Evlesoa wrote:Y'all don't know what you're talking about. I stretched 5mm in about a week and a half. How? I listened to my body, not people, and I used a special PTFE tape that's more slippery than a vajayjay of a girl who is really horny (weird comparison, I know). I closely monitored my ears' thickness of the lobes, I made sure there was no pain, and I made sure there was no soreness, redness, swelling, or anything. Comparing pictures day by day, I gave my ears all the rest they needed, and gave them all the massaging they could take (twice a day). Did it work? Yup. Are there any problems? Nope. Now I will wait a week and some days before going up in size. Before beginning this process, it's best you sleep without your plugs for a week in order to prepare your ears for the stretching process. It must be gentle, even if it's quick. Quick doesn't mean: I'll rip my hole with a taper in order to fit the next piercing. Wrong! You can do it fast, but you must go in INCREMENTS. That's what makes ALL the difference!
BUT, one piece of advice is ABSOLUTELY important: never, ever, force anything into your pierced ear! This is how you know that you're doing something wrong. I never had to force any tape into my ear; I gentle stretched my ear and slowly inserted it. Felt like nothing! If you cannot somehow "adjust" your hole to accommodate the next size, wait a day. Try again. And use the most slippery tape you can find (PTFE only, as suggested).
Good luck.
It's not that we don't know what we're talking about, it's that you got lucky. I know for a fact that if I, and most other people, did something like that we'd ruin our ears. If you did that and didn't have any problems you seriously have super-human ears. I agree with you telling them to never force anything but most people find that their ears take about 6-8 weeks to loosen up without forcing the next size in. Taping isn't magic either; it can be forced just like tapers can.
I give advice that will guarantee people healthy lobes. You're sharing one experience that should have resulted in problems but didn't. If it worked for you, great, but it's VERY unlikely that it'll work for someone else.