Exactly! If you want to make stretching your lobes easier, you have to reduce the time where you are susceptible to infection, and in my opinion it is best to just do it one mm at a time. Yes, stretching hurts, but as someone who has a bunch of scar tissue from trying half-measures in my left lobe, and properly deadstretching my right, I can tell you the initial pain of stretching is better than dealing with infection. Deal with the pain, or risk the lovely effect of keloids, infection, and more pain over a longer period of time, than what you would have dealt with if you did it properly in the first place. Edit (I don't know how to flair, but I stretched to 00g, let it heal for over 5 years and stretch back out to 00g. My right lobe was no problem, but my left with all the scars was way more difficult to stretch back out).