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Only other stretched piercing I have is my septum, which is currently at a 6g but I plan on going to about a 2 or 0. I have my lip pierced, and retired labret, conch and tongue.

I definitely wouldn't shower with wood plugs in, but that should be pretty obvious. Stone and stuff like that seems like it would be fine, but I'm not sure. I usually like to take my plugs out when I shower anyway though, just to give my lobes a little rest and let some blood flow.

No actually mine is more towards the bottom of the lobe. I'm pretty sure it happened when I foolishly tried to stretch with my externally threaded flesh tunnels. Sea salt soaks seem to be the best option for what happened to me, but if you don't have a cut and it's just sore around the cartilage, it ...

Does wearing a weight through a tunnel cause uneven pressure? I used to hook masterlocks through my steel tunnels sometimes to put a little weight onto my ears. It seems like if you wore a tunnel, the weight would be a little more evenly distributed.

Don't try this until someone more experienced ...

Seems the problem has resolved itself to an extent. I did a couple sea salt soaks yesterday and when I woke up this morning my ear wasn't soar at all. If I push on the lobe where the cut was, I can feel it, but it's not anywhere near as painful or sore as it was the last couple days. I'll probably ...

So I've been stretching my lobes for many years now. A couple years ago I stopped at 3/4" and took them out and let them close. They shrank down to about a 00. I restretched them pretty recently and a few days ago I reached my goal of 1 inch (25mm). I always took my time and have very little scar ...

Good point about the threading, I should have mentioned that.

Listen to your body. If your ears don't feel overly sore, you should be fine to put something new in there. I'd suggest a circular barbell rather than a captive, because the balls can be very hard to put in on captives and you could really hurt yourself, especially if you're trying to get it in a ...

This is very normal. In fact, most people I see at bigger sizes have some sort of what I like to call the "dumbo effect". I'm currently at 1 inch, and the only jewelry that doesn't cause my earlobes to stick out is very heavy stuff. Try that, or downsize if it really bothers. Either way, it's a ...