I got my labret scalpelled to 7/16" awhile back, I'm wearing a circle plug. It seems to have stretched itself, it occasionally falls out from the back (the big ass flare inside of my lip can fit through the hole) so I figured that it was ready to stretch to 1/2 inch. I got a new beautiful 1/2" oval plug yesterday, looks like the wearable part is about the same size as the big flare of my current plug. Went to try to put it in after a warm shower and emu oil massage and the thing does not want to go in.

Any advice for stretching with larger sizes? When I was stretching smaller I could find half sizes (like 5 gauge), I don't think that's available in larger sizes. I am thinking about just taping my current jewelry but any other advice would be great.

*Edit* I also feel like a complete noob for asking this, but with the tape method - how often do you change the tape (Daily? Bi-weekly? Weekly?) and add a layer? I've never been a big fan of using tape to stretch, but that's all I really have for ideas for my lip. I'm using bondage tape.


Edited by tattooedtrish - March/22/2013 at 12:01pm

Taping worked for me in my philtrum. PTFE tape wrapped and rubbed with oils.

I had read in general every couple of days was the accepted norm but I did mine every 6-8 days, so more like a week. ( I only used tape to get from 2-0g). I'm not sure this works same for a labret though. My thought would be to start around 7-10 days and reduce from there to an interval where you are still comfortable adding the new layer.