Has anyone's ears stretched separately at a different rate?

[panxp]

It seems like during my last stretch, even though I'm wearing the same size in each ear, my right ear was adjusting to the stretch better than the left ear. During my newest stretch, it feels as though the left ear is feeling more comfortable and loose than the right. Both are very comfortable and I'm not having problems with them at all. No infections, blowouts, skipping sizes, going too fast, etc., just curious if anyone else's ears tried to race eachother on their own =P.

[magalo le matelot]

I did !
First reason : I had only one taper of each size. Haha
Second reason : The left ear was harder to stretch. And it took more time to heal. So they were stretched not at the same time.

[Nic]

lol yah, for a while one ear was like 3 sizes ahead.

[corazon_de_oro]

First reason : I had only one taper of each size. Haha

Tapers are just tools, not jewelry so there's no reason to need two; I only had one taper at the sizes I've used them for but that's why you stretch with it, put a plug in, then repeat with the other ear. Tapers get knocked around too much and can cause problems.

Anyway, my left side has been a little more difficult to stretch (although for some reason it was my right ear last time). My left side is just weird in general; all of the piercings I've had on the left side of my body have been more painful than the ones on the right. The difference in my nostrils was insane! So yeah, I think almost everyone has a more difficult ear. Just make sure you wait for the tricky ear to be ready before you stretch it.

[magalo le matelot]

First reason : I had only one taper of each size. Haha

Tapers are just tools, not jewelry so there's no reason to need two; I only had one taper at the sizes I've used them for but that's why you stretch with it, put a plug in, then repeat with the other ear. Tapers get knocked around too much and can cause problems.

Hey, remember that I just kept them 2 weeks max in my ear. So there's no reason to cause problem. Anyway, I made them short so they never get knocked. I wear them as a jewelery because I don't see the point of buying a pair of jewelery (40$ here minimum) to keep them 2 weeks and never wear them again...

[magalo le matelot]

First reason : I had only one taper of each size. Haha

Tapers are just tools, not jewelry so there's no reason to need two; I only had one taper at the sizes I've used them for but that's why you stretch with it, put a plug in, then repeat with the other ear. Tapers get knocked around too much and can cause problems.

Hey, remember that I just kept them 2 weeks max in my ear. So there's no reason to cause problem. Anyway, I made them short so they never get knocked. I wear them as a jewelery because I don't see the point of buying a pair of jewelery (40$ here minimum) to keep them 2 weeks and never wear them again...

Fast: 800$ to stretch to 22mm if I buyed a pair of plugs for each size. With what I've done, it costed... a big 10$ ?

[stashapistachio]

I probably spent much less that that taping nicely on cheap arse plugs (I can get PMMA ones for like 10-50p. And for taping, acrylic is fine) from 6g onwards. And most of my steel tapers and stuff from before, I had autoclaved and sold (for a profit sometimes)
People can spend hundreds on stretching stuff. Doesn't always mean they're doing it right, and the same goes for doing it on the cheap. I've seen some strange expensive embossed with patterns steel tapers, and people stretching with pen lids.. And it'd only take one bad nights sleep with tapers in and your ears are screwed.
Spending/saving (responsibly) money doesn't mean much to your ears.

I've spent a MASSIVE amount of money on jewellery at my goal sizes though. Huge jewellery addict. I don't think I've bought anything for much less than $50/pair in quite a long time.. (and I've got some very very expensive ones)


But yeah, my ears have always stretched at a different rate. Super stretchy ear I could tape once or even twice a day. Stubborn ear won't take anything faster than once every 2/3 days

[corazon_de_oro]

Fast: 800$ to stretch to 22mm if I buyed a pair of plugs for each size. With what I've done, it costed... a big 10$ ?

That's why I'd tape if I was going that big. And why are plugs that expensive? They really shouldn't be; if they are you can order them online.
It doesn't take more than two weeks for tapers to mess up your ears; your lobes were probably pretty weak with only allowing two weeks between each size and tapers are most likely to cause problems within the first few days.
With what you've done, it may have been cheap and fast but you should consider yourself VERY lucky you don't have ruined lobes. I've seen you call other people's ears thin before but if you think everyone should stretch like you that's how it's going to end up! Not everyone can stretch every two weeks and leave tapers in their ears.

[magalo le matelot]

A lot of people do it like this here, and I've never heard of someone with problems with that...

And yeah plugs cost 40$, if you want really really cheap one you can find them at 30$ big minimum. And I can't order online I don't have a credit card, I'm minor.

[corazon_de_oro]

I had a bank card when I was 16; you can order stuff with those.
You've never heard of problems from people who stretch like you? Read some of the bad stretching experiences on BME... if you don't have problems, you're VERY lucky. I don't think you realize how lucky you are.