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Tried using dental floss to stretch my ear piercing, actually worked better than tapers
Was stuck at 8g for like three months and nothing felt right. Tapers hurt too much, tape kept getting grody. Friend's girlfriend who does piercings at a shop told me to wrap some unwaxed floss around a smaller plug and gradually add layers. Cleaned it with alcohol every time. Took about two weeks to go from 8g to 6g with zero pain or blowouts. Has anyone else tried using weird household stuff for stretching that actually worked?
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the_piper5d ago
@kim.nina I read somewhere that people used to use strips of teflon tape for stretching back before tapers got popular. It's basically the same idea as the floss method, just a different material. The slow layering approach makes a lot more sense than forcing a taper through.
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kim.nina5d ago
Floss? For real? That is genuinely terrifying but also kind of genius if it actually worked.
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ivan_murphy805d ago
Funny you mention that, I saw a piercing forum post from way back where a guy used layers of electrical tape to stretch up. Same slow buildup idea, but way sketchier than floss, honestly. People get creative with what they have around the house, I guess.
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