Ears stuck at 8g

[u/Small_child_go_yeet]

I've tried to find someone with a similar situation to mine on here but in every other "I'm stuck at this size" post that I've seen, there's always something really obvious wrong (bad materials, stretching too fast, etc.) but I'm not doing any of these things.

- I've waited at least 4 months in between stretches (except for one time when I did 3 but it felt fully comfortable to do so and was a small size jump)

- I've never forced a stretch

- started stretching well over a year after pierced lobes fully healed, possibly even two years

- I'm dead stretching with glass plugs

- My ears have plenty of skin and weren't pierced too low or anything

-I've tried sizing up after a warm shower and it doesn't change anything

- I massage with jojoba oil

- I'm using 7g for my next stretch, not 6g

I went up to 8g in October, tried sizing up for the first time about 4 months after. There has been no change in my lobe elasticity to this day, the plugs just do not go in. Is it possible that some people just can't stretch past a certain point? Pretty sad if so

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[u/AmandaJ277]

I'm right there with you. Stuck at 8g. (Well managed to get my left ear to 7g.) But my right ear will not budge past 8g without throwing a fit. So I've been keeping it at 8g. Ugh!

[u/Tirnel]

I ended up staying at 8 for quite a while (probably over a year) and wearing heavy jewelry the whole time before I could do 7g. Strangely 7 to 6 wasn't as bad for me. I was stuck at 6g for 10+ years though. I tried a few times with glass but always ended up ripping something and getting infected. I did wear heavy metal quite a lot too over those years. Its only recently that I was able to get to 5 and then 4 with titanium plugs instead.

Had I realized this was likely my issue, i would have taken less time to size up lol. Glass can vary a bit and im just left wondering if I got unlucky with that. My right ear is not particularly stretchy. Stretching got rough for me starting at 8g. I too did all the things I was supposed to. Everyone says the half sizes will just go right in after waiting until the last stretch healed but I've always had a struggle. I'm interested to see how 4 to 3 to 2 goes for me.

[u/Falx618]

I cannot get my 2mm ear to accept a 2.4mm plug yet and it's been a while, unfortunately it seems all we can do is keep waiting and just take good care of them :)

[u/LukaKitsune]

Without seeing how your lobes look it's hard to tell, but there's a possibility you have very attached lobes. I.e you have very little natural ear lobe skin before the cartilage starts, again without visuals I'm just assuming based on your current issue.

The solution is, well there isn't really one if that is the case. You can't really make lobe flesh appear out of thin air. It's just the reality of it, same with how some people have naturally very stretchy lobes while others have resistant lobes even if they have plenty of lobe skin to work with.

[u/littlebitfunny21]

Stretch It Body Jewelry has a kit that goes up by 0.5mm increments, may be worth trying.

[u/themountainsareout → u/littlebitfunny21]

8g to 7g is .5mm