To explain it even further, gauges are used to describe the volume of the jewelry in thickness. This is important in ear stretching, more commonly known as just stretching, which is what you call the process of making a larger gauge in the hole of a piercing.
Plugs, the jewelry, come in different colors, designs, shapes, and gauges. The larger the gauge, the more expensive it will be. People who stretch their ears buy tapers to increase the gauges of their ears one size at a time. Ideally, there should be a one-month interval between each gauge. Upon reaching gauge number 2, you have to wait two to three months before you can stretch the gauge to the next size.
A lower number means a higher gauge. Newly pierced ears have a gauge of The next size for this is 16, followed by 14, and so on. Always consult with a piercer first if you have never tried stretching your ears before; they can teach you the proper way and techniques and may even stretch your ears for you.
For those who want an immediate result, there's dermal punching. This works like a hole punch and will create an instant gap. Mellor advises customers to take the gradual approach. Applying excess pressure can squeeze flesh from the inside of the lobe to the outside, causing what's known as a "blow out", she says.
This can leave people with scarring. There is a point of no return but it varies. A stretched piercing can shrink back to its original size but this depends on several factors including the length of time taken to stretch and the elasticity of the skin. In some cases, if you stretch too fast or by too much, the lobe can split. They are thinking about the future. As tattoo parlours now offer removals or reworking, there is also demand from people who regret their ear stretching.
Dr Ken Stewart, a member of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons, says ear lobes are made of skin and fat but they are sensitive organs - they turn red when people get embarrassed and have an erogenous function.
He says the main danger of ear stretching is deformity. The various tribes and civilisations of the modern day have held up the practice throughout the ages. Many of them are located on the African continent, but the practices are also used in Asia and other parts of the world.
The Mursi women from Ethiopia are the most famous modern example. They put large wooden plates into their earlobes and their lower lip.
It was a common misconception that the larger the size of their lower lip plate, the more bridewealth the woman will bring into marriage. But this idea was just a myth that was debunked. Women of the tribe are equal to men in terms of how they decide to modify their bodies. It is up to the girls to decide whether they will go through with it or not.
If they decide they will, the initial piercing is done by the mother or another woman related to the girl when she reaches the age of 15 or A wooden plug is inserted into the piercing immediately and stays there until the new piercing is fully healed, which takes about three months.
After that, plates are inserted to gradually stretch the lip. Their ears are usually pierced at the same time, and as they slowly stretch their lower lips, they do the same with their earlobes.
The Maasai people, who inhabit Kenya and Tanzania, also have stretched ears and use natural materials such as stone, bones, wood, and tusks. Using a knife or thorn for the first piercing they then place heavier jewellery into the hole and gradually increase in size. Older members of the tribe have larger stretches, as it takes time to stretch ears safely. The size of the stretch is therefore a sign of age and wisdom. The traditional adornments they wear are intricate and colourful beads, and these are also part of their stretched ears.
Once the Maasai reach the desired size of the stretch, they will discontinue wearing plugs, and instead line the stretched earlobe with beads, with a single ear weight being used instead of the plugs to keep the stretch. This type of decoration is reflective of the types of plugs and tunnels we have today!
The Fulani tribe have preserved the practice of ear stretching too. Though like the Kayan Women of Myanmar and Thailand - often called Giraffe women for their necks bound in incremental brass coils from childhood - when asked why they do it; where the tradition comes from - they have no answer.
Few people today understand where their expressions of individuality trace back to and here I hope to provide some insight on that, specifically regarding gauged piercings. The first needle discovered has been dated back 50, years to the mountain ranges between Mongolia and China.
When you consider that our written history only goes back a little over 5, years, one has to dispel the idea that we know where tattoos and piercings originate but anthropologists, archaeologists and historians have been compiling clues for as long as curiosity has reigned. The oldest cemetery in the world lies in a cave in Northern Oujda, Morocco.
The first body adornment of any kind - small perforated shell beads - have been dated back to the bodies resting in it at a mind blowing 82, years ago. So when years later - still a whopping 30, years ago - rock art shows up in mass from India through out Australia and Africa depicting warriors and tribes people, heavily laden with jewelry - we begin to understand;.
Humans enjoyed and utilized the art of our bodies, long before it occurred to us to create even on a rockface, let alone in frame or sculpture. The oldest European human mummy on record was just your regular rebel of today.
Buddhism originated about years ago.
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