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alicat72 said:
my response was to jayme who said he cannot put glass or metal in his body....he wants to use electric tape....

i always have used bone spirals for stretching, but i never let my ears get red or irritated....i take it slow.....

for most people, glass and metal cause more gunk to be produced which makes for stinky ears.....smells kinda like toe jam....ew.

in my training, i was never warned against wood or bone....what is the reasoning behind that? is it because they cannot be autoclaved?
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I think their just not as good because their more porous thus can suck up more germs between washing with antibacterial soap/sea salt. Glass or PTFE is preferred. I now remember he mentioned using the tape (bondage tape not electric, I know that will irritate your ears), so my apologies.
 
Yay for this thread! It's inspired me to start stretching my ears. I've been eyeing some beautiful plugs on etsy for a while and I'm working my way towards them!
 
hey 2c-

no need to apologize....i did not notice it said bondage tape....

the fact that bone and wood are porous means that they dry out faster, therefore the germs die....it's like the fact that a wood cutting board harbors less bacteria than a plastic one....but, there are pros and cons to all forms of jewelry.....
 
It's funny you should mention that, actually.
I'm sitting here with a piercing needle and jewellery, pondering where to put it.

I recently split my own tongue too.
 
Can't decide.
I was considering labret, but I haven't got appropriate jewellery to hand (everything too long) Not in the mood to push anything through cartilage at the moment and don't have enough experience to do genital on myself.
 
I need to start carving my own jewelry. I hate buying earrings when they could be made so cheaply with my own hands.
 
Carsick said:
Can't decide.
I was considering labret, but I haven't got appropriate jewellery to hand (everything too long) Not in the mood to push anything through cartilage at the moment and don't have enough experience to do genital on myself.
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That's right you split your own tongue. Did that heal well? How did you do it? Did you use 2 hemostats and suture it yourself? That's Bad ass!
 
I went the painful and long way that involves less bleeding.
Tied it until it got to almost nothing holding it together, then pulled a scalpel through the tip. No need for sutures and bleeding lasted one mouth rinse and was never heavy.
The endorphin rush was absolutely incredible. I ended up putting some music on and dancing around the room for about an hour.
 
yeah, thanks for the link to the glass plugs site. they have some neat stuff.
 
I don't have experience with ear piercings on my own or stretching them or anything of the sort but when I was 15 I decided it would be a good idea to pierce my own tongue. Went down to the local pet store and grabbed a couple hollow needles (2 just in case I scewed up the first time) bought a barbell to stick in afterwards. Total cost was under $10.00 and never had a problem with it. I decided I wanted a second one about a year later so I went ahead and did it ;)
second one is slightly slanted but not much and worked as good as the first.

I didn't think it hurt at all, getting your tongue pierced is unusually unpainful or it was for me anyway it just feels really strange
 
I expected it to hurt like a motherfucker and a half... but it wasn't really much of a deal really. I get a massive endorphin rush at the time though, and don't feel much immediately after it happens. With my tongue, it only sucked when it swelled up later that day, and the first week or so when things are a bit sore, and you are getting used to having the thing in your tongue (its been in 8 years and I feel really weird now if I don't have a barbell in there). I don't think I'd want to do that one myself even with clamps, etc,, just because of visibility issues, and i'd not want to mess up the placement.

I wouldn't want to do my own eyebrows either for similar reasons.

I'd do my own ear lobe/cartilage, lips, etc though. well, not an orbital or industrial... not something I'd want to have to do on my own. plus an industrial turned out to be the most painful (and for the longest time) out of anything I've had done.
 
Just got my nostrils done, planning on stretching up to a 4 I think. In time.

Also got a sweet microdermal just below my throat, I love it to death!

What's so funny about the things, is their the least painful procedure I've ever had, hands down. Just a quick punch with dermal, pop out the skin, finagle the the anchor under the first couple layers of skin, and zam. No muss, no fuss.

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Piercings are something I would leave up to the processionals. There is just so much that could go wrong. Ears aren't too big of a deal, but facial piercings, I would rather get done by a professional.

Just my two cents.
 
whew did it! I ended up using the end of an incense stick, wrapped in electric tape a few wraps. sterilized then just popped it in! Woooooo felt GOOD sliding in. I don't know what size they are I forget what each gauge looks like...maybe they are 8-10ish though? That osunds about right though to be able to squeak an 8 in after having a 00/000 (albeit years ago).

woohoo! let the stretching begin

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so im hangin out with S_S online and he asked that I post this picture for him so here is his ear all stretched out and looking cute. <3

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