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So after months of procrastonating..
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Posted on August 15, 2008, 5:45 pm
I finally retired the vertical lobe 
and my ear feels naked again 
BUT that means I'm one step closer toward getting scalpelled! That'll be my next mod in a month or so depending on my health and other piercings and such 
Found a piercer who could scalpel it with the vertical lobe in it, but I just got sick of dealing with it not being healed after 2 
ing years. It'll be back after the lobe heals again, re-pierced by a different piercer who's more used to "different" piercings like that.
I think a reason it never healed was MAYBE the holes were a bit off, which was always causing the top one to get lymph-y and crusty.
It's called STRETCHING your piercings, not gauging them.
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RIP little piercing! Some
Posted on August 15, 2008, 8:31 pmRIP little piercing!
Some are just like that; maybe it's health issues; maybe it's placement; maybe who the heck knows, but when it's time, you know it.
Or not.
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Hehe, I'm not TOO upset..
Posted on August 16, 2008, 5:41 amHehe, I'm not TOO upset.. It's always sad to see a piercing go, but at the same time I can always get it re-pierced if I want it to be.
It's strange how much more that lobe has seemed to stretch itself - I can kind of see a space between the top of the jewelry and my lobe now without the vertical one in there.
It's called STRETCHING your piercings, not gauging them.
Waggledance!
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Aww, it's sad but like you
Posted on August 16, 2008, 1:43 pmAww, it's sad but like you said, at least you can repierce. Also, hurray for scalpelling!
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Its never fun losing a
Posted on August 16, 2008, 10:17 pmIts never fun losing a piercing! I've seen this term a couple times, but what is scalpelled?
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Awwww I love that piercing,
Posted on August 17, 2008, 3:53 pmAwwww I love that piercing, sorry you had to remove it...
-Julia-
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piercingcraze wrote:Its
Posted on August 17, 2008, 4:20 pmFrom http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Earlobe_Stretching#Scalpelling
Scalpelling
In order to quickly attain larger diameter piercings and avoid stretching, one can undergo a procedure known as scalpelling. Scapelling is currently practiced by a small number of body piercers, and involves cutting a slit in the tissue with a surgical scalpel then inserting the jewelry with the aid of a taper. Scalpelling does not remove any tissue.
It's called STRETCHING your piercings, not gauging them.
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I know everyone is
Posted on August 19, 2008, 10:42 pmI know everyone is different, but in general is it considered not as painful as stretching with only tapers? or is it just another method of stretching?
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I'm not sure on the pain
Posted on August 20, 2008, 5:25 amI'm not sure on the pain level although stretching with a taper shouldn't really hurt much at all, but it's basically a quicker method of stretching. In stretching you only go one size at a time (well if you do it the right way lol), whereas if you get scalpelled you can go from one size to another -- like from nothing to 0 gauge, 5/8" to nearly an inch, and stuff like that.
One of the reasons I'm getting scalpelled vs stretching slowly is because I'm worried that my lobes are getting too thin and I don't want those babies to break on me. The piercer can scalpel it away from the thin-ness.
It's called STRETCHING your piercings, not gauging them.
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Sucks you had to remove it,
Posted on August 21, 2008, 1:57 pmSucks you had to remove it, but if it's eaiser for you to atain your goal, and less annoying, I guess it's for the best. Whatever makes you happy
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I think I got what
Posted on August 24, 2008, 8:29 amI think I got what scalpelling is now, thanks. Sounds cool how it works.