I recieved a pile of used jewellery from a mate, and now I need to clean and sanitise it all. There is a mix of stone, metal and some acrylic, or similar plastics. The metal I know I can just boil for a bit to clean, but I'm unsure about the stone, plastics and all the Orings. I have some 99% isopropyl alcohol, but I am unsure if its OK to use on anything.

Looking for some advice.

I took it out to clean when bushing my teeth, placed on the shelf under the mirror as always, I clean it after, and my wife decided that would be an awesome time to start cleaning the shelf. It fell in the sink before I could catch it. 💔I will admit I was absolutely heartbroken as it's my favourite one I own. She's just so pretty!.😭 But it will live on! I Contacted stonewolf, and Russell is going to use it in a Delrin piece! So I get to keep a bit of it. I won't be putting ANY of my more fragile ones anywhere but in my hands in future when I'm cleaning them! Considering guilt tripping the Mrs so I can order another one! 😅but I think I'll go for super skinny oval.. As I don't have that shape yet. And getting the same shape wouldn't be the same.. (If that makes sense?) My labret jewellery box will be moved to the bathroom I think, for safety purposes! Bloody sink! But Russel to the rescue! 💖 xx

Well I finally made it to my goal size (12mm/ 1/2" for all the freedom unit users) and thinking I might have to go larger at some point but currently I'm just stoked on making it to the goal size. I dead stretched with glass plugs and got some flesh tone silicone tunnels just because I could.

Was tiny and I lowkey wish I kept stretching. Now I just have the ring in last 2 pictures in. Which do yall like better?

Hey all,

sorry if this is a no brainer, I'm looking to start my stretching journey soon (dead stretching with glass plugs).

One thing I haven't read about in any guides so far - how do I sleep "during" a stretch? I read here somewhere not to sleep with the plugs in, but won't the lobes be back to the same size after an entire night, when the ear isn't used to the size yet?

Thanks for any input!

Edit: Thank you so much, your advice really helps me out alot! <3

(My dummy account had no karma so reposted with my proper account)

i got my septum pierced on june 5th, and i want to stretch to a 14g, how long should i wait? this is my first time trying stretching anything so any advice would be lovely :) thank you all!

nothing’s wrong I’m just looking for advice to start my stretching journey. I think the most I’d ever go is like 2mm (? im not sure what my kit has but it’s pretty small) idk let me know if you have tips or warnings🤷‍♀️

So far, I only have 2 lobes on each ear. In the picture attached, the black dot is where I want to stretch to a max of 8g-6g. I wasn't actually sure if that spot was available to stretch, though, because I haven't seen it on many other people. The white dots are where I want 2 stacked lobes. Should I switch their placements?

I feel like I'm running out of room for piercing ideas 😭

for context, i’m at 16mm. haven’t sized up in over half a year. not sure what happened, but yesterday when i took my tunnels out to shower there was a ton of crust and my lobe was very swollen and painful. i cleaned it up and gave it a jojoba oil massage, slept with no plugs. this morning its still about the same - crust, red, swollen. I didn’t see any blood i don’t think.

my issue is that i’m at a conference right now and don’t have anything to downsize to. i only have these stainless steel tunnels ( they screw on together ). with a bit of effort i was able to get it in this morning, but it’s def pretty angry.

i’m not sure what i did? wondering if there was somehow an abrasion and i didn’t notice. any advice for now? ):

i love the snug septum hoop look, the smallest my nose fits is a 5/16, but i have a 6 gauge 8mm hoop in there now and i can live with that lol. problem is i can’t find a 4 gauge hinged hoop smaller than 10mm!

any clue where i could get one like that, or one of those cool magnet closure ones (in canada)?

Hey guys. So I just wanted advice and/or other people’s personal experience on this. I had my ears at 19mm until march 2024 when I decided to have them sewn up by a professional body modder (@xbrondecourx on instagram, phenomenal work) anyways, my ears are very healthy looking & have very faint scar lines on each ear that you wouldn’t noticed in passing.
For my right ear, the scar line is diagonal but for my left ear the scar line is straight up and down (that ear had some damage so it needed to get sewn differently). I got both my ears repierced evenly two months ago, but my left ear is pierced near the scar line. Has anyone safely stretched their ears back after lobe reconstruction, near a scar line? I told the guy I wasnt planning to restretch back in early 2024,but I probably want to start again in 2027. (Biggest I would go is anywhere between 8g-0g most likely).

So next month I'm finally about to reach 00g, but its been the goal to go bigger. I am struggling to find kits that are 00g plus, goal size would be around 25mm or bigger but if a kit is smaller I'd still be interested.

The kit that i had originally was the stretch it dead stretching glass kit

google search is giving me different answers from different “professionals” and sources but i fear i trust yall better as you’ve never done me wrong so far.

interest h my septum to a 1.6mm last week (first septum stretch yippie and i did it all by myself)
All is well, a bit tender still with blowing my nose and touches but no pain during the stretcher after. Been using jojoba oil to massage the area about once a day and clean it with hot water, and occasionally some peroxide if i’ve been sweating a lot.

i was invited to swim but was unsure if a week was long enough after a septum stretch to safely swim in a chlorinated pool, especially with the leftover tenderness, i’m worried about infections. Should i skip the pool and get a tan instead??

Hi all!

Stretched up to 15 mm with kits, now I don't see stretching kits that come to a larger size. What am I supposed to do? Buy single plugs in 1 mm increment? I don't think it's common to find half sizes online as well.

TIA!

Context: not sure what I did wrong but after I stretched my ears to 8g, my right gauge fully went into my ear. I had to uncomfortably push it forward back into the hole. Now if I put to much pressure on that side the gauge fully goes in my ear and I keep having to pop it back😐. Messed up how my earring hole looks, you can see my right does not look like a circle while my left ears hole is circular. Any hope on saving? Any advice on how to help this is appreciated !

Hey I'm trying to get a new set of gauges but completely forgot what size I actually wear. I'm attaching a photo below. The ones I wear are the metal ones and the red one is a 0g I just bought. Quarter for scale too lol. Hopefully someone can help me out. Thanks!!