Fun fact: Some cultures stretch their ears religiously, starting from a young age. They can get up to 2 or more inches in diameter over the period of several decades.
From all the pictures I've seen of them too, they have lovely healthy looking lobes. So I guess this is just a way of proving that waiting a bit longer between stretches isn't exactly a bad thing
What's the rush, the world isn't going to end anytime soon xD.