My roommate’s been stretching his ears for a little under 6 months. He always skips sizes and every time he stretches up his ears swell up and bleed profusely-but insists it’s normal. He was at a 0g 3 months ago and is now at 1” and continuing to stretch. Last week he was at 1/2”, stretched to 5/8” the NEXT day then to 7/8” a few days later by taping up his plug EVERY 5 MINUTES. He also made his own wooden “gauges” from a tree branch that had fallen into our patio-keep in mind our patio normally has feces on it because that’s the only place our dog can do her “business”. He wont take any advice from me or my boyfriend. Needless to say his ears are destroyed.

What’s awful: He skips sizes like it’s going out of style, uses wrong stretching and jewelry terminology, made his own wooden plugs from gross wood that he found outside where my dog defecates.