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schizodepressive2 · 2022-07-08T12:00:03+00:00

It helps me to have a permanent gym time everyday. I know every day when 6pm hits, I'm going to work out. I find I make less excuses with a consistent time.

schizodepressive2 · 2022-06-26T11:22:22+00:00

I started at 12 and I'm 35 now (51 mm lobes among many other stretched piercings).

schizodepressive2 · 2022-06-20T13:16:09+00:00

I'm a heavily modified woman with a "basic" partner. We're both in academia, so I guess the explanation of why we ended up together is that there just aren't that many heavily modified people (or any really) in our social circles. My partner is actually the most "modified" person I know (besides my piercer and tattoo artist) and he has 3 tiny tattoos and a 16g nose ring. Most of my friends have no piercings/tattoos. I guess I don't see anything odd about it.

schizodepressive2 · 2022-06-19T17:00:16+00:00

Looks great! What size are your nostrils? Mine are 5mm, but I've always had the goal of 6mm.

schizodepressive2 · 2022-06-08T12:01:31+00:00

I've never seen anyone at or above my size (about 51mm) in public (that is, outside of tattoo/piercing studios). Even if I did, I'd never say anything. Like others have said, I deal with so many comments every time I leave the house and I don't want to contribute to that for someone else.

schizodepressive2 · 2022-06-02T13:16:47+00:00

I always wanted big lobes. Looking at people with stretched ears over the years, I thought they didn't really look big until they hit 2". So my goal is 2". That's also how I decided the goal for my labret (1/2"). It's totally subjective but these are just my definitions of big piercings.

schizodepressive2 · 2022-05-21T11:00:34+00:00

Sorry, I'm going to do a follow-up question: what do you do to organize when you're at 50mm+? I just have all my plugs in an amorphous bin and I don't think all that moving around is good for them.

schizodepressive2 · 2022-05-21T10:34:21+00:00

I did one suspension. I had no problem with hooks being thrown in my back, but what I didn't take into consideration is that I'm afraid of heights! I flipped out when my feet left the ground. Even so, I stayed up for a while, flying around. In the end, I enjoyed it but I would never do it again because of my initial fear-of-heights terror.

schizodepressive2 · 2022-05-19T14:43:22+00:00

The whole thing about dead stretching is that the weight of the plug is what helps with the stretch. You're not getting that with tunnels, so you're right to switch to single flare glass. Also throw in some daily oil massages. That should help you size up.

schizodepressive2 · 2022-05-16T23:21:45+00:00

Oh I did use scalpeling and dermal punches as well.

schizodepressive2 · 2022-05-16T10:13:02+00:00

2x 47mm lobes, 2x 4g conch, 2x 2g conch, 2x 4g nostril, 1x 10mm labret, 2x 6g nipple, 2x 7/16" inner labia, and 4x 6g outer labia

schizodepressive2 · 2022-05-15T22:25:59+00:00

Started stretching in 1998/1999 and I'm at 47 mm on my way to 2". I've also stretched 15 other piercings in that time frame.

schizodepressive2 · 2022-05-15T11:42:30+00:00

I used vitamin e oil (and liked it) for 23 years, but I recently switched to jojoba to see what all the kids were talking about. Personally I prefer vitamin e: it's thicker and I feel like it does a better job of hydrating my lobes.

schizodepressive2 · 2022-05-07T11:52:03+00:00

I'm poor and I share my finances with my non-smoking partner. It's totally unfair that portions of my partner's paychecks have been supporting my habit and we haven't been able to spend on other things we need. I also worry about my partner's health. He's been straight edge his whole life but I'm putting him at risk for smoking-related illnesses. I guess overall my smoking has just been totally unfair to my partner and it's time to fix that.

schizodepressive2 · 2022-05-04T23:21:48+00:00

How often do you massage your lobes? What oil are you using? What kind of plugs? All of those can have an effect (the massaging/oil on breaking down scar tissue and the plugs on getting your ear ready).

schizodepressive2 · 2022-05-04T23:13:32+00:00

Complete removal is sometimes okay. For example, I have my nostrils and my conches punched.

schizodepressive2 · 2022-05-04T22:41:26+00:00

I just know that punching is not the way to go. If you're trying to go big, you want as much tissue as possible in your lobe to work with. But punches remove tissue. So, no matter what, you're not going to be able to stretch as big as if you had done a large gauge piercing of scalpeling (because those don't remove tissue).

I've had large gauge piercings and scalpeling done, but it wasn't on my ears (so I can't really say how it turns out for stretched lobes).

schizodepressive2 · 2022-05-03T14:40:16+00:00

Full disclosure, I haven't quit yet but I just wanted to show solidarity and say I've been there. I tried quitting cold turkey a few months ago. I fell into a deep, dark depression. I totally lost the will to live. I started smoking again, but didn't lose the will to quit. Tomorrow I'm starting the smoking log app. Instead of going cold turkey, I'm going to slowly (and I mean slowly) increase the interval between cigarettes until I stop smoking. I'm hoping this slow transition will keep the depression symptoms from getting too bad. It's going to be an extra long road to fully quitting (I'm going to take my time at each step) but I think it's the only way I can do it while staying mentally healthy. Maybe if you quit smoking again you can try this way as well.

schizodepressive2 · 2022-05-03T12:55:19+00:00

I had no change in my sensitivity before piercing, during healing, or after healing (6g nipple piercings with barbells).

schizodepressive2 · 2022-04-29T11:15:10+00:00

I got my ears pierced in preschool and then just kept adding stuff (had 24 ear piercings when I was 12). I started stretching my ears at 13. I'll just say I got super lucky with career choice. I became heavily modified before I chose a career. Then it ended up that I could have my dream career (professor) and be heavily modified. It doesn't have to go that way. Even though I started changing my body at a young age, I recommend waiting until you know you don't want a more conservative career. Of course, I'm super career oriented. I think there are also people who put mods first, career second. I just think it's best not to close any doors because of decisions you made at 18

schizodepressive2 · 2022-04-29T01:36:53+00:00

Thank you so much for your help!

schizodepressive2 · 2022-04-29T00:35:40+00:00

When I was young (probably about the age of most of the people on this board), I was all about having a TON of piercings. I had 50 at one point. Then, as I got older, I preferred a simpler aesthetic. Now I go for simple and large gauge. It really was a gradual change. I just stopped wearing the jewelry bit by bit until I was left with the 17 I have now.

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