Goal is an inch but she’s looking a bit thin… I’m happy with this size honestly, but I’ve been doing this for 4+ years on and off and just wanna be able to say that I got them there.

0g Septum
2" Lobes
5/8" Labret

Recently upped to an 18mm (11/16). Should I go bigger? This size doesn't feel as substantial as I originally thought it would. Maybe 20?

My ears are super small and I think a super large size would completely overwhelm them.

I had a tongue piercing for several years, and about a year ago, I stretched it to 4mm for the last time.

I have some mental health issues—I’m quite paranoid, anxious, and so on. Yesterday, I learned that a family member is going to have their leg amputated. My mind—already fixated on the fact that my tongue has become swollen from excessive and overly vigorous cleaning (partly due to delusions)—convinced me that my tongue has turned blue and will need to be amputated too. How quickly does a tongue heal? I’ve already taken out my piercing; does my tongue look okay?

I am learning English, so please excuse any mistakes.

I am at a 0g septum! I am considering stretching to a 00g or even a 12mm how much more it would effect the outside of my nose?

I'm at 9mm top and 14mm bottom. I've been here for 3 full months. Do they look healed?

Posted a few months back immediately post op, here is the update! First two pics were my before. I stretched to 5/8” about 10 years ago, and that’s what I was left with. Second two pics were a few days ago, fully healed up. Last picture is from right now, after just getting re pierced.

Drastic increase in camera quality as well
(Got a much needed new phone)

I just recently started my stretching journey. I started at a 16g and my plugs went in smoothly, i did feel a slight pinch, but no pain when touched. Is that okay? Also, when is an appropriate amount of time to wait before sizing up? I’ve heard anywhere between 3-6 months but I’m unsure. One more thing.. is my stack lobe gonna be an issue? I’m planning on stretching to at least a 6g and I feel like my stacked lobe will get eaten by it. Any tips will be appreciated!!

Prefacing with I have benign hypermobility, and I think that's (positively) influenced my stretching journey. I started at 14G last year, I hit 14MM this month. I know it generally takes folk a super duper long time to do this, but my experience has been (especially with the upper sizes) that I'm able to step up every couple of weeks.

I haven't taken that route usually. They're usually just sliding around, falling out of my ears when I sleep, ready by then and then there's no stretch sensation when I size up. I only use glass. I had tried a pair of hematite plugs earlier this month and it just irritated my skin something awful.

ANYWAY, TL;DR, does this look like I'll have enough meat to hit 1"? Pics taken the day I swapped my hematite back to my glass, so left ear looks angy af. It's back to being a circle now when I take my glass plugs out to clean.

Also also, I know it looks like the same ear. It's not, I'm just stupid so one was front camera and the other is back cam cause SOMEHOW I managed to forget which I did in the time it took to clean one 🫠🫪

So I got my ears pierced at 8g about a month ago, I know I cant change my jewlery for a few more months but I want to have a couple options ready when I do. I attached a picture but the glasses are an off silver color its hard to describe like a mix between silver and maybe brass. I also wouldn't mind paying for a custom job or something along those lines but I just dont know where to look. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Good evening everybody, I have a 4G Septum currently and have had it at that size for about a year now and I have recently purchased a glass pincher at 2g, I attempted stretching at 2g a while back but I went back to 4G as it was wildly annoying with the feeling of how painful it was against my cartilage..

My question is, am I doomed to be at 4 gauge permanently? Will the pain go away EVER? 2G has always been my finished goal so I would really like to hear feedback on what you did to combat septum denting. I went with a notched piece so I hope that will help.

Recently developed a nickel allergy, but with minimal reaction to it. My ears started with itching for the first few days then began to turn slightly red with a slight swell. I wasn’t able to get any titanium or glass plugs before 2 weeks had passed and by then my ears were very irritated (but still could’ve been worse) do you think it’d be safe to wear a surgical steel 6g septum for say a day or two? Or would that still put on a reaction that would last a while and possibly give long term damage? Because even after switching to allergy friendly plugs my ears took a week to heal from the reaction.

I got my ears pierced as a baby, so as I grew bigger, they became uncentered. I would really like to start stretching my lobes, but I’m worried that they would affect me because of how uncentered they are.
What I would really like to know is: would I be [negatively] affected if I stretched my current piercings without re-piercing them? I can’t be bothered to get them re-pierced, and I’m also worried that I don’t have enough lobe space. I also wouldn’t want to pierce a bigger gauge to get a head-start as I would like to start from the beginning.
I’m planning on not stretching them out that big, maybe 6-8mm. Would my uncentered lobes affect me at that size?

Mine are attached, and it's not looking the way I want :') From the front, it looks like I have no lobe; from the side, it looks awkward... then from behind/side profile, it looks thick. Smh. Rant over.

I’ve been at 14g for like a year, my other ear is at 12g but this one won’t stretch, and I haven’t done anything but leave it and suddenly it’s all hot and looks like this. Am I doing something wrong? I use jojoba oil (admittedly not as often as I should) and glass dead stretching plugs.

hi :). i had to restart stretching my ears (i only ever made it to 12g) but im tying to get past 12g now and it isn’t working. i’ve had the jewelry in for about 3 months now and i’ve been taking care of my lobes so im not really sure what the issue is :(. if anyone could help, that would be amazing!

i’ve been wanting to stretch since i got my septum piercing and today my jewelry finally came in!!
it’s a titanium horseshoe 14g. 16g->14g
ignore the black specs and grey around my mouth lmaoo i’m a black lipstick warrior

Has anyone with10 gauge or larger nipple piercings gone back and doubled them?

Já uso alargador na orelha direita e vou alargar a orelha esquerda também. Porém, curto muito usar brincos (o que me fez demorar para alargar a orelha esquerda), mas não sei se fica legal usar alargador e fazer outros furos para brincos. Até busquei algumas referências, mas as que encontrei não curti muito. O que acham? Alguém usa alargador e brincos? Fica bom e esteticamente bonito?

I already wear an ear gauge in my right ear, and I’m planning to stretch my left ear as well. The thing is, I really love wearing earrings (which is why I’ve held off on stretching my left ear), but I’m not sure if it looks good to have a gauge while also having other piercings for earrings. I’ve looked for some examples, but none of the ones I found really appealed to me. What do you think? Does anyone here wear both a gauge and earrings? Does it look good, is it aesthetically pleasing?

Hey there, first post here and just starting on stretching (not sure where I would want to stop yet), I just recently put in the 14g up from my 16g original piercing that I've had for a few years, however the 14g honestly slid right in without issue and even feels like it has some wiggle room. I wore some pretty heavy earrings before even thinking about stretching so maybe they have widened out a bit but im not sure. My gut tells me to stick to the normal times listed on the guide yall have, but also if I could cut off a month or so by moving up as long as the next size fits that would probably be nice. Don't want to risk it without advice or knowledge from those with experience.

Im gonna start stretching my lobes within the next month or so and I wanna know if yall have any advice that isnt just the basic use lube or go slow thank you