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 Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:49 pm
My husband has worked his way up to a 6 gauge in his ears, but looking at the 4 he is worried about doing it himself. He turns 48 tomorrow, and is on plavix for a heart condition. Should he start paying for stretching this early, or is there a way to do it himself?
Thanks for this sub forum.
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 4:04 pm
I'm not sure what Plavix is but I suggest that you now start having it done professionally, it might be a bit costly but its worth it considering your husbands health. But to be honest I dont think any professional piercer will do it until your husbands health problems either improve or he gets on medication that makes a proveable difference, you may even require a note from your doctor saying that its ok to be done, I'm not sure if there's a difference in how things are done in different countries but in the UK a lot of piercers are wary of doing things like this on people with health issues unless you have a note from your doctor due to either moral or insurance reasons.
But if you're both feeling particularly brave then he can try stretching them a mm himself and see how he feels, but you should keep an eye on him and if he goes pale, dizzy or starts having palpitations at all then I advise that you stop straight away and get him to the nearest hospital just to get checked out to make sure he's ok,
Good luck!
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:27 pm
Plavix is used to prevent blood clots. Last December, he had a very mild heart attack, and as it turned out he needed an emergency triple bypass. Since he is considered young to have this, he has healed well. Basically his heart is a good as new, and he is in much better health now. They keep him on the meds to prevent blockage. I have recently noticed that he bruises much easier than he used to, and I believe it is because of the plavix.
So I guess that is where my concern comes in.
We have a couple of places close by we can check their policy and see what they suggest.
Thank you for your help
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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:15 pm
The most important thing is to wait for it to heal before you try to stretch it.
I work in a tattoo shop, trust me if you pay to have your ears stretched, your getting ripped off. I stretched mine myself all the way up to 1/2"
If your worried about ripping or scarring up your ears when stretching use the slowest safest process: Teflon tape, it's non adhesive tape. Wrap a few times around the plug and put it in your ear after a hot shower, a day or 2 later add more, keep adding more until you get up to the next guage. It works i used that method once i got up to larger stretches
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