Yeah, I think they're just uneducated. But there's a difference between knowing that calling them "gauges" is incorrect and deciding to call them that anyway, and just ignorance.
Uneducated? it's called a colloquial term. it's not uneducated to use something's colloquial name. i personally think it's ignorant for someone to be bothered that much by something that technically isn't even wrong.
BabyBatThing I'm actually done with this conversation because I remember she said she herself that was now knows she was using the wrong terminologies. A gauge is used to measure something. They don't go in your ears. When will the Kids learn and not loose all their credibility over that. We can't take kids like these seriously around these parts.
BabyBatThing So you think I'm ridiculously bothered by it? I know people call them that, but it makes them sound uneducated. That's just my opinion. You have your own, and that's great but you don't need to call me ignorant because I have a different one than you do. What I'm trying to say over this entire thing, is that if you are stretching or planning to stretch your ears, you probably want to call everything by its proper name because if you go into a shop and say "Hey, I'm looking to buy some gauges!" you're probably not going to look too educated about stretching your ears.
Hahaha all you pricks. My ears are stretched to 3/4 of an inch and idgaf if anyone calls them plugs, gauges, tunnels, or tapers. I'm smart enough to know what they're talking about. It's like someone saying "nice car!" And freaking out because it's a truck ctfu!
Everyone tried to tell me that mine wouldn't shrink down past 3/4" or 5/8". I was at 1-1/8". I've had them out for almost a week and they've shrunk down to 0g. I'm guessing I have a very good skin elasticity like yourself. I've only used Vitamin E oil once or twice in the past week, and I seem to be able to close them just by taking them out.
So if I were to only go to 00 they would probably close up better or fast than yours our because they're a lot smaller right? Just trying to get as much info on it as possible
I started stretching just after my 13th birthday, it took me just under a year to get to 1/2" (just had my 14th). I only wanted to be 6mm, now I'm 12mm. twice what I planned. yay for self control. but I'm starting to want to size up again and I am not allowing myself incase I regret it in the future. I sometimes want to have huge ears, other times I don't even want them pierced !
Just remember that it is bodymodification and it is a lot likely to stay the way you make them. I already wanted big ones when I started stretching them at age 14 but only made them 4mm also cause of not being sure if I'd regret it later cause I may wanna wear big earrings on both sides again which I used to like a lot. Now 9 years later I never missed the oportunity tonwear big earrings and I guess I'd be too lazzy to change the piercings anyway regulary. So I'm now at 12mm also (actually 13 with tapes to stick with 14 for a while) and my final goal is 16. I still get comments of friends even those who wear plugs to watch out to not go too big and regret it later. But now after waiting so many years I think I can be sure that I know what I want. And I'd recomment to you to also stay patient to remove any kinds of doubts you may have occationally. If you really want it - you'd get to donit later as well. And it'll be exciting also when time comes and you'll have something to look gorward to ;)
silicone works fine for me I have had my 6gauge white silicones in for two months now but just don't stretch with silicone that's when your ears get all infected and stuff
I have had stretching my ears for 8 years and I am up to an inch now. And I think it's ridiculous that so many people are prudes about people calling them "gauges" or "plugs." Get over it. You're ignorant for thinking it actually matters so much to the world what she calls them.
Will using emu oil speed up the process? I had 50mm lobes and left them out for about two weeks and they shrunk down to 25mm without putting anything on them so will emu oil speed up the process?
so I was at a 0 and I took them out maybe a week ago and I've been using bio oil for scarring and vitamin e oil and they look like they are getting smaller but all my jewlery still fits
Totally amazing. Mine have been stretched to 1 inch for 15 years. Recently decided to test if I could shrink them since there is a point of "no return". I am just at an age where I want them smaller. After 3 days of leaving them out, a 1 inch tunnel wont even fit in my ear. I am down to 7/8 in 3 days! If I can get down to 1/2" I'll be happy!
@mikanoelle what if you're a size 1 1/8ths? would it still close with the cholesterol cream? i've never had blowouts or cuts on my ears either. My ears were really healthy when i was stretching. That's why i'm hoping this would work.
how long did you have them before you took them out? because i had mine at a 2g for 7 years and left them out for a month (not on purpose, i just never put the jewelry back in after a shower) and mine didnt shrink at all.
Haha I'm pretty much in the same situation you are. I was at 3/4 for about 2 years, took them out and they shrunk to a 4 within 2 months without me doing anything to them. I've never had any blow outs and I've only bled once but I let them full heal before I tried to stretch them again. I got sick of the little holes so I went back up to 7/16. I've worked as a chef the past 3 years so they were never a problem, but I just got a job as a project manager at a market research company and I'm not sure what their policy is so I might try to close them again. If I do, I'll definitely try the cholesterol! Thanks for the tips. :)
I went up to 00 in 11th grade and I took them off for a year and a half and won't shrink past size 12. This is the only thing messing up my MARINES enlistment process..
So many people who are not a fan of body mods are always the ones to make comments about this stuff. And usually their comments are negative. I have so many friends who say I 'gauge' my ears when in reality I was stretching them. I started stretching in 2008 and would wait a month or more between sizes. I wasn't perfect at stretching. I had a blowout and one lobe is thinner than the other. But all in all I do not regret what I did. I was 1'' at my largest and stretching up to that size was harder than I anticipated. For me and my body, stopping the stretching process at 1'' was probably a good idea. I made the decision, in the last 9 months, to downsize. I was over the appeal of the larger size jewelry. Now I am at a 9/16". I am still wanting to go smaller, to a 1/2'', but I don't do much in the way of helping my ears shrink. I clean them frequently and take out my jewelry when I go to bed. So...do what works for you. If you want to stretch until your ears are the size of a coke can just go slowly and be prepared for people to comment/stare/etc. If you want to go down in size then leave your jewelry out for as long as you can stand to. Also invest in vit e oil or jojoba oil and massage the heck out of them. Everyone's ears/skin are different and everyone should not expect the same result. What does or does not work for me, may or may not work for you. Just be smart about what you do. Also be aware that you may not be able to get certain jobs due to appearances.
hey, i was at a 1/2 and just decided to take them out. the right is shrinking really fast, and the left is taking its time. the only problem i have, is they look terrible. they aren't just going down in size but they're also leaving a bunch of bumps on my ears and they just don't look too good. is there any way i could fix this?
I've had a very similar experience, mine were a bit smaller than yours and now the holes less than a month later (new job wont let me have them) they are 5/3mm wide... I am loving the idea of wearing normal earrings again but want them to shrink asap haha!! :) Did yours ever go back to normal piercing size?
Hey! My lobes are at a 7/16th which is right after 00's and I'm trying to heal them up since I'm trying to join the Marines, and I'm gonna have to heal them COMPLETELY. Now you mention 2 types of vitamins (E and C) what does each of those vitamins do for your ear?
I thought about sizing up to 00, but I didn't know how my ears would look if I took them out. After watching this, this made me feel like my ears would look kinda normal if I took them out.
Alrighty I'm pretty sure I'm far gone and thinking about closing my lobes. Just taking them out works to close them about 8mm, I have pretty healthy ears and I'm only at 1-7/8" and wouldn't mind going down to 1" lets see if what you did helps
Sorry my english but u decrease the ear's expansions to closed the hole?¿ For exaple: If i used 6mm, i need to used later 5mm , and later 4mm ? Sorry again my english XDDD but i need to know how to closed my ear hole to work :'(. I hope u cant help me.
My plugs when I took them out were 5'8's then I went to 1/2 inch and took those out now my ears are that size after almost a year I wish they would go back to tiny earrings size :(
I've had 1/2 gauges for at least 6 years now. Idk if yours will shrink up too much more tbh, I've left mine out for 3 weeks to a month and after 2 weeks they didn't really shrink anymore. Not trying to be negative or anything, I might leave them out even longer this time and see what happens. I'm kind of tired of catching attitude and getting attention for them
Ha and I totally agree with everyone saying they're not called gauges. I hate calling them that but sometimes when talking to people or shopping for new plugs or something online (or like when I was trying to find videos like these) I have to call them gauges or people don't know what I'm talking about. A bit irritating, but whatever.
Do u regret closing them? I'm debating whether to close mine...I too woke up n thought to myself do I really still see myself like this...I'm at 22mm not too far from ur former size
Why would someone even engage in body mutilation like ear Gauges just for "style" anyway - even if it takes a long time for them to heal, even sometimes requiring surgery?
I got mine to close over 7 months and I was at 9/16. But I had extremely healthy lobes and stretched just about every month. It all depends on how you took care of your ears.
@kim who cares if she messed up some terminology, she's just trying to help. A lot of people refer to their plugs as their gauges, if they were tapers I might give her some guff, but geez lighten up. Thanks for the video!
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I just want to advocate for silicone bc I always used them for stretching and they help heal quicker and they keep your ear cleaner ( no dead body smell )
was a 00 decided it was time to join the army, I took them out in January of 2016 they're sill healing but I have time before meps if they stop I'm going in for a correction.
Miss.Massacre hey! I was wondering if you can give me an update on your ears? Did they end up closing on their own? I'm trying to join too, & i had 00, they've been out for a week & i'm afraid they might not close all the way. Thanks !
I'm about to do a video on it, but i had to take a nail file and drag it until the skin got raw (making sure everything was sanitized this file is only used for my ears, cleaned, and then put into a new plastic bag every time) and then id clean the earlobe and go to bed it usually started to heal and would get stuck together my left ear is perfectly healed I'm still working on the right. I only did this because i cant afford $500 to get my ears sewn but if you can afford the surgery i suggest doing that.
Miss.Massacre thanks for the response! My ears have shrunk but theres a slight hole that won't pass the flashlight test. I'll shove a taper in to stretch the flesh a bit so it can reopen & close! Thanks for the idea. & no, i wish i could afford surgery but i'm a broke college student in debt haha. Thanks again!
You must have some stretchy ears then. Mine were up to 3/4 and now they're at 0g. they won't get any smaller than that. I took my 0g plugs out for 3 months and they didn't shrink so i got impatient and just put them back in. :-/
Why would you do that????? Think of how long a body takes toheal itself from such a procedure! You need to be more patient! 3months is not enough time for most people so you putting your gauges back in makes things a whole lot worse
i want too stretch my ears to about 8mm for now but I can only go to 2mm because im 13 and my school don't allow it, but if I do go bigger when im older I will keep this in mind so I can go smaller if I don't like it, seen as im still young xD
like i could understand people who dont have stretched ears calling them gauges because they dont know any better but like fuck come on if you have stretched ears and you dont even know the proper terms you look fuckin dumb
What the fuck? Why is everyone so pissed she's calling them "gauges"? My brother Zac has about her size and calls them gauges or plugs. I call them that too. What's so wrong?
KrazyGame17 plugs, stretched ears, stretching, only use gauge when talking about the actual size, but you only use gauge until 00g then you use fraction of a inch to measure the size
what gets me so upset about this is that she keeps on calling them "gauges" like yeah i know what shes talking about but i mean cmon, if you were to go to that size you should know the correct term it is, and she said "my punk kid, scene thing" just, no. if your gonna stretch your ears, make sure you love them and not do it bc its the thing to do, and i think that emo, goth or scenes dont do this kinda of stuff, those are just phases, and having big stretched ears like that isnot supposd to be a phase .-.
I have a size 14 gauge, so I'm obviously just starting out. I don't get all the complaints of her calling them gauges. The theme seems to be, she is ignorant; gauges are a measurement. The part I don't get is plug means to block, or obstruct. So if you have a hole, that can't be a plug. Plug, just seems like slang for an earring. I am ignorant, on this subject. I just never knew this was a common thing until recently, and was wondering why.
I wasn't "whining" It was politely educating, Some people don't know the correct terms because they were not exposed to them. I was trying to to be nice, in case some ass-hat came along and called her uneducated for using the word "gauges". People in the body mod world can be harsh sometimes. There was no intention of me showing I was upset in that comment, because I'm not.
Gauge= the size of the jewelry Plug= the actual jewelry Gosh darn it! Ignorant people. & I never knew there was such a thing as 5/7s lol mine were at double zero and shrunk back to a normal 18g (earring) then I stretched again now I'm at 1&1/8, and going back down hopefully to 3/4 for prom cx lol
Okay. They are not called "Gauges", they are stretched earlobes. A gauge is the size of a piercing, not the name of the jewelry or the piercing itself. Get your facts straight. If you call them "gauges", you shouldn't be stretching your ears at all.
Just for the record, she can call them gauges. Its not the most proper thing to call them but it can be justified. Its alright to say gauging your ears because you are resizing them, and a gauge is a size, so really thats alright. She has a size in her ear. A gauge size in her ear. I mean its not the best but it does work. I personally call them Plugs but you can call them whatever. "sorry not trying to blah blah blah" or "i like your tattoos but when you say gauges..." is just as "ignorant".
You are joking right?! Do you have videos/pictures of that big plug into your ears. Dam you have dam flexible ears, lucky, What the size now, can you put a plug and pull your ear down, is there is empty space? is the ears relaxed now that's why they look small, I am wondering what the real size now.
Everyone is cringing over "guages." I'm crippling at the "I was punk or scene kid of whaterwhat then I was through my hippy phase so I have wood guages." This video legitimately gave me cancer.
I hate when people get all pissy about the use of "gauges". It's just slang. Slang is always changing. Even if it's supposedly incorrect since a gauge is a size of measurement, if enough people use it and it catches on, it's slang. Get over it.
You could always somehow turn your favorite gauges into a necklace or a different type of jewelry or art.
Every time she says "gauges" a piece of my soul dies a little bit more.
I feel the same way. And the worst in that MANY websites teach the kids to call them "gauges".
Yeah, I think they're just uneducated. But there's a difference between knowing that calling them "gauges" is incorrect and deciding to call them that anyway, and just ignorance.
Uneducated? it's called a colloquial term. it's not uneducated to use something's colloquial name. i personally think it's ignorant for someone to be bothered that much by something that technically isn't even wrong.
BabyBatThing I'm actually done with this conversation because I remember she said she herself that was now knows she was using the wrong terminologies. A gauge is used to measure something. They don't go in your ears. When will the Kids learn and not loose all their credibility over that. We can't take kids like these seriously around these parts.
BabyBatThing So you think I'm ridiculously bothered by it? I know people call them that, but it makes them sound uneducated. That's just my opinion. You have your own, and that's great but you don't need to call me ignorant because I have a different one than you do. What I'm trying to say over this entire thing, is that if you are stretching or planning to stretch your ears, you probably want to call everything by its proper name because if you go into a shop and say "Hey, I'm looking to buy some gauges!" you're probably not going to look too educated about stretching your ears.
Hahaha all you pricks. My ears are stretched to 3/4 of an inch and idgaf if anyone calls them plugs, gauges, tunnels, or tapers. I'm smart enough to know what they're talking about. It's like someone saying "nice car!" And freaking out because it's a truck ctfu!
*Clap clap*
nope. gauge is a measurement and taper is a piercing tool. ctfu! too
I so fucking agree with you omg
martine lopez you are so cute
Everyone tried to tell me that mine wouldn't shrink down past 3/4" or 5/8". I was at 1-1/8". I've had them out for almost a week and they've shrunk down to 0g. I'm guessing I have a very good skin elasticity like yourself. I've only used Vitamin E oil once or twice in the past week, and I seem to be able to close them just by taking them out.
The beauty is strong in this one.
So if I were to only go to 00 they would probably close up better or fast than yours our because they're a lot smaller right? Just trying to get as much info on it as possible
For somebody who stretched to such a large size, you think that you'd refer to them in the right terminology.
Your video helped so much! :D
I'm currently at 14mm in both ears, and I'm trying to close them up.
Thanks so much! ^^
I started stretching just after my 13th birthday, it took me just under a year to get to 1/2" (just had my 14th). I only wanted to be 6mm, now I'm 12mm. twice what I planned. yay for self control. but I'm starting to want to size up again and I am not allowing myself incase I regret it in the future. I sometimes want to have huge ears, other times I don't even want them pierced !
Just remember that it is bodymodification and it is a lot likely to stay the way you make them. I already wanted big ones when I started stretching them at age 14 but only made them 4mm also cause of not being sure if I'd regret it later cause I may wanna wear big earrings on both sides again which I used to like a lot. Now 9 years later I never missed the oportunity tonwear big earrings and I guess I'd be too lazzy to change the piercings anyway regulary. So I'm now at 12mm also (actually 13 with tapes to stick with 14 for a while) and my final goal is 16. I still get comments of friends even those who wear plugs to watch out to not go too big and regret it later. But now after waiting so many years I think I can be sure that I know what I want.
And I'd recomment to you to also stay patient to remove any kinds of doubts you may have occationally. If you really want it - you'd get to donit later as well. And it'll be exciting also when time comes and you'll have something to look gorward to ;)
My Scene phase might have killed my chances to get into the Marine Corps because I went up to an inch.
How Big were your ears.... I need the hope.
I feel your pain. I have 3 tattoos that are out of regulations and stretched ears. I want to do the USMC as well but my outlook is bleak. :/
silicone works fine for me I have had my 6gauge white silicones in for two months now but just don't stretch with silicone that's when your ears get all infected and stuff
I have had stretching my ears for 8 years and I am up to an inch now. And I think it's ridiculous that so many people are prudes about people calling them "gauges" or "plugs." Get over it. You're ignorant for thinking it actually matters so much to the world what she calls them.
Will using emu oil speed up the process? I had 50mm lobes and left them out for about two weeks and they shrunk down to 25mm without putting anything on them so will emu oil speed up the process?
so I was at a 0 and I took them out maybe a week ago and I've been using bio oil for scarring and vitamin e oil and they look like they are getting smaller but all my jewlery still fits
Totally amazing. Mine have been stretched to 1 inch for 15 years. Recently decided to test if I could shrink them since there is a point of "no return". I am just at an age where I want them smaller. After 3 days of leaving them out, a 1 inch tunnel wont even fit in my ear. I am down to 7/8 in 3 days! If I can get down to 1/2" I'll be happy!
Emmy Dreadful updates?
@mikanoelle what if you're a size 1 1/8ths? would it still close with the cholesterol cream? i've never had blowouts or cuts on my ears either. My ears were really healthy when i was stretching. That's why i'm hoping this would work.
how long did you have them before you took them out?
because i had mine at a 2g for 7 years and left them out for a month (not on purpose, i just never put the jewelry back in after a shower) and mine didnt shrink at all.
I'm currently at 14mm in both ears I don't know if they'll close. Would they?
Haha I'm pretty much in the same situation you are. I was at 3/4 for about 2 years, took them out and they shrunk to a 4 within 2 months without me doing anything to them. I've never had any blow outs and I've only bled once but I let them full heal before I tried to stretch them again. I got sick of the little holes so I went back up to 7/16. I've worked as a chef the past 3 years so they were never a problem, but I just got a job as a project manager at a market research company and I'm not sure what their policy is so I might try to close them again. If I do, I'll definitely try the cholesterol! Thanks for the tips. :)
I went up to 00 in 11th grade and I took them off for a year and a half and won't shrink past size 12. This is the only thing messing up my MARINES enlistment process..
So many people who are not a fan of body mods are always the ones to make comments about this stuff. And usually their comments are negative. I have so many friends who say I 'gauge' my ears when in reality I was stretching them. I started stretching in 2008 and would wait a month or more between sizes. I wasn't perfect at stretching. I had a blowout and one lobe is thinner than the other. But all in all I do not regret what I did. I was 1'' at my largest and stretching up to that size was harder than I anticipated. For me and my body, stopping the stretching process at 1'' was probably a good idea. I made the decision, in the last 9 months, to downsize. I was over the appeal of the larger size jewelry. Now I am at a 9/16". I am still wanting to go smaller, to a 1/2'', but I don't do much in the way of helping my ears shrink. I clean them frequently and take out my jewelry when I go to bed. So...do what works for you. If you want to stretch until your ears are the size of a coke can just go slowly and be prepared for people to comment/stare/etc. If you want to go down in size then leave your jewelry out for as long as you can stand to. Also invest in vit e oil or jojoba oil and massage the heck out of them. Everyone's ears/skin are different and everyone should not expect the same result. What does or does not work for me, may or may not work for you. Just be smart about what you do. Also be aware that you may not be able to get certain jobs due to appearances.
hey, i was at a 1/2 and just decided to take them out. the right is shrinking really fast, and the left is taking its time. the only problem i have, is they look terrible. they aren't just going down in size but they're also leaving a bunch of bumps on my ears and they just don't look too good. is there any way i could fix this?
I've had a very similar experience, mine were a bit smaller than yours and now the holes less than a month later (new job wont let me have them) they are 5/3mm wide... I am loving the idea of wearing normal earrings again but want them to shrink asap haha!! :) Did yours ever go back to normal piercing size?
I had 00's and still have small holes. I'm joining the Marines and need them to close up... Any ideas?
Hey! My lobes are at a 7/16th which is right after 00's and I'm trying to heal them up since I'm trying to join the Marines, and I'm gonna have to heal them COMPLETELY. Now you mention 2 types of vitamins (E and C) what does each of those vitamins do for your ear?
are your ear lobes bigger than before you put the tunels in?
I thought about sizing up to 00, but I didn't know how my ears would look if I took them out. After watching this, this made me feel like my ears would look kinda normal if I took them out.
Alrighty I'm pretty sure I'm far gone and thinking about closing my lobes. Just taking them out works to close them about 8mm, I have pretty healthy ears and I'm only at 1-7/8" and wouldn't mind going down to 1" lets see if what you did helps
Sorry my english but u decrease the ear's expansions to closed the hole?¿ For exaple: If i used 6mm, i need to used later 5mm , and later 4mm ? Sorry again my english XDDD but i need to know how to closed my ear hole to work :'(. I hope u cant help me.
Do u listen to in this moment?
My plugs when I took them out were 5'8's then I went to 1/2 inch and took those out now my ears are that size after almost a year I wish they would go back to tiny earrings size :(
Oh yeah I didn't use any oils or anything I just took em out and mine are a little tinier than yours.
I've had 1/2 gauges for at least 6 years now. Idk if yours will shrink up too much more tbh, I've left mine out for 3 weeks to a month and after 2 weeks they didn't really shrink anymore. Not trying to be negative or anything, I might leave them out even longer this time and see what happens. I'm kind of tired of catching attitude and getting attention for them
my ears are 14 mm .....will they still close up if i just take out my plugs?
Ha and I totally agree with everyone saying they're not called gauges. I hate calling them that but sometimes when talking to people or shopping for new plugs or something online (or like when I was trying to find videos like these) I have to call them gauges or people don't know what I'm talking about. A bit irritating, but whatever.
Do u regret closing them?
I'm debating whether to close mine...I too woke up n thought to myself do I really still see myself like this...I'm at 22mm not too far from ur former size
Why would someone even engage in body mutilation like ear Gauges just for "style" anyway - even if it takes a long time for them to heal, even sometimes requiring surgery?
its not body mutilation. it's body MODIFICATION!!
body mutilation is like scarification.
why don't you just worry about yourself.
BabyBatThing scarification is a mod too
I got mine to close over 7 months and I was at 9/16. But I had extremely healthy lobes and stretched just about every month. It all depends on how you took care of your ears.
it helps to put in your smaller plugs you wore to stretch with so it keeps the hole and even roundness if that makes sense :p
@kim who cares if she messed up some terminology, she's just trying to help. A lot of people refer to their plugs as their gauges, if they were tapers I might give her some guff, but geez lighten up. Thanks for the video!
0:15 " i guess they were not really huge"... and you pull out the Titanic! :P
LOL!
HOW EXACTLY DO THEY SHRINK??? PLEASE EXPLAIN.
mine are 00g and im hoping this works for me
You can use your plugs as buttons on a two button cardigan
the amount of times you didnt say plugs... hurts me.
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I just want to advocate for silicone bc I always used them for stretching and they help heal quicker and they keep your ear cleaner ( no dead body smell )
Your ears are gonna fall off one day, you know.
*plugs.
Go to about the 3 minute mark to hear her grt to the point
You're drop dead gorgeous
Yeah they did :D thanks so much :))
Do you have pictures when you used to use these plugs?
can you talk more about your ears piercings, your tattoos, alll about you look fun to know.
okay, thank you!! :)
Where do I get some of that cholesterol cream?
was a 00 decided it was time to join the army, I took them out in January of 2016 they're sill healing but I have time before meps if they stop I'm going in for a correction.
Miss.Massacre hey! I was wondering if you can give me an update on your ears? Did they end up closing on their own? I'm trying to join too, & i had 00, they've been out for a week & i'm afraid they might not close all the way. Thanks !
I'm about to do a video on it, but i had to take a nail file and drag it until the skin got raw (making sure everything was sanitized this file is only used for my ears, cleaned, and then put into a new plastic bag every time) and then id clean the earlobe and go to bed it usually started to heal and would get stuck together my left ear is perfectly healed I'm still working on the right.
I only did this because i cant afford $500 to get my ears sewn but if you can afford the surgery i suggest doing that.
not everyone heals the same and since i go to meps in December i needed to heal fast without the surgery this was a last resort.
Miss.Massacre thanks for the response! My ears have shrunk but theres a slight hole that won't pass the flashlight test. I'll shove a taper in to stretch the flesh a bit so it can reopen & close! Thanks for the idea. & no, i wish i could afford surgery but i'm a broke college student in debt haha. Thanks again!
yeah I cant afford it either is it just me laughing and crying at the same time or are you too?
thanks
i got mine sewn yesterday. it was 700 for both ears but i was only at 3/4th.
they are badass but in the long run they arent worth it.
You must have some stretchy ears then. Mine were up to 3/4 and now they're at 0g. they won't get any smaller than that. I took my 0g plugs out for 3 months and they didn't shrink so i got impatient and just put them back in. :-/
Why would you do that????? Think of how long a body takes toheal itself from such a procedure! You need to be more patient! 3months is not enough time for most people so you putting your gauges back in makes things a whole lot worse
Have they closed completely with more time? :)
if people call them "gauges", then they're not ready to stretch their ears
i want too stretch my ears to about 8mm for now but I can only go to 2mm because im 13 and my school don't allow it, but if I do go bigger when im older I will keep this in mind so I can go smaller if I don't like it, seen as im still young xD
same thing with me I woke up and took all my jewels out septum Gage's ext
call them gauges one more time....
no
Right..I got so annoyed I couldn't finish the video.
LMAO
Terminoligy is important.
that's crazy to do that twice
"gauges" -___-
Pllluuuggss there callledd plugggss
chania chaisson .... "They're"
like i could understand people who dont have stretched ears calling them gauges because they dont know any better but like fuck come on if you have stretched ears and you dont even know the proper terms you look fuckin dumb
And she talks about really big ears. Like that's not really big. I was expecting her to pull out two inches.
hahah exactly... shes so uneducated it hurts
Thanks for the info I'm trying to get rid of mine too to join the military.
What the fuck? Why is everyone so pissed she's calling them "gauges"? My brother Zac has about her size and calls them gauges or plugs. I call them that too. What's so wrong?
***** then what do we call them then?
because people will literally get pissed off about everything
KrazyGame17 plugs, stretched ears, stretching,
only use gauge when talking about the actual size, but you only use gauge until 00g then you use fraction of a inch to measure the size
what gets me so upset about this is that she keeps on calling them "gauges" like yeah i know what shes talking about but i mean cmon, if you were to go to that size you should know the correct term it is, and she said "my punk kid, scene thing" just, no. if your gonna stretch your ears, make sure you love them and not do it bc its the thing to do, and i think that emo, goth or scenes dont do this kinda of stuff, those are just phases, and having big stretched ears like that isnot supposd to be a phase .-.
I stretched my ear lobes to 1/2 inch, why not just buy a pair of skin tone plugs?
I have a size 14 gauge, so I'm obviously just starting out. I don't get all the complaints of her calling them gauges. The theme seems to be, she is ignorant; gauges are a measurement. The part I don't get is plug means to block, or obstruct. So if you have a hole, that can't be a plug. Plug, just seems like slang for an earring. I am ignorant, on this subject. I just never knew this was a common thing until recently, and was wondering why.
whats the problem with calling them gauges? the size of them does infact measure in gauges. thats why its called a 0gauge.
I was at 5/8 and they shrank to 4g within a week
Never ever go above 00's. If you want your ears to look normal later on in life never go above 2's.
Gauges, tapers, plugs, tunnels, who the fuck cares what you call it. You understand what she's talking about, just watch the video and move on ffs.
now when im doing cholesterol foils at school I'll think of this haha
Haha, five sevenths that's cute
i know gauges is not the correct term but honestly thats what most people know them as
every time you say 'gauges' i cringe ._. but i like your plugs so much!!
i'm guessing her ears aren't the only elasticity part of her body
five sevenths of an inch?
5/8..
I wasn't "whining"
It was politely educating,
Some people don't know the correct terms because they were not exposed to them.
I was trying to to be nice, in case some ass-hat came along and called her uneducated for using the word "gauges".
People in the body mod world can be harsh sometimes.
There was no intention of me showing I was upset in that comment,
because I'm not.
Your really cute
Gauge= the size of the jewelry
Plug= the actual jewelry
Gosh darn it! Ignorant people. & I never knew there was such a thing as 5/7s lol mine were at double zero and shrunk back to a normal 18g (earring) then I stretched again now I'm at 1&1/8, and going back down hopefully to 3/4 for prom cx lol
"i used to be into being a punk kid a scene kid" all i have to say is lol
Okay. They are not called "Gauges", they are stretched earlobes. A gauge is the size of a piercing, not the name of the jewelry or the piercing itself. Get your facts straight. If you call them "gauges", you shouldn't be stretching your ears at all.
Just for the record, she can call them gauges. Its not the most proper thing to call them but it can be justified. Its alright to say gauging your ears because you are resizing them, and a gauge is a size, so really thats alright. She has a size in her ear. A gauge size in her ear. I mean its not the best but it does work. I personally call them Plugs but you can call them whatever. "sorry not trying to blah blah blah" or "i like your tattoos but when you say gauges..." is just as "ignorant".
Every time she said "gauges" I cringed.
I facepalmed when she said 5/7ths.
Gauges*
You are joking right?!
Do you have videos/pictures of that big plug into your ears. Dam you have dam flexible ears, lucky,
What the size now, can you put a plug and pull your ear down, is there is empty space? is the ears relaxed now that's why they look small, I am wondering what the real size now.
Everyone is cringing over "guages." I'm crippling at the "I was punk or scene kid of whaterwhat then I was through my hippy phase so I have wood guages." This video legitimately gave me cancer.
either way ... shit is fucking gross. I dont understand how you can be taken seriously when you punk scene kids look like dumbo.
actually they are not called plugs, the right term would be eyelets, so everybody is wrong
Lol 5/7
Thank god I stopped at 00's
5/7ths..
I think you mean 5/8..
+Avery Ashbaugh did you watch the fucking video?
NOT CALLED GAUGES. FFS
i think im in that scene wana be stage lol haha
Sorry, not trying to be an ass...
but they are "plugs" not "gauges",
Its just a pet peeve of mine...
your tattoos are gorgeous though (:
I hate when people get all pissy about the use of "gauges". It's just slang. Slang is always changing. Even if it's supposedly incorrect since a gauge is a size of measurement, if enough people use it and it catches on, it's slang. Get over it.
It bothers me soooo much every time someone uses "there" when they should use "they're"