It has the same effect as oil. These ingredients are used to provide a premium care for the stretched earlobes. Coconut oil , jojoba or emu oil are the most commonly used ones. Some may prefer jojoba oil over the coconut one, however, they are all good in fact, as long as they can effectively moisturize the skin and contains Vitamin E to make the tissue elastic. Also, jojoba oil can be more irritating whereas emu oil provides more gentle care. However, jojoba may seem a bit greasy comparing to the light emu or coconut oil.
Usually, piercing stretching starter kit should contain steel tapers do not choose acrylic or wood and ear plugs. The stretching kit combines all necessary materials to perform the stretching procedure correctly. A good kit would contain:. The earrings should be of the next stretching size and made from a non-porous material like titanium, steel, glass or gold.
The other jewelry types can be used later when stretching is fully completed. They can be made of wood or acrylic, however, these are not recommended materials for the initial piercing. They may be used later when the entire stretching procedure is completed. When you have prepared the stretching kit, make sure that the area is clean and you washed your hands with antibacterial soap.
If you want to go from the standard hole to the biggest size possible 00 g , you would need up to 18 months for the entire process. Refer to a gauge size chart with timeline and sizes in order to learn what breaks you have to make in between stretches:.
Do not remove the jewelry for the first time week after the initial gauging procedure to clean it. However, do sanitize the area with aftercare products such as an antibacterial spray twice a day. In one week, when the gauged ears are healed, use sea salt to soak your earlobes again twice a day.
Dip the ears into the salt solution and let them soak for a few minutes. Repeat the cleaning for a few weeks after each stretching. To massage your ear, take the plug out but only in a week after a stretching procedure. Repeat the massage during the first couple of months every night about minutes.
Do it once in a few days after healing. Skin stretching largely depends on individual characteristics. There are also some extreme and dangerous cases of ear stretching up to g, however, I strongly against such body modifications, as it will most likely irreversibly destroy your earlobe. While in theory, it hurts less than original body piercing, the skin stretching is going to cause some pain.
However, the pain level largely depends on your individual characteristics and on the particular part of the body you are stretching. You can start stretching once the piercing wound is properly healed. If you have a freshly pierced earlobe, allow it 1 or 2 months to recover. The bondage tape is quite a safe way for ear stretching. For the gauged ear piercing, always start with the smaller gauge 16g to 14g and go slowly for further stretching.
It depends on the individual characteristics of your skin, but usually, the breaks between stretches are from 1 to 4 months. Refer to the table above. It depends on the size you want to achieve. A blowout is one of the most common complications of ear gauging. Blowouts usually occur from trying to stretch the hole too quickly.
They often cause sharp pain and inflammation. Overstretching usually causes a blowout. Stretching out your ear should be a slow and gradual process. If you increase the size of your jewelry too quickly, you can develop blowouts and other complications, like lobe tears and infections. Countries that use the metric system often use millimeters mm instead of gauges.
Standard earrings are normally 20 gauge or 18 gauge. As earrings get wider, the gauge size decreases. Many people also recommend waiting 4 to 6 weeks before increasing sizes. The amount of time you need to wait may increase as your jewelry becomes larger.
The development of a blowout causes a ring of skin to form behind the piercing. This ring is usually red, irritated, and painful. A blowout may give the piercing the appearance of turning inside out.
Overstretching your ear may also lead to an infection. This may cause:. You can often treat minor infections at home. You can reduce your chance of developing an infection by regularly cleaning objects that come in contact with your ears often, such as your phone, headphones, and hats.
If you think you may be developing a blowout, take action as quickly as possible. Catching a blowout early can help you avoid permanent damage to your ear. Many people recommend lightly massaging your earlobe for 5 to 10 minutes with an oil to help prevent a blowout from forming. Using oil on your gauged ears helps keep them moisturized, which promotes stronger skin and reduces the likelihood of tears.
Many types of oil are effective for keeping your gauged ears moist. Some of the most common types include:. We recommend using a sterile lubricant like surgilube. Lube up your ears and also the taper. Then just insert the taper all the way up to the base of the bigger side. If it takes you a few minutes to get it through it is ok, you don't have to rush it.
Once it is through then just take your plugs and follow through after the taper. Once you get to a larger size generally around 0 gauge then using the tape wrapping method is a good option to use for stretching and it is the method almost everyone uses over 1 inch.
The way that the tape wrapping method works is you take a set of plugs of your current size and do wraps of tape around your plugs to slowly increase the size of your piercing. It's highly recommended to use a set of single flare tunnels for each size you use this method with since you can wrap the tape around your plugs and tuck the excess into the back of the tunnels.
See picture below What's good about the tape wrapping method is that you can really take your time and slowly increase the size of your piercing without the healing issues of tapers.
Just do wraps every week and generally after about months you will be up to the next size. It's a lot slower than using tapers but it is a really efficient and gradual way to stretch with minimal risk. There are 2 main types of tape that are the best to use. PTFE is a great and inexpensive tape that you can use to stretch. The good things about it is that it is very good in price, non-adhesive so it only sticks to itself, super thin so you can slowly increase your size, and it doesn't irritate your ears like some tapes do such as electric tape.
Bondage tape is another great tape to use for the tape wrapping method. The good things about bondage tape is that it is self-adhesive so it doesn't stick to your skin, hair, clothes, etc , it is 2 inches wide so it fits on any wearable area of plugs even really big wearable areas that are often in larger sizes , and it is smooth and easy on your skin.
Though it is more expensive than PTFE tape, it is highly recommended. Stretching your ears too fast and skipping sizes is a common problem that can do some serious damage to your piercings.
When you skip sizes and stretch too fast you really are doing more ripping of your skin than actual stretching. Human skin only has a certain elasticity so going too big and too fast is enough to cause ripping and tearing of your skin. It's highly recommended to wait at least a full month between each stretch and to never skip sizes so your ears will have minimal chances for long term problems. Also the slower you go, the thicker and healthier your ears will be in the long run which is really important if you plan on going to a large size.
Blowouts are another common problem that is generally caused by stretching too fast or skipping sizes. The way this problem occurs is when the fistula inside of your piercing is actually forced out through the back of the piercing. A blowout is a small flap of skin that will hang over the edge of your plugs. Though it is not generally too noticeable if it occurs on the back of your ears, it can limit the type of plugs you wear and you will generally need to wear plugs with a bigger wearable area to allow room for the blowout.
If you skip sizes or go to fast on a blowout that has already occurred then it will often continue to get bigger and bigger. The best way to help get rid of a blowout is to take your plugs out immediately after you notice it and downsize sizes smaller so your piercing will start to heal itself. If you leave the blowout to heal up without downsizing though, then it will generally heal up for good that way and become permanent.
There are many ways people have tried getting rid of healed blowouts, but the most common way is to downsize and to use oils like jojoba to help moisturize and soften up your skin. There is also the option of getting it surgically removed which is highly recommended if you have the funds to do so. Once your ears start to get stretched, a common problem that everyone has is the issue of "ear funk".
Ear funk is essentially the dead skin cells of the inside of your ears being trapped in the inside of your fistula the skin inside of your piercing. Most of the dust in your own home is actually from dead skin cells that shed off of your body, ear funk is from the same thing. When you wear plugs for several days, the dead skin cells start to build up on your jewelry and when you remove the plugs they can be super gross.
The way to get rid of this issue is either to wash out your ears daily in the shower or to just wear organic plugs. Organic plugs are porous so they soak up all of that ear funk and keep your ears dry and smelling fresh. Many people have the problem of not being able to fit in their double flare plugs if they have never worn them before.
A double flared plug is a plug that has flares on both ends the flares are actually slightly larger than the actual center. Double flare plugs are totally fine to wear but they can sometimes be hard to get in especially on sizes under 0 gauge. There are several tips on getting them in that will make it much easier.
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