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1/2 snapped lobe??

PUKE1
Joined: 13 Sep 2008
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Posted on October 9, 2008, 1:02 am

okay I have a huuge problem. I finally got to 2" in my lobes. never been so happy with em and for a couple weeks they were fine. somehow my right lobe develpoed a verry flat spot about 1/2 long and it became dangerrously thin, about 20 minutes after noticing I snagged that lobe on my hoodie while taking it off causing it to tear 1/2 way through the thin part making it look like someone took a pair of scissors to it. so I figured okay ill just take out the plugs n it'll heal in time. so a few days went by and I could barely put 1" plugs into my lobes, n I started weighing down the good lobe and 2 days later am back at 1" 1/2 n the right one is still tiny but has this insanely thin area, needless to say there's no jewelry in that one, but my question is, will I have to get it cut and stitched where the thick parts are, or will it eventually thicken up for the most part?? I've been oiling and massaging them like usual so for now I'm stuck with a stretched lobe and a shrinking destroyed one. help meeeee!!! if you have an answer and not just some smartass one, please let me know on here or email meeee raytardftk@tmail.com thanks if you can help =)

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Cloud
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Posted on October 9, 2008, 6:40 am

no, I don't think it will heal in time. I'm sorry but it sounds like you stretched too far, too fast.

But I'm not a big "stretcher" so maybe someone will have a different experience or opinion.

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BadKiTtY
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Posted on October 9, 2008, 9:56 am

You mentioned weights....weights are notorious for causing thinning because the part that has the most pressure on it stretches unevenly.

The massaging is a good idea, but I agree with Cloud. You are going fast. Even though you were at 2" if you had to downsize to 1" you shouldn't be getting back by a half an inch in a couple of days. That should take you months. Stressing your body by going so quickly also contributes to the thinning. In your situation your best bet probably is to have your ear reconstructed to be even all the way around, but keep in mind there WILL be some scar tissue no matter how minimal, and that will cause you to not be able to stretch as quickly or successfully and you will be forced to wait longer between stretches.

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PUKE1
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Posted on October 9, 2008, 12:15 pm

my bad I sorta mis-wrote my post. my left lobe , the really healthy one, I put an inch plug in it because it had a small cut in it and I didn't want to make it worse but I could pull my lobe down pretttty far so its not as if I went from an inch to inc n 1/2 know what I mean?? and I have two 0g hoops going through my tunnel I know its not the best way to stretch but its not making any flat spots yet same as the first time around. maybe I'll just be stuck with one huge lobe and one little one O(-_-)o

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TheFariesFire
Joined: 10 Feb 2008
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Posted on October 9, 2008, 2:46 pm

10 points for the Illustration! lol

Having one small lobe and one larger lobe isn't all that bad. For example, it's better than having one smaller lobe and two dangling hunks of former lobe flesh.

I would take the jewelry completely out of both of them for a long while and pray that you won't have to have them reconstructed. Let them heal and make your goal getting them healthy rather than stretching them larger for awhile.

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PUKE1
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Posted on October 9, 2008, 4:46 pm

yahhh I'm just gonna let the beat one heal n see what happens, well not shrink but let the litle wounds on it heal, the other healthy one I'm just gonna work on getting back ta 2 inches again. then when the times right try n get the other one back up. life goal: making them big anuff to fit my gfs fat head through :]<3

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