add that even though stretching your ears to get to your goal size can be very exciting it is very important that you take your time and stretch your ears the proper way no matter how bad you want to go up a size. The health and look of your ears depend on it. If you ever feel like you need to stretch up quickly look up "Stretched ear blowouts" on google images and you will change your mind quickly. lol Edited by Vio_Lynn - October/17/2013 at 9:59am |
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Total Mods: 0 Joined: January/21/2014 Posts: 3 |
Posted: January/21/2014 at 11:19pm |
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I've got my goal size tapers which my goal size is 00 I'm at 0 so I've only gotta wait a month or two depending on how my ears are healing which is going smoothly! So I understand what you mean every time I look at the 00s I'm just kind of thinking "not big enough" so now I'm think 5/8 maybe should be my goal size but I'm afraid to go past the point of no return because it kind of scares me, is any thing past 00 the point of no return?
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Total Mods: 11 Joined: July/29/2010 Posts: 116 |
Posted: January/22/2014 at 1:35am |
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^ if you're worried about a point of no return you probably shouldn't continue to stretch your ears. People should only continue with mods if they're 100% sure that it is what they want and there is no second thought of going back.
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Total Mods: 1 Joined: October/01/2013 Posts: 171 |
Posted: January/26/2014 at 10:15pm |
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so much linguistic prejudice in this thread it amuses me; if it gets the point across with accuracy, it's an acceptable term
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Total Mods: 11 Joined: July/29/2010 Posts: 116 |
Posted: January/27/2014 at 3:19am |
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So if I start just calling a sandwich a "Swishy" and I can somehow get people to understand that when I say that it means sandwich it becomes an acceptable term JUST because technically it gets the point across?
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Total Mods: 1 Joined: October/01/2013 Posts: 171 |
Posted: January/27/2014 at 2:30pm |
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yes, just like "subdermal implant" is an acceptable term even though dermis is greek and sub is latin, the etymologically correct term would be "subcutaneous implant"; and "headache" is a neologism, the medical term is "cephalgia"; an "x-ray" is actually a "radiograph"; he list goes on, but no one talks down to people who use these terms unless this someone is a huge dick, why should we correct people who say "gauges" if we understand what they're saying and it's not like "flesh tunnel", which is widely used in the industry, started as anything other than a slang term just like "gauge" to refer to the same type of modification
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