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Hello!

So, I got my lobe punched. Not the most pleasant experience I've ever had. In terms of pain, it wasn't too bad, but there was, and continues to be, lots of blood. I had it done a couple of hours ago and it's just started pouring again. Nasty. Hopefully it'll stop bleeding and clog up properly quickly.

Got punched at 8mm and have a 10mm plug in. Feel a bit like a big cheat. I know this isn't a stretched lobe in the traditional sense. I'm kinda excited though as my goal size was 00g, although I might leave it for a good 6 months or so and see what 1/2" looks like but we'll see. For now I think I'm going to concentrate on stopping the bleeding!!

Be cool to know what you guys thought?

honestly not a big punch fan because of the trauma to the ear, but i think ur pretty brave lol. im sure u can stretch tho, ive heard of tons of ppl who punched and stretch further. it might be a bit harder b/c the punch might just make another scar to stretch thru...

but i dont think u would be any worse off than if u had just stretched what u had to begin with. ur probably in pretty good shape best of luck!!

The bad thing about punches for lobes is that they take out tissue that will be valuable to you if you decide to go bigger. Punches are good for cartilage because the stretching process is so difficult, but for lobes that are easy to stretch there's really no need. I guess if it's your goal size it's not that big of a deal, and going to 1/2" should be fine, but if you ever want to go any bigger you might have some thinning.

Not a fan of punching. you run into major thinning problems down the road if you go bigger. And to me punching is the kind of fast rushed way to wear plugs i call it the American way! Lol.. Got to have it now mind set. It kind of takes out the spiritual ritual out of the stretching experience. Anyway i wish you luck with it tho i hear the healing process after getting punched can be bad.