# Calling people with stretched ears. **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 3, 2011, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/calling-people-with-stretched-ears/256763 "2011-02-03T12:26:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 21
**Author:** ![Sketchy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sketchy/32/6378_2.png) [@Sketchy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sketchy)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 5:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/calling-people-with-stretched-ears/256763/21 "2011-02-04T05:39:52Z")
> [@FS: 240sx Sold](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-240sx-sold/39403/7): > > Hate to say it, but I agree. You’ll probably get upset at my post, but oh well. > > For a couple reasons. > > 1. It grosses me out > 2. It can’t POSSIBLY be good for you career wise (if you ever want to get a good job). I know if I was a manager and a kid walked in with that crap I would tell him to leave right on the spot. Discrimination? Possibly. But it’s also EXTREMELY unprofessional looking. I’d hire a slob with an untucked shirt before I hired someone with funky piercings or ear lobe thingamagingis. > 3. It grosses me out > 4. According to you guys, stuff grows around it, etc. That can’t be good for you, even if you do maintain it. > > Obviously this is my opinion, and we all have one (whether for or against it) but this is one ‘style’ I do not comprehend. What the…I don’t even… > > Good luck though. Hopefully you find a set(s) that works for you. I have both ears done and they are fairly big. I also work in an office and deal with the general public allday also. On top of having the piercings i have a full sleeve and half sleeve. my ears are 00g maybe a tad bigger (7/16) due to the weight of the earrings. Mangers/ Bosses dont really care its getting accepted more and more in the work place. > [@latest fashion shots, now with nyspeed members!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/latest-fashion-shots-now-with-nyspeed-members/36378/71): > > I was actually thinking about doing this a few months ago . I have both ears pirced and my cartilidge done. I wasnt thinking on going big but bigger then just a regular pircing. Is it a pain in the ass ? > [@possible rim purchase. need some feedback](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/possible-rim-purchase-need-some-feedback/39374/37): > > hmm whats the smallest you can go ? You just force it in ? Like tdilogik and a highschool girl? You can buy a set of tapers on line that goes from 18g down to 00g thats what i did. Taper set was like 24 bucks. took me about 2 months to get from 14g down to 00g > [@69 Camaro resto - It's ALIVE! - no 56k](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/69-camaro-resto-its-alive-no-56k/13530/545): > > Hell no dude. Taper up. It’ll suck at first because it’ll go hella slow. Taper from regular piercing gauge to a 14 at the biggest, 16 is ideal. If it hurts stop and back it up a little, then leave it for a day or two, then push it the rest of the way through. > > If it hurts, it hurts for a reason. If you tear your lobe at all it will make scar tissue. Scar tissue doesn’t stretch or heal even half as good as regular skin and it is a pain in the ass to get rid of. Some people’s ears can take a lot of scarring with no real ill effect, other people are way sensitive to it. > > Really though, it shouldn’t ever hurt to stretch your ears. Above a 4 gauge stop using tapers also. Start using teflon tape or bondage tape to wrap the jewelry you have. One or two layers at a time, put the jewelry back in and give it a week, then do it again. Eventually you’ll hit the desired size. > > Take it slow. Always. I hate seeing people rush their lobes and get blowouts and shit. me also my buddies ears are GROSS hes at 3/4" and the amoutn of scarring is rediculous. > [@Thoughts on Dodge RAM pickups?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-dodge-ram-pickups/39335/34): > > 🤣rofl:rofl > > i wanted to to do small gauges for a while, but i NEED to finish my sleeve, i just need all the color then its fully done I going for my next session in march d00d. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/calling-people-with-stretched-ears/256763)._