r/Stretched

Glass tunnels are my all time favorite!

Looking to add more to my collection.

Who do you all recommend for good quality? I keep seeing sponsored pages on social media and too nervous to try them.

Everyone I know with guages just shop at Hot Topic/Spencer's. Their glass selections are VERY limited 👎

(These ones are my favorite! I get stopped and asked about them all the time whenever I am wearing them. The faceted side turns into a disco ball in the sun. And they're like a 2 in 1 because I can flip them and they're a solid color, you can see the green shining through onto my neck)

i’ve had my septum pierced at 16g for 3+ years and decided to move up to 14g. i did this three days ago and since it has been consistently incredibly painful without stop unless i’m taking ibuprofen.

i understand pain with stretching is common but i don’t feel like this is normal? i’ve always been pretty sure it was pierced correctly and i have a decent pain tolerance but this is awful. adding an image in case that helps or i am wrong about the placement (i know the jewelry is tiny, accidentally ordered an 8mm diameter)

anyways, looking for input because i am new to stretching anything and this doesn’t feel like a normal amount of pain for such a small stretch

Has anyone bought or tried these types of plugs before?

My first goal reached!! 00g as of today. So far no tears or blowouts..

now I’m looking for some tasteful plugs for funeral work. It must be conservative and look like a regular earring.

If anyone has suggestions please feel free to share!

So I’ve noticed my right lobe (first picture) has become kinda puffy and red and the left (second picture) is fine? In the pictures I’ve used oil to keep them lubed. I’ve been using the dead stretching in stainless steel.. please help, am I cooked!? What should do?

Anyone have advice on ears going from a 8G to a 6G? Im trying to size up and it hurts like a mfer when I try so Ive backed off. Should I get a 7G or wait longer? Its been about 2 months. I use joba when i change them out.

My ears are currently at a 14mm and I want to stop at 18mm but I feel like my ears are too small😭

I’m a fully healed 3/4 and I was a bit thin several months ago but I’ve been going naked more/ not sleeping with plugs in massaging the lobes ect. For months now and I think I want to try and size up. Do we think it’s possible or should I play it safe and stay at 3/4ths?

1 inch lobes are like this constantly. i already massage them with jojoba oil pretty much every day since i usually sleep without plugs and put them back on in the morning when getting ready. i rarely put soap directly on them (i guess shampoo does get onto them when i wash my hair?) i usually just wipe them with wet wipes or wet cloth and a tiny bit of odorless hand soap. what am i doing wrong😭 they lowkey looked better back when i was a teen and never took my plugs out and never cleaned them lmao

I’m going to Louisiana to visit my grandma for three weeks. She’s very catholic so there’s no way of talking her into letting me wear my septum while I’m w her. I thought about using Silicon gauges to keep the hole from closing but I don’t think my septum is big enough. Pls pls help I rlly don’t want to take this piercing out it took so long to heal.