Quote Originally Posted by I<3Dreamsicles View Post
Another thing to mention... Buy a cheap pair to keep in your ears while your stretching... As in figure out how big you want to go and then just buy tapers and the cheapest plugs you can find. theres no point spending money on cool jewlery if your just going to stretch it bigger... :/
Agreed, when I was at 7/16" and decided to go all the way up to 1 1/4" I knew I'd be doing a lot of stretching, and waiting to heal, and stretching and more waiting to heal. So in between I just bought the cheap $10 pairs of acrylic plugs and for quite a while just used one pair and in the process of stretching just kept wrapping ptfe tape around it to make it larger rather than buying new plugs. Once you get up into the larger sizes it's easier to just use the tape wrapping method than buying new tapers and plugs for each size.
Once you get to a size you plan to stay at for a while then it's worth it to invest in good quality plugs. I'm currently awaiting some custom carved obsidian stone tear drops Should finally have them in another week or two.