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Hi to all, I just decided and started to stretch my ears and here are my couple of questions.

1- Is it ok to keed ear tapers in to stretch? (not insertion tapers)
2- Should I really insert my taper/jewlery using a insertion taper or I can be just fine without it? (I personnaly think an insertion taper would be more for single and double flared tunnels.)
3- Is water based lube that bad? can I use vaseline?
4- When I started stretching, I've inserted a 14g taper wich went through really easily (duh!), after i've inserted a 12g wich went in and out also without any resistance/pain/burning and finally I stuck a 10g taper in wich gave resistance plus burning but got in without need of really forcing it (without lube too...). The thing is when I remove my taper twice per day to clean it as well as my ear lobe, i've noticed a tiny red crust on my taper (real tiny like 3-4 mm long), for sure it's blood/deadskin or whatever so it got me worried a bit. Is this normal? should I downsize? I've read some article on the net saying if your ear start bleeding when you stretched you need to downside but I expected the ear bleeding thing to be alot more apparent that what I am having right now.

Anyway thanks for helping and sorry for all the beginenr questions

lol sup man, gratz! yah its ok to keep tapers in atvlow sizes the only time is when u get about 0g that u shouldnt keep em in. i wore tapers till like 2G. i personally think insertion tapers are a waste of money, stainless steel regular tapers are cheaper and i think more reliable. yea u can use vaseline for sure, its actually oil based lubes that are supposedly bad but i have had no trouble, just listen to ur body and ull be fine. that red crust means u stretched a lil fast and stressed ur lobes. this happened to me before and basically i inspected the holes for tears or rips and found none so i didnt downsize. it could also just be ear cheese lol does it stink? hope this helped, happy stretching ^_^

Ok nice then, I will go back to my 10g instead of 12g. thank you for everything dude.

Hey! i just wanted to add, dont take your tappers out twice a day! This causes irritation on your gauges. Only take your tapers out when your ready to put new jewelry in or until they are fully healed. I would definitely recommend using stainless steel tapers when you stretching your ears.

Well how can I clean my ear without removing it? I will listen to what you just told me but I'm just curious.

haha ya, no problem bro. tomegun means that when u first stretch the holes, the inside of the fistula has micro tears that need to heal so if u remove ur jewelry then u may cause scar tissue by takin it out when its not healed. i usually wait a week before takin it out.

1- Are you talking about wearing tapers as jewelry after you stretch? It's usually not a good idea... they get knocked around and can irritate your lobes.
2- I'm not exactly sure what you mean with this one, but generally what you're supposed to do is follow the taper with the plug... as long as you're using single-flared jewelry (you should never stretch with double flares) it shouldn't be a problem.
3- Vaseline really isn't a good idea because it can harbor bacteria. Get some water-based sex lube or something like emu oil, jojoba oil, vitamin E oil, naked oil, etc. Those are really the best things, plus massaging your lobes with them is really beneficial.
4- Do you mean you went from 14G to 10G all in a row? If so, downsize. It's never a good idea to skip sizes, even at smaller gauges. Go back to 14G and wait about six weeks between every size. It's not a race, and your ears will thank you for it later!
Happy stretching!

Thank you very much all of you I will take consideration of your advices, I am sure they will help me a lot! So I must not take them out, I should not use vaseline

thanks again