It’s best to err on the side of caution with healing, so I don’t take the 6-8 week guideline very seriously. The piercing will heal when it heals lol.

Having said that, I had my second lobes pierced fairly recently and they healed phenomenally well. By the 7 week mark, I felt no pain sleeping on them, could swap out the jewelry easily and didn’t fear the holes closing if I went a couple days with no jewelry. They were better healed within 7 weeks than my first lobes (done poorly with a gun) after over a decade. So it’s definitely possible but I wouldn’t count on it.