My lobe was at a 12 yesturday and i just stretched it up to a 10 last night with absoloutly no pain or discomfort. Today its only the slightest bit pink and it only hurts a little when i move it around. Also this morning there no blood.

Heres my dilemma. The steel taper i have now is heavy on the back and is pulling down and its very noticible and i have this family reunion/dinner thing tomorrow and it doesnt look too nice. For the dinner i need to wear nice clothes and this big silver spike hanging from my ear just wont work. I defenetly dont want to put in a smaller earring, and i dont have any 10ga. earring. I only have a 12 titanium one which i dont want to
Put in cuz its smaller, and i have a black 8ga. Taper. That taper would be great but i dont know of my ear is ready to stretch again.

Do you think i could stretch again tonight after a shower or maye tomorrow?

Also, how could i speed up the healing process? If i cant take it out and i have to wear it tomorrow, id still like some tips to speed up the process. Maybe save a couple days.

Thanks,
Dan

Edited by Noogums - October/11/2008 at 6:41pm

Well the 12 was in for a good 2-2 1/2 months

Originally posted by Noogums Well the 12 was in for a good 2-2 1/2 months

ok, so it seems you can stretch to 10g. not to 8g - look at xunstoppablex, he stredched to cca. 10 cm (4 inches), so he is probably the one to give advice and he wrote "don't skip sizes" which is what you intend to.

if you need something nicer, take the 12g back for a while, then stretch again.

yeah, i guess...i just hope it doesnt shrink back down. Hey i found a plastic tube the exact size of my taper do you think i could slip that in for like 6 hours? Or would it effect my hole?

Well it was a tube that sucks up water and you use it to squirt water in to the bottom of soil for plants and i jst cut off the tip and it happened to be the exact size...