This guide is designed to help you safely stretch your ears at home. Using stainless steel tapers you can stretch your ears from a normal ear piercing, 20gauge, to a large 0 gauge or 8mm. Let your individualism shine through!
The most important thing to remember about stretching is to listen to your body. Your body knows when something isn't working and paying attention to what its telling you is important. Stretching your ears takes time and patience. If you go too fast you might damage your skin enough to create scar tissue which, as well as being ugly, will be harder to stretch in the future.
Before you begin you should sterilize the tapers and wash your hands and ears with antibacterial soap. Massaging your ear lobe and soaking it in warm water will increase circulation and soften and relax the tissue to help the taper go in.
Lubricating the taper with liquid soap or Vaseline will also help it go in smoothly. Start by gently pushing the taper into the piercing until it meets resistance. If you can get the taper more than half way through then the stretch will usually be fairly easy. Take a slow breath in and, as you exhale, push the taper through until 1cm is left. There should be some resistance. If you feel a burning sensation, or slight pain, then the stretch was perfect. Try to allow the skin to thicken and heal before attempting to stretch further.
Orignal From: Stretching Your Ears - How To Use Your Stretching Kit
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