Looking to only strerch one size? Checkout our single tapers. Plugs: Plugs are solid pieces that cannot be seen through and are designed for long term wear. This is something of a slang term that has become popular over the last few years. People that use it are usually referring to jewelry for stretched ears. Truth be told, there are more people searching the internet for the term"ear gauges" then "ear plugs" when looking to purchase jewelry for stretched ears. Initially you should purchase both tapers and long term ear stretching jewelry in the gauges you will be stretching to.
Make sure you really like what you are buying as ideally they will be worn for at least a month before you gauge up to the next size. Keep in mind that while gauging up you will need a lubricant of some kind. Jojoba oil is a great choice. Vitamin E oil will also do the trick you can break open a standard Vitamin E capsule and use the oil if you can't find the real thing.
In a pinch you can use Vaseline or a generic petroleum jelly, but it's really not the best choice. The very best time to stretch your ears is when you have just stepped out of a hot shower. It is at this point that your earlobe skin is at its softest and most pliable.
You will also be beginning with nice, clean hands, something that is also very important. Begin by massaging a small amount of lubricant onto your ear and then slowly insert the taper, small end first, into your ear piercing.
At this point pay attention to how you feel as stretching should not be painful! If you feel pain you should stop immediately as pain is sign that your piercing is not ready to be stretched. However, some minor discomfort and light resistance is normal so just be patient. Next, align your long term jewelry with the larger end of the taper as if it were an extension of it.
Push the taper through your ear along with the jewelry and then move on to your other ear. As you move on to larger sizes you can try a different method, one that is known as taping. This involves adding small layers of tape such as PTFE, Teflon or bondage tape around a piece of ear jewelry and reinserting it into your ear.
By gradually increasing the number of tape layers over the course of the next few days the gauge of the plug can be increased. This can be a very comfortable way to gauge up to larger sizes over 0g. Thankfully, there is not a lot involved in the aftercare of a fresh ear stretch.
If you have stretched your ear properly there should be no tears or damage to your ear and therefore no need to treat them as if they were fresh piercings. The most important thing however is that you not do anything that will slow down the basic healing process. Do not use rubbing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide near your freshly stretched ears. You can occasionally gently massage a very small amount oil or Holey Butt'r or Gauge Gear around the area to help stimulate blood flow to the area and speed healing, but not until two or three days after the stretch.
There should never be any bleeding or significant pain. Only use PTFE or bondage tape. Remove the tape and clean the jewelry and your ears. Apply new tape daily.
It is also recommended to apply jojoba or another skin conditioning oil daily to keep your skin moisturized and more elastic. Every week or two, do an additional wraps to continue increasing the size of the plug. After about months, you should be at your next size.
It's highly recommended to use a set of single flare plugs or tunnels, so you can easily trim the excess tape. What's good about the tape wrapping method is you can really take your time and slowly increase the size of your piercing without the healing issues of tapers. It's a lot slower than using tapers, but it is a really efficient and gradual way to stretch with minimal risk. Go To Tape. So once you have decided on what size of taper you need to use, the next part is getting the stretch done.
The first thing you will need is a lubricant to use on your taper. Lubricant will make the taper super slick, so it will slide through easy. Lubricants make a stretch easier. Lube up your ears and also the taper. Slowly insert the taper all the way up to the base of the bigger side. Once it is through, take your plugs and follow through after the taper. When stretching, one stretch should start by pushing the taper in from the front, and the next stretch should be pushed in from the back.
Repeat that process a few times. This helps to keep scar tissue from forming and stretching easier. Some people say taking a hot shower before stretching helps to make your ear a bit more stretchy.
Also, massaging it to get the blood flowing is a good way to increase elasticity in the ear lobe before stretching. Stretching too quickly and skipping sizes is a common problem that can do some serious damage to your piercings. When you do this, you 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 damage.
Also, the slower you go the thicker and healthier your ears will be in the long run which is important if you plan on going to a large size. This is a good ear size chart to determine how long you should wait in between stretches :. They also are a bit longer in the stretchable area so they aren't as blunt on your piercing when pushing it through.
And the best thing about the concave tapers, is that they have a concave back an indention on the end of the taper so that the plugs actually fit inside of the taper. This is what makes them just perfect; you can insert your taper, put the plug into the back of the taper, and follow through for an extremely easy stretch.
You don't have to keep your hand steady or anything, just insert the taper and the plug is ready for an easy follow through. These are usually a little more expensive, but for the extra few dollars it's well worth it. So once you have decided on what style of taper you want to use, the next part is getting the stretch done.
The 1st thing you will need will be a lubricant to use on your taper. Lubricant will make the taper super slick so it will slide through really easy. 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.
0コメント