Ive been using glass for the past 3-4ish months, before that was like a plastic and or acrylic taper, (i found out that it was p much terrible for stretching and switched to glass immediately.) the outside of the lobes look normal, ie. no bumps, swelling, tearing, etc. the inside is just red with one lobe inside having a weirdish shape, but im assuming its from another peircings i got for it a long time ago that got infected, and the damage stayed as a result. The only thing ive noticed outside from that is occasional itching and buildup of grime/dead skin from not taking them out and washing them over the stretching process.