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vylmeat
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Posted: October/11/2008 at 2:55am

Hey all u out there I'm thinking about gauging my ears but I don't want to go so big that they wont shrink back down. so I would love to hear what you peoples out there know about it. thanks

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Posted: October/11/2008 at 3:15am

Hi there. All I can tell you is that I am just gauging mine a little currently. I am going to a 10g and then possibly an 8 down the road if I am feeling it. That was my thinking too. Honestly, I don't know if they will shrink back down, but a 10g for me isn't too bad at all. I have some little 14g in there now and just bought tapers to do the rest. My work already has enough problems with my nose piercing...UGH!

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Ashleigh
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Posted: October/11/2008 at 4:00am

(stretching not gauging)

I had mine at a 6ga, and due to an infection I had to take one out...it closed up in a few days. I want to say that 0ga or 00ga is the point of no return...but I could be wrong...

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Posted: October/11/2008 at 7:01am

ITS STRETCHIIIING!!! AARGHH!! gauging is a ridiculous word. people said 6g-4g,is the point of no return or even 0g like mentioned up there but i'm not sure bout that. it depends on one's regenerative process.

Edited by sk8zophrenia7 - October/11/2008 at 7:06am

"What filthy peice of... shit... did I do now?"

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Amplexus
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Posted: October/11/2008 at 9:06am

I think that generally, once it's at 4g or above and healed, they'll stay that way. I had mine that size for three years, whilst wearing no proper jewellery in it. When I finally decided I wanted the jewellery in, it just popped in brilliantly.

But then it's all down to speculation. Everyone's different.

Glimmi says: But yeah theres that old saying you can't judge a book by it's cover, cause it could have like 60 piercings in it's cock......Well that's not how the saying actually goes but you get my point.

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Posted: October/11/2008 at 10:19am

stretching lol

I remember thinking 'Jesus, what a terrible thing to lay on someone with a head full of acid'

Look, there's two women fucking a polar bear!

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Posted: October/11/2008 at 10:24am

This gauges ears....

[geyj] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, gauged, gaugÃ‚Â·ing, noun Ã¢â‚¬â€œverb (used with object)

1.	to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of; measure.

2.	to appraise, estimate, or judge.

3.	to make conformable to a standard.

4.	to mark or measure off; delineate.

5.	to prepare or mix (plaster) with a definite proportion of plaster of Paris and mortar.

6.	to chip or rub (bricks or stones) to a uniform size or shape.

Ã¢â‚¬â€œnoun

7.	a standard of measure or measurement.

8.	a standard dimension, size, or quantity.

9.	any device or instrument for measuring, registering measurements, or testing something, esp. for measuring a dimension, quantity, or mechanical accuracy: pressure gauge; marking gauge.

10.	a means of estimating or judging; criterion; test.

These stretch ears....

[strech] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation Ã¢â‚¬â€œverb (used with object)

1.	to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often fol. by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.

2.	to hold out, reach forth, or extend (one's arm, head, etc.).

3.	to extend, spread, or place (something) so as to reach from one point or place to another: to stretch a rope across a road.

4.	to draw tight or taut: to stretch the strings of a violin.

5.	to lengthen, widen, distend, or enlarge by tension: to stretch a rubber band.

6.	to draw out, extend, or enlarge unduly: The jacket was stretched at the elbows.

7.	to extend, force, or make serve beyond the normal or proper limits; strain: to stretch the imagination; to stretch the facts; to stretch food to feed extra guests; to stretch money to keep within a budget.

Good luck with your ear stretching

Edited by MontanaPiercer - October/11/2008 at 10:26am

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danyellec
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Posted: October/11/2008 at 12:44pm

I had my lobes at 7/16 (just over 11mm) with no jewellery in for 3, maybe 4 years, and they didn't close up a tiny bit. I think you have to see it as permanent if you go past 5mm.

Shabbat shalom

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Posted: October/11/2008 at 1:15pm

i'm stretching my ears now. i was at a 6g but i'm using teflon tape and emu oil so i have no idea how big my ears are right now. i'm waiting for some 4g jewelry to come in the mail. you can ask uraniumhobo, he knows a lot about stretching.

http://www.bodymod.org/forum/forum_posts~TID~9647~KW~.htm

Edited by ihaveonlyme - October/11/2008 at 1:16pm

Your limits are my starting points

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Posted: October/11/2008 at 1:16pm

Ok...so the OP and I said gauging. The person who replied after me corrected us. why is there a need to make the post about the difference btwn stretching and gauging now? Half of the people have helped answer the question and half of the people are going off on something that was caught and corrected. Let it go.

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