gauging ears
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Printed Date: November/22/2008 at 12:58pm
Topic: gauging ears
Posted By: vylmeat
Subject: gauging ears
Date 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 By: pain4anangel
Date 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! |
Posted By: Ashleigh
Date Posted: October/11/2008 at 4:00am
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(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 By: sk8zophrenia7
Date Posted: October/11/2008 at 7:01am
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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. ------------- "What filthy peice of... shit... did I do now?" 
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Posted By: Amplexus
Date Posted: October/11/2008 at 9:06am
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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. |
Posted By: BloodLust26
Date Posted: October/11/2008 at 10:19am
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stretching lol
------------- War is upon you! Prepare to suck the cock of karma! |
Posted By: MontanaPiercer
Date Posted: October/11/2008 at 10:24am
This gauges ears....
These stretch ears....  [strech] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –verb (used with object)
Good luck with your ear stretching ------------- http://www.myspace.com/montanapiercer - 
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Posted By: danyellec
Date Posted: October/11/2008 at 12:44pm
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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 |
Posted By: ihaveonlyme
Date Posted: October/11/2008 at 1:15pm
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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 - http://www.bodymod.org/forum/forum_posts~TID~9647~KW~.htm ------------- |
Posted By: pain4anangel
Date 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. |
Posted By: tangerinee
Date Posted: October/11/2008 at 1:39pm
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A couple years ago I decided to try and get my ears back to "regular earring size" from 0g, and it actually shrink back to about 16g which allowed me to wear post earrings. Funny thing is I got sick of wearing regular earrings and stretched back up to 00g.:B
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Posted By: freckled20
Date Posted: October/11/2008 at 2:08pm
It's a common mistake. But I'm pretty sure Montana was just letting you know the differences so you KNEW the correct terminology for what you are doing. It's not to put you down, but to educate you. I don't know why you felt the need to defend yourself?
edit: ps, as long as you stretch properly, you should be able to shrink back down. you may not be able to get back to the original size (depending on what gauge you plan on stretching to) but since you aren't stretching too much bigger than your ears are now, I think you should be okay. Good luck :)
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Posted By: mrDahmer
Date Posted: October/11/2008 at 2:45pm
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If you're worried about them not going back down, don't stretch. When you're modifying your body, you need to think on a permanent level.
And its stretching, not gauging :p ------------- Thou shall not use music to get into Girls pants, use it to get into their minds!! |
Posted By: NickVass
Date Posted: October/11/2008 at 5:12pm
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As many have said, stretching not gauging. Usually depends on the person with downsizing. I had mine at 1/2", then decided to remove my jewelery for a week. They closed to a 14g, and could have gone further. I'm at 1/2" again. Anyways, as MrDahmer said - think on a permanent level.
------------- He's losing his mind... and I'm reaping all the benefits (: |
Posted By: ZombieChick
Date Posted: October/11/2008 at 6:08pm
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stretching your ears can be addicting, thats something I know for sure. When I first started doing mine I said i was only gonna goto a 2 or something. now i'm at 3/4ths. :D Not sure at what point they wont go back.. but if your pretty worried about that I wouldn't go that big at all. I know for sure my arn't gonna go back to normal. |
Posted By: BrandonV
Date Posted: October/11/2008 at 6:40pm
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It is one hundred percent dependent on your body. There are a few things you can do to help them close up. I personally wouldn't reccommend going past 4ga if you were to worried about it. I had my ears dermal punched at a 0ga and kept them in for about 9 mos before taking them out. My ears closed completely. ------------- Brandon Vermillion Fillmore Tattoo & Piercing www.fillmoretattoo.com www.myspace.com/brandonvermillion |
Posted By: Ashleigh
Date Posted: October/12/2008 at 3:46am
| To add to what others have said about it depending on your body...I have a friend that took her 12ga earrings out like a few years ago & they never closed (as of yet), but like I said earlier, mine closed from 6ga in a few days. So it really does differ from person to person. |
Posted By: that1chick
Date Posted: October/12/2008 at 11:48am
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You COULD always do a little experiment to test your own body...
Stretch up to a size that isn't too obvious when you take your jewelry out (like a 10 or an 8, so they look just slightly more noticeable than a standard ear piercing.) and see how long it takes them to shrink back down one or two sizes.
Then, if you decide that it's too slow, or maybe the aren't shrinking back at all, you can stop if you feel the need.
I hope that made sense... ------------- I mean, you just don't know. Maybe I have a monster vagina, with teeth, and tentacles. Did you ever consider that?! |
Posted By: hellodave
Date Posted: October/12/2008 at 12:38pm
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The generally accepted "point of no return" is about 2g, but as said already, everyone is different. If you're looking for non permanent mods, maybe stretching isn't for you? xxx
Edited for senselessness. ------------- "Yes, I may be a twat, but I sure know alot about iodine!" |
Posted By: AlexCore
Date Posted: October/12/2008 at 4:25pm
| My ears are at 0 gauge. And if I remove my plugs for one night, they fully close.. So everyone must be different, as everyone said. But 0g or 00g are probably the point of no return for alot of people. |
Posted By: xoerinxo
Date Posted: October/13/2008 at 1:52am
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i just closed my 6G second hole down, its been about a month and i can only put in a 12G now...and my lobes are at 12mm...
it is addicting, my first holes were only going to go to six, but one thing led to another...
it depends on your ears alot,and how MUCH you want them to close over. one day I might downsize, but I don't expect my 12mm to close entirely.
if you're really worried about them closing over, stretch properly, and don't go very big. it depends on the person but 4-2G is probably average
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Posted By: heinous
Date Posted: October/28/2008 at 5:02am
| My ears have been at 16mm / 5/8" for over 18 months now. It sounds a bit odd but if I'm ill and I take them out to clean they can shrink pretty quickly but other times they've been really loose and nearly dropped out. I've never really thought about downsizing unless my lobes got a bit thin, I guess I've gone past the point of no return but it doesn't bother me. |
Posted By: SierraFoxtrot
Date Posted: October/28/2008 at 5:16am
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My left ear is at 6MM and I can still wear normal earrings in it if I take my plug out, as long as the front of the earring isn't stupidly tiny.
------------- straight, straight for the deep end, doesn't hesitate to dive riiiight in. |
Posted By: Uraniumhobo
Date Posted: October/28/2008 at 5:27am
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ive actually went from 1'' to a 14g in a month with no jewelry, it shows that it depends on each person, some people cant close them if its past 2g ------------- Ah ha-ha, chess. The ancient contest of wits. Two opponents: mano a mano. Braino a braino. And look: magnets for ease of travel. You could play chess on the moon. |
Posted By: MrGlass
Date Posted: November/07/2008 at 11:45pm
| I've went from 2ga to 14ga back to 00ga to 14ga tp 1/2" to 14ga and now I'm at 5/8". My friend has also gone from 1/2' to 14ga. I guess it all depends on how well you take care of your ears and how your skin reacts to stretching because I also know someone who went to an 8 and they've left their jewelery out for MONTHS and you can still see through their ears. |
Posted By: CheapPerfume
Date Posted: November/08/2008 at 1:58am
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The longer you have them at a certain size also affects how quickly they can/will close. |
Posted By: Peanut Esteves
Date Posted: November/08/2008 at 2:16am
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Maybe I'm crazy but i am at 5/8 and sometimes my plugs fall out and when i wake up i feels a little harder to put in =/
------------- PEANUT Esteves |