Re: Going straight to a 12
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:44 am
There's no discomfort whatsoever. A month seems pretty reasonable. Thanks for the all your help.
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Re: Going straight to a 12
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:42 am
No problem Cymlee. Just remember to wait about 2 months after going up after 14G, ear stretching is not a contest, it shouldn't hurt and requires patience
Sea salt soaks will be your best friend too
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Re: Going straight to a 12
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:42 pm
i went straight to a 10 from a normal ear peircing
hurt kinda bad but healed
hurt kinda bad but healed
Re: Going straight to a 12
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:29 pm
You also went from standard to 7/16 in 3 months and have spoken of irritation and infections.marccc wrote:i went straight to a 10 from a normal ear peircing
hurt kinda bad but healed
Re: Going straight to a 12
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:46 am
... and silicone stretching and having gross looking ears
Re: Going straight to a 12
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:29 pm
Hardware wrote:No problem Cymlee. Just remember to wait about 2 months after going up after 14G, ear stretching is not a contest, it shouldn't hurt and requires patience
Sea salt soaks will be your best friend too
So I just but in the 14G captive bead rings in today and they went in much easier than a month ago. I dropped one of the beads down the sink so I just have them on without them. Is that a problem? Also, is there anything else that is safe to wear at this time? I just don't like captive beads rings that much. lol
Re: Going straight to a 12
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:53 am
You can wear barbells or labrets. Single & no flare plugs also exist at 14g
For the lost bead, you should be fine. Though it might spin around in your sleep and fall out.
I'd find another bead. Actual beads work great. You could at a pinch, also use a clean piece of eraser or rubber in there.
For the lost bead, you should be fine. Though it might spin around in your sleep and fall out.
I'd find another bead. Actual beads work great. You could at a pinch, also use a clean piece of eraser or rubber in there.
Re: Going straight to a 12
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:20 am
Awesome Cymlee
Yeah there is a variety of things you could wear... circular barbells are a bit more fancy than captive bead rings, Labret studs, plugs... you could go with a straight barbell as well, but I think it would be good to go with a shorter bar length. In my opinion a tongue barbell may be a little bit long for an earlobe, so if I were you I would look at nipple barbells (1/2" or shorter).
Yeah there is a variety of things you could wear... circular barbells are a bit more fancy than captive bead rings, Labret studs, plugs... you could go with a straight barbell as well, but I think it would be good to go with a shorter bar length. In my opinion a tongue barbell may be a little bit long for an earlobe, so if I were you I would look at nipple barbells (1/2" or shorter).
Re: Going straight to a 12
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:42 pm
The bars for my nipples are longer than the one for my tongue 
The barbells I wore in my ears were mostly around 6mm in length. I think. Labrets are comfier to lean on than giant balls though. So if you have a choice, labrets.
The barbells I wore in my ears were mostly around 6mm in length. I think. Labrets are comfier to lean on than giant balls though. So if you have a choice, labrets.
Re: Going straight to a 12
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 3:49 am
Thanks! I think I'm going to go with these http://www.bodyartforms.com/productdeta ... 99&index=8. They're steel plugs with no flare.