Okay so after stretching your ears for the first time you should always wait AT LEAST two weeks between the next stretch. Even longer when you go to bigger sizes. The wait it takes for your ears to heal and be prepared to stretch again, really depends on the person. For some it takes months, for others it takes weeks or maybe even less.
Always listen to your body. You will know when you are and are not capable to stretch your ears. If you can not read your body very well then you should pull on your ears and if you see a gap between your ear and the plug or piercing that means you could be ready for the next stretch.
Remember to keep doing vitamin E oil massages and sea salt soaks to help keep your ears clean and in good health. Try not to use anything on your ears with dyes and other typical products, because it really is not good for your ears.
If you stretch to quickly and get a blow out it is best to go back to the previous size. A blow out is when your ear rips from stretching to fast, you can usually tell when you have a blow out because of bleeding, and extreme soreness, your ear should never hurt anymore than 24 hours after your stretch. The reason you down size after a blow out is to prevent the blow out from getting worse and leaving scar tissue. Scar tissue is a big pain, because scar tissue is harder and a lot harder to stretch when you have blow outs. So really down sizing is not taking more time, but preventing more time being wasted in the future.
Remember usually after stretching up to a 00g is fine to where you can take out your earrings and go back to a normal size, but anywhere after this (depending on the person) there is a chance that your ears will not close properly, and possible surgery to make them look "normal". So if you continue to stretch after the 00g, make sure you want to have stretched ears for the rest of your life. If you do, you should probably start using the taping method which i will get into more detail about in my next post.
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