Ear peircing encyclopedia

Fresh Stretches :

There are as many techniques to cure fresh stretches as there are folk stretching, but there are some methods that are noticeably more agreed on than others - these will be debated here.

Sea Salt Soaks : Sea salt soaks are the 1 most significant and neatest thing that you can do to cure a fresh stretch. To perform a sea salt soak, first melt 1 small spoon of sea salt ( available at most grocers stores ) in one cup ( 8 oz. ) of warm ( barely cooler than shower temperature ) water - preferably deionized or distilled water, but tap water will do.

Then submerge your ear in the solution for 10-15 mins. This may be done 2-3 times each day & eases your piercing while drawing out impurities from your piercing, thus permitting it to fix quicker.

Note : don’t go overboard on the salt - too much salt is intensely bad for your piercing.
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What’s stretching?

Stretching is the ways in which one can steadily enlarge a pierced hole in the body. This is done by a touch stretching the tissue, causing micro-tears to form, and keeping up the hole at the new size till these tears utterly heal. The method is then repeated. This may be done a just about unlimited number of times so long as it is done properly so permitting for highly stretched holes to be produced.
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