I don't have stretched lobes and not really interested in them for myself but this video is still really cool! For smaller stretched lobes, what about adding a crocheted string to the top of the mitten that can loop around the top of the ear to help it stay on? Just something I thought of.

Me to myself: this is a helpful and informative video, pay attention Also me: giggling like a 3rd grader when you're talking about caring for wooden plugs. P.S. Thank you immensely for your informative videos, I stopped stretching for a few years because of work reasons and just started back up again. There is so much better information available now than when I first started. Your videos have been awesome for me getting back into it and up to date. ❤️

Thanks so much for this video, and for the facial moisturizer tip. I have psoriasis as well and my skin gets very dry. I also just moved to Nashville in 2020 from California and have never seen snow or weather this cold before, my ears have definitely felt the difference. Just living in stone plugs and staying inside!

Hit 25mm again now I have to slow down because anything above 25mm for me is new territory. Really happy that you made a video about cold care, really happy with your channel in general

1. new crochet item to make- ear mittens 🙂 2. I used to live in NYC and I loved the first snow of the season! Back in Los Angeles now so really enjoyed seeing you going out into the snow

thank you for this video! 🥺 my ears are slowly but surely getting bigger and this Connecticut weather is unforgiving lmao

Yes! I live in Michigan and my stretched ear ended up getting chapped due to the cold this year. This was my first year dealing with this. I didn’t even know this was a thing till it happened to me and I started trying to figure out why. Now I know.

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your wealth of knowledge with us ❤️ It’s crazy the amount of things that can affect piercings! I never even thought about cold! But it makes so much sense!

I honestly never thought about this issue before thank you! I am currently restretching my lobes (I had 00g when I was 19, now I am 31), and roughly a year ago I was visiting the arctic cirlce in rovaniemi Finnland. We had -20C there, and even stayed in an ice-hotel one night lol. Since I definately want to return to this beautiful place, and have stretched lobes now, this Video will come in very handy. I feel prepared now :D.

WHERE WAS THIS VIDEO WHEN I NEEDED IT LMAO THANK YOU I LOVE YOU

maybe you could do a video where you recommend people piercings based on what would look good on them? i know piercingwithscott does a series like that, but i think you two have different tastes in piercings

I wish I knew about these once I got to larger sizes! I remember when I was at 5/8 for a year and then winter hit, and all of a sudden I had a blowout from the severe cold damaging my ears. I never had a blowout prior to this and It sucked so bad!

Never thought about this. I’m in the white mountains. I do always have them covered tho. Usually a full face and ear cover and a hat over them too tho. But the wood plugs are a great idea. Thanks for the vid!!

Silicone plugs and acrylic actually work fine in the winter because they aren't good conductors, porous materials also trap air, which is an insulator too. Remember that wood is also porous and can easily stick to your ears if you damage them. A lot of stones and glass are massive heatsinks too, wood is my favourite material to wear in general as it is light and doesn't get sweaty and irritating as fast as other materials, but I embedded some tritium vials that have a long lasting bright glow in clear acrylic and I love the way it looks, the intensity of the colour and thevariety of colours is just so wide, you can't get the same effect outside of a club with blacklights any other way, it is mesmerizing. I need to cover my ears as I have an 8mm conch and a 12mm flat too and cartilage is very suseptible to cold because it only recieves blood by diffusion, even in mild cold my ears will feel like they are burning pretty quick, might get some single flared wood for them, but I just love wearing clear glass in them as the effect is amazing!

I live in Chicago and our winters suck, most of the time, and I'm at 12mm and I have 3 trapper hats the flaps keep my lobes warm, especially when I just stretched to ½ inch 2 weeks ago and wearing SF glass plugs.

Could you maybe do a video on safely stretching ears? I know you have a blog about it but I’d love to hear more. I just started my stretching journey and really want as much information as I can get.

Thank you so so much for the ear mittens idea. I work in coolers all day im not at my goal size yet so still on glass and these would be a life saver. Until I can switch to wood.

Can you please do one on your opinion on smiley piercings!

Great video! Could you consider doing a video about getting piercings with psoriasis. I find that around the 6 months of healing up to 1.5-2 years, my piercings get really dry and I get psoriasis patches around the piercings and I'm not sure what to do since its still healing. Thank you!

My ears aren’t even stretched, and I live in SoCal, so what even is snow? But here I am. Great video, so interesting and informative.

Sweet so they'll stay on for me im at 40mm Those ear mittens look awesome where did you find those? I need this in my life 😁

Hey Lynn 😊 I have 3/4” stretched lobes. I have wood plugs in right now, but I have a question. The inside of the stretch and where my lobes meet my face (I have attached lobes) almost feel like they have diaper rash. Would that be a cleaning issue? I know I’ve been lazy about cleaning the plugs themselves lately, I just wasn’t sure if it’d be a wood issue or an operator issue

Is there a particular size where this starts to be a concern? I’m at a 6g right now and so far I haven’t had any issues with this and I also can’t find any wood plugs any smaller than 2g.

What do I do if I am stretching during winter? I just can’t wait and it’s starting to get cold. I use glass and stainless steel (I know it’s cheap but it works for me) and can’t wear anything else atm. They’re also only 2g so I can’t wear mittens.

What about something like a stretched septum?

What size should we worry about this at

Im at 1" 25mm im going to 2" 51mm

I have a question.. as soon as I take my gages I have to put them right back in. What do I do? They are healed. I take them out and my lobes eminently swell getting the blood threw. Why can't I leVe them out?

How soon can I start to moisturize my earlobes after a large gauge initial lobe piercing? The only resources I can find online about healing lobes are about regular lobe piercings. (Mine we pierced to a 6g)

Can I still wear wood plugs in the cold if I’m in the process of going sizes?

Me wearing stone plugs in -0 up till now 😬