twosheds:

fuckyeahstretchedears:

piercedandhooked:

I fixed it.

Stretching your lobes shouldn’t hurt if you do it properly. It might sting or burn a little bit but shouldn’t cause any actual pain; it should be completely and 100% bearable. A proper stretch will “feel like you didn’t even stretch”. Allow 6 months after your piercing initially heals to even begin stretching, wait at least one or more months in between stretches, use a lube, don’t skip sizes, use the proper stretching methods (don’t use silicone to stretch, and don’t use home-made tools or shit like that), wear the proper materials for fresh stretches (stainless steel, titanium, niobium, glass, etc; nothing organic, acrylic or silicone), and if it hurts, stop what you’re doing and downsize.

They may shrink down to a normal size depending on your body and how well you stretched them (if you fuck them up, they’re going to be more permanent). Or they may just shrink down to a smaller gauge size. At the size pictured in the image above, yeah, it more than likely won’t shrink down to a normal size but I decided to change the words to “may shrink down” because I don’t want anyone to think that it’s impossible.

hooray!

And don’t tell me every time you see them “but you totally don’t look like the type to do that!!! Omg you’re so nice though!!!” Since when are modified people all mean. Im used to those who are shocked to see them, I’ve had them for years and I live in a small town. But its the people I see almost everyday who still comment on how I’m somehow too ‘sweet’ to have them as though you have to be br00tal and crazy to do it. Gaahhhhdddd they’re not even huge.

Visiting my family for Christmas I got a few “But you’re so pretty. Why do that to yourself?” as if stretched ears and pierced lips makes me somehow automatically hideous.