How do you gauge your ears at home?
How do you gauge your ears at home?
Tapers
- To stretch with tapers, the first thing you need to do is wash your hands and anything going in your ear lobe.
- Next, you’ll want to pick a lubricant.
- Put the lubricant on the taper and your earlobe and then slowly put the taper in.
- Once you have the taper through, you’ll put the plug in right after.
What is the best material for ear gauges?
Steel
Are resin plugs bad for your ears?
This is still not safe, as resin often ends up on the wearable or spills out, and in porous eyelets can still leach unsafe chemicals on your lobes. It is simply not worth the risk, when there are many safe, beautiful materials out there to wear!
Do wood plugs smell?
Wood plugs allow your piercings to breathe. This allows your ears and plugs to collect less dead skin and sebum. This means less odor.
Are wood earrings safe?
Wood Earrings – You probably didn’t think of wood as an alternative material for your earrings, but this is an excellent choice albeit not a common one. Wood doesn’t affect your ear piercings and aren’t known to cause allergies or reactions of any kind when worn.
How do you clean ear tunnels?
Cleaning Glass Plugs / Gauges / Tunnels Glass care is also pretty easy. You just need some antibacterial soap and tap water. Clean them under running water, lather up, rinse well, and dry them immediately with a towel or paper towel.
Is coconut oil good for stretched ears?
Any kind of safe lubricant will help the taper slide through the piercing more easily. Plenty of jewelry shops sell commercial-grade lubricant, but you can also use plant-based lubricants, like coconut oil or jojoba oil.
Will ears shrink back after gauging?
If you stretch your lobe to 00g or smaller, you are a much better candidate for your ear going back to “normal”. If you stretched your ear a year ago or a few months ago, your ear has a much better chance of shrinking back to its original size than if it has been stretched and fully healed for several years.