Do it. It'll be a conversational piece when you're an old man. "Well, I asked the internet and..."

gauged ears look stupid on everybody. a lot of piercings are pretty cool but you are guaranteed to look like a jackass with gauged ears. id say just get your ears pierced and leave it at that

qft... Very

do it unless you're a proud man

From the look of your "personal style" in your pictures, I don't think gauged ears really fit your "look." But, if you want to do it...well, do it.

As for whether they'll actually heal on their own if you stop wearing plugs...I think they will if they are only at the smallest gauge. Otherwise, you will need to get a couple of stitches for them to heal if you decide you don't want them anymore.

I used to want my ears gauged like this:




but, by the time I would have gotten to that size, I'd be too old, and/or lose interest in it.


anyway, for you, I'd say NOT to get your ears gauged, you'd look really terrible with them (no offense)

if you have to ask- dont do it

do it you will feel good/cool (the most important thing) afterwards

do it you will feel good/cool (the most important thing) afterwards

Or prehaps being a smartass on the internet and making judgemental comments and putting down other people is the thing that makes you feel good/cool?



5/8ths is the biggest size you can stretch to and still have it heal naturally. Anything after that, you'll need surgery to correct.

Or prehaps being a smartass on the internet and making judgemental comments and putting down other people is the thing that makes you feel good/cool?

well what reasons can you come up with to spend money on sticking a piece of bone, horn, amber, glass, etc through your body

because apparently (as your post leads me to believe) there are reasons other than that it makes one "fit in" and feel good about an otherwise shallow and superficial existance

also I realize I'm trolling pretty bad here but he called me out on it so

well what reasons can you come up with to spend money on sticking a piece of bone, horn, amber, glass, etc through your body

because apparently (as your post leads me to believe) there are reasons other than that it makes one "fit in" and feel good about an otherwise shallow and superficial existance

also I realize I'm trolling pretty bad here but he called me out on it so

Before I post I should state that I do have piercings as I feel this is pretty relevant and definitely affects my opinion.

Thinking back, when I got my eyebrow pierced, I think I mainly did it for that reason. I wanted to fit in with my friends who all had piercings. Now (at 4, I had 5 but I took one out because it was annoying; labret) I'm still interested in getting more piercings even though I don't really hangout with anyone that much anymore. It is aesthetics. The same as every person who puts on makeup, or continually cuts their hair a certain way, or dresses in a certain style. It has become--in a sense--mine. I create the character that I wish to present to the world, and that character has piercings. Albeit, piercings may seem a little more 'extreme' than makeup and so my analogy may not be accepted on that basis, but I don't feel they are really all that wild or far off, especially when you weigh the fact many girls will apply makeup continually to themselves for aesthetic reasons for most of their lives--at a monetary cost far higher than a piercing which may only need to be done once.

Is it superficial? Perhaps. But this is a body which will inevitably decay and wear down and I choose to decorate it with ornaments.

Alright, I'll do my best to open your mind.

First off, exactly what is wrong with doing something that makes you feel good? My God, This is our only existence and we should treat is as such. Not by being confined by our mortality, but about accepting it and doing what the fuck you want before the final day comes. I'd rather fill my life with things that make me feel good (Like skating, or surfing, or making music) than missing out on them because I think the only reason I do it is because it makes me feel good. Things only exist as you perceive them. Are you suggesting we give up our hobbies and not do things that make us feel good to be depressed all the time? I'm not sure what you mean.

And fitting in is kind of a highschool mentality. I'm sure there are people who aren't in highschool who are still insecure about where they stand and who they hangout with, but it's really a jouvenile concept. I don't do things because so and so does them, I don't care about all the fucking drama that transpires from that. I do things because I want to. I straighten my hair because I think I look better/more attractive than when I do not. Gives me even more confidence. I don't lose that confidence when it is not straightened because I feel I have a very open minded and humorous personality, but I have preferences (as do you and everybody else.)

Now, I got my ears pierced like this for a few reasons. I have always wanted to get piercings, something to match my face and style. Traditional hoops weren't my thing and neither were diamond studs. With this alternative, I feel  it expresses more of who I am. Not by blindly following a growing trend in a certain group of people, but by having something non-traditional but still looks good. You've got more options of what you want to display depending on your style instead of just a hoop or a stud. I like wearing the color black because it matches well with my complexion, but I don't think black hoops would do it. So I ventured off to the parlor to get it done. It also is a kind of life experience, a sort of bond or fraternity in a way with other people who have done it and understand. It does hurt, a lot and after it's over you get kind of a rush. It's a kind of journey or something, to go in willingly and accept pain and have a hole punched in you. It symbolizes a few of the things in my past and how it made me hurt and how it is always a part of me. I'm not concerned whether you buy it or not because it is something that only I need to understand and if you don't, that's okay.

I just hope you don't think you know everything about everyone simply by their superficiality as you have put it because it makes YOU a shallow person. A rational contradiction.

fatboys you have changed my opinion on this topic entirely and I want to thank you for changing my opinion on people who get piercings

it is now evident to me that no one gets piercings for superficial reasons (and thanks to your ironic logic, also evident that I am a very shallow person for thinking otherwise)

also I think it is important to let you know that your personal experience has offered much insight to me... putting holes in your body is an experience... a rush if you will. I actually think I'm going to go get a few piercings and put ornaments on me so people better understand my deep and complex existance. it's an important journey, and others will know once they see my pretty decorations that i am indeed an important person

I feel my work here is done. I'm proud of you young grasshopper.

Alright, I'll do my best to open your mind.

First off, exactly what is wrong with doing something that makes you feel good? My God, This is our only existence and we should treat is as such. Not by being confined by our mortality, but about accepting it and doing what the fuck you want before the final day comes. I'd rather fill my life with things that make me feel good (Like skating, or surfing, or making music) than missing out on them because I think the only reason I do it is because it makes me feel good. Things only exist as you perceive them. Are you suggesting we give up our hobbies and not do things that make us feel good to be depressed all the time? I'm not sure what you mean.

Point of this paragraph: So when you see your earplug you smile and feel good!!

And fitting in is kind of a highschool mentality. I'm sure there are people who aren't in highschool who are still insecure about where they stand and who they hangout with, but it's really a jouvenile concept. I don't do things because so and so does them, I don't care about all the fucking drama that transpires from that. I do things because I want to. I straighten my hair because I think I look better/more attractive than when I do not. Gives me even more confidence. I don't lose that confidence when it is not straightened because I feel I have a very open minded and humorous personality, but I have preferences (as do you and everybody else.)

y'know, hair is a shitty anagram. Hair came with you since before you came out of yo momma uterus.
You HAVE to deal with your hair, somehow.. unless you got some disease.

Now, I got my ears pierced like this for a few reasons. I have always wanted to get piercings, something to match my face and style. Traditional hoops weren't my thing and neither were diamond studs. With this alternative, I feel  it expresses more of who I am.

ok allow me to laugh a bit
HAHA
right, a piece of material(note: it didn't come with you) stuck in your ear SOMEHOW EXPRESSES YOU MORE.
How?
how?how?how?how?how?how?how?how?how?how?how?how?how?how?how?how?
Maybe "I've got my dead momma's ring stuck in my ear" would make more sense, symbolism yeah!
How about, I got this rare metal my dad found the day a croc ate him in my ear, ok then I would give you the reason.
But no, man it is some boring round thing stuck there and to make matters worse, it stretches a disgusting hole.
I am sorry, I don't see how you get expressed in better ways.
Oh wait, I just got it: it expresses you in the sense that you are PRO-EAR GAUGING DUDE.
and that's that.
big deal you could just have told me, no need of a plug there to let me know.

Not by blindly following a growing trend in a certain group of people, but by having something non-traditional but still looks good.

Don't feel special, it is not non-traditional by now.
If you wanted to be non-traditional you could start BY HAVING A NON-TRENDY CHARACTER OF YOUR OWN. I already got you stereotyped: "fatboys #4 belongs to the group of people who dig plugs in their earlobes". Is this prejudice? I don't think so, you actually have a plug there. I do start coming out with conclusions though. A guy with a plug? hmm, there is a little cry for attention in him even if he denies it. That's what I think.

You've got more options of what you want to display depending on your style instead of just a hoop or a stud. I like wearing the color black because it matches well with my complexion, but I don't think black hoops would do it. So I ventured off to the parlor to get it done. It also is a kind of life experience, a sort of bond or fraternity in a way with other people who have done it and understand.

Life experience? You're killing me. There's a whole fucking lot more to life than earplug. "Yeah... I KNOW.. HOW IT.. FEELS LIKE!! TO HAVE A HOLE IN MY EAR" You win 300 exp points.
No, seriously, what did you win? Morality? Coolness? Valor? Sacrifice?
I am of those people that don't understand!! I must be missing a big thing of life!

It does hurt, a lot and after it's over you get kind of a rush. It's a kind of journey or something, to go in willingly and accept pain and have a hole punched in you.

OH THE PURE THRILL!
That's where you invested your 300 exp points?
I dunno, haven't you EVER GOT HURT BEFORE?
NEVER FELT WHAT PAIN IS LIKE?
If that's so, maybe that would make sense.
Otherwise, where's the journey?
Oh it is because you are looking for it, you're looking for the pain.
Well then something's fucking wrong with you, PAIN ARE SIGNALS FROM YOUR BRAIN TELLING YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING FUCKING WRONG WITH YOUR BODY!

It symbolizes a few of the things in my past and how it made me hurt and how it is always a part of me. I'm not concerned whether you buy it or not because it is something that only I need to understand and if you don't, that's okay.

No I don't buy it at all, because I'm a proud man, therefore I don't get it.
Proud, because I am ok with my body and the hostile environment my body and mind constantly bumps with.
Alright you had a hard life, so fucking what? More pain? Ok I'm trying to understand feelings, which are the most part irrational.
So I conclude, you plugged a round ornament into your earlobe based on irrational justifications or expectations.
You won't expect me to be able to explain your dig for earplugs because I'm trying to find a rational explanation and you can only give a justification based on feelings.
To exteriorize your eh.. pain.. thru an earplug is not what I would call the sanest way to deal with depression or whatever shitty situation you've gone thru (if this is the sole reason why you got an earplug, which I frankly doubt).

I just hope you don't think you know everything about everyone simply by their superficiality as you have put it because it makes YOU a shallow person. A rational contradiction.

BUT I DON'T THINK I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN EARPLUG!!
I do come out with some hypothetical conclusions about your persona, and I don't pretend to be right but I mostly believe in my first impresions open-mindedly.
Take note, the decision of having an earplug is not supeficial.
It is not like I go "oh look, that guy has an earplug.. eww.. stupid guy"
I rather go "oh look, that guy has an earplug.. why the fuck did he took that decision?"
That decision comes from the inside of a man, and that, my friend, is not superficial at all, it is introspective at its best.