This was found on a BAF online gallery. What’s awful, you ask? Well, what’s not awful? As you can see, the original lobe placement was far far too low to successfully accommodate a stretch, which is why you can see the extreme redness, very taught skin (which means it’s being put under too much pressure) and what will probably end up with a complete snap of the lobe unless it’s removed. This shows why it’s so important to have your lobe piercing placement checked before you embark on a stretching journey, as too low and you’ll end up in this situation, too high, and the stretch can press against your anti-tragus, and that’s pretty painful, and it means you can’t stretch any further. If you’re concerned about your lobe piercing placement, I’d recommend going to your local trusted piercing shop, and asking their opinion. There are multiple options on how to correct a bad lobe placement, piercing at a larger gauge, piercing in a different place etc. One thing which I personally don’t recommend is a dermal punch, as this removes tissue meaning you have less tissue to stretch with. But seriously folks, check your placement!
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This was found on a BAF online gallery.

What’s awful, you ask? Well, what’s not awful? As you can see, the original lobe placement was far far too low to successfully accommodate a stretch, which is why you can see the extreme redness, very taught skin (which means it’s being put under too much pressure) and what will probably end up with a complete snap of the lobe unless it’s removed.

This shows why it’s so important to have your lobe piercing placement checked before you embark on a stretching journey, as too low and you’ll end up in this situation, too high, and the stretch can press against your anti-tragus, and that’s pretty painful, and it means you can’t stretch any further.

If you’re concerned about your lobe piercing placement, I’d recommend going to your local trusted piercing shop, and asking their opinion. There are multiple options on how to correct a bad lobe placement, piercing at a larger gauge, piercing in a different place etc. One thing which I personally don’t recommend is a dermal punch, as this removes tissue meaning you have less tissue to stretch with.

But seriously folks, check your placement!

awfulmodifications:

If you’re going to called jewellery for stretched ears, ‘gauges’, then using that logic (It’s measured in a gauge, therefore it’s named a gauge), you must also call shoes ‘sizes’, drinks must be called ‘litres’, clothes must also be called ‘sizes’. Fruit sold by the pound, becomes known as ‘pound/s’. You can no longer buy sugar, you have to call it ‘kilograms’

Also, the gauge system only goes to 00g, so after that, and up until 1”, they must be called ‘fraction-of-inches. After that, they become known as ‘SICK INCHES’. Small jewellery is also measured by the gauge system (as well as in mm) so, anyone with a piercing has SICK GAUGES.

Surely this explains as to why we don’t refer to plugs, tunnels, eyelets, earskins, the stretched lobe themselves, as gauges.

You don’t have speedometers in your ears.

FUCKING PUSSIES

lilmiss-higherandhigher:

I’m annoyed with how many people i’ve fucking seen today post “OHHEMMMGGG. 2 TO A 0 WORST PAIN EVERRRRR.” shut the fuck up. I HAD TO GO FROM A 2 TO A 00 AND SHIT BARELY HURT. MOTHER FUCKING PUSS ASS PUSSIES. annoyed as fuck -.-

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.

LOL.

LOLOLOL.

What’s Awful: Skipping sizes and pain. 

YOU DO NOT SKIP SIZES AND BRAG ABOUT IT LEST YE BE PROCLAIMED AN IDIOT.

And you didn’t HAVE to. You were just too impatient. Difference.

help!?

hayflick:

your-w0rst-nightmare:

ok so my ear has been fat and red and shiny all day, took the 14mm taper out and blood goes everywhere and it smells like old tea and omg its so gross, so i put my 12mm back in but i wanna be wearing my 14mm in two weeks

dont mess with your ears kids

Woah woah woah. Let’s slow down here! Firstly. Take whatever you have in your lobe OUT. NOW. It will not want jewellery in it for a helluva long time, especially given that you caused your lobe to bleed! 

Leave your ear alone. Well alone. For a month. Then, slowly massage your lobe with oil (ie, jojoba, emu, bio oil, vitamin e etc) for three months. Then, safely insert safe jewellery. You might well have shrunk to 6 or 8mm by then.

Stretch slowly, stretch safely. A bleeding lobe is NOT a happy lobe.

Source: w4nker-xo

kingease332:

so my idiot drummer boy ricky, satan bless his soul, just ripped the fuck out of his ear, i told him not to stretch up all crazy and shit, but he didnt listen, so shit like this happens.

ENJOY!!!

Juuuust bringing this back.

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Source: kingease332

If you’re going to called jewellery for stretched ears, ‘gauges’, then using that logic (It’s measured in a gauge, therefore it’s named a gauge), you must also call shoes ‘sizes’, drinks must be called ‘litres’, clothes must also be called ‘sizes’. Fruit sold by the pound, becomes known as ‘pound/s’. You can no longer buy sugar, you have to call it ‘kilograms’

Also, the gauge system only goes to 00g, so after that, and up until 1”, they must be called ‘fraction-of-inches. After that, they become known as ‘SICK INCHES’. Small jewellery is also measured by the gauge system (as well as in mm) so, anyone with a piercing has SICK GAUGES.

Surely this explains as to why we don’t refer to plugs, tunnels, eyelets, earskins, the stretched lobe themselves, as gauges.

You don’t have speedometers in your ears.