Is wood good for stretched ears?

Wood is not an appropriate material to stretch ears with. Wood plugs should only be worn in completely healed ear lobes or piercings. Wood is a porous material and it can harbor bacteria. This could be a threat to a freshly pierced/stretched lobe.

What are earrings for stretched ears called?

The word “gauge,” when referring to the jewelry itself, is actually a made-up slang term for “stretched earlobes.” People who aren’t too familiar with the proper terms used in body modification refer to gauges as the jewelry. The gauge is the size of piercings before they turn into an inch.

Can you wear normal earrings in stretched ears?

Essentially your skin is stretching under the weight of the earring. So the solution is to: wear them less often (like taking them out at night. Not wearing them every day), and don’t wear heavy earrings, or don’t wear them as long.

What is Sawo wood?

Sono Wood. Sono wood is also called sonokeling or black rosewood in English. The tree originates in India, but even there, carvings in this wood are rather rare. The reason is that the sonokeling tree needs at least 200 years to grow large enough to be used.

Is it possible to get gauges out of your ears?

Over time, bigger gauges are inserted one at a time to continue stretching the earlobe. People with gauges who choose to undergo earlobe repair surgery are looking to reverse course and restore their ears to their original shape.

How are gauges inserted into the earlobes?

To understand why people ultimately decide to have earlobe gauges removed, it’s important to understand the practice itself. Earlobe stretching works by inserting a plug, or “gauge”, into the earlobe. Over time, bigger gauges are inserted one at a time to continue stretching the earlobe.

What do you call a person with gauged ears?

Among the ear stretching crowd there’s even a name for a member of this hard-core crew: “gauge king” (or queen). While one might be tempted to believe that all of this is about fitting into a clique — and sometimes it is — in some cases the truth is a bit darker.

How is the piercing of the ear done?

Tussler performs the procedure in his office with local anesthesia. First, the area of piercing or gauge is removed in a wedge fashion, the back skin is closed, the middle tissue is repositioned (to provide strength), the margin of the earlobe is lined up and the skin closed in a straight line.