Thinking about gauging ears?

Just to be on the safe side and cause you less pain I would start at 18 or 16g, and it's not called gauging it's called stretching.

Before you start stretching you need to be educated so that you do not cause damage to your lobes.

I don't know how large you plan to stretch, but if you plan one day to not have stretched lobes and you want your lobes to go back to normal I advise you to Not stretch past 2g because going any larger your ear will not heal back to normal. if you do plan to go larger than 2g here is some advice I give you dear friend, Never ever ever skip/jump sizes you will damage your ears, cause blow outs, thinning of the lobes, and even rips or tears. When stretching you should be using oils such as Jojoba oil, emu oil, vitamin E, and or Bio oil to lube and ease stretching. also oil massages should be done between stretches so you can moisturize and thicken your lobes. at smaller stretches wait 4 weeks to a full month before stretching larger, and once you get to 2g (larger stretches) I advise you to wait 2-4 months before stretching. listen to your body. Stretching the lobes is NOT a contest. if you take it slow the results will be lovely.

here are a few good sites to purchase taper, plugs, kits, and other body jewelry from

www.minkymonky.com < very low prices.

www.kingsbodyjewelry.com < great for stretching kits.

http://www.kingsbodyjewelry.com/fulltaperkit14g-0g... < good kit for you.

DON'T start at 10.

Typically, regularly pierced ears are gauged around an 18-20 gauge. Sometimes it's a 16 but not often. Going from an 18 to a 10 is a BIG leap, so I strongly recommend buying a graduated spacer before you buy 14's. Get one with a tapered end- they often sell little wooden nail-like earrings that are very small and tapered and will eventually stretch them out. From there, you can go to the smallest size, like said, perhaps a 10, but i would stick to a tapered end spacer for the time being. Also, be aware, spacing out your ears are very addictive. Good luck!

Jeez.. I didn't know people felt so strongly against stretched ears.. haha. I, personally, find large gauge ears very attractive. I have 3/4" myself and I am most drawn to guys with 00g - 1" .. I've dated guys with 2"+ That's just me though. :]

i dont know about your sizing because im in england and its done by mm here but my first one was a 3mm and it reallllly hurtttt but next ones hurt less and less and now im at 8mm and it baarely hurt at all :)

it doesnt hurt to put 14s in, i started with 10's

First of all it's stretching not gauging... Start at ten.

DUMB.