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Will it Shrink Back?
In the event that you stretch your piercing and then decide that you don't like it anymore, the odds are not in your favor that it will shrink back to normal size. When you stretch a piercing, you need to be sure that you are prepared for it to be permanent. However, there is always a chance that it could go back to normal size, but it depends on a few different factors:

   * Size of Stretch - The larger you go, the less likely it will go back to its original size. Generally, 2 gauge has been coined "the point of no return," meaning that once you have stretched that far, it's not going to go back.
   * Length of Stretch Time - If your piercing has been stretched for a couple of years or more, it's pretty well set and probably isn't going to shrink back.
   * How It Was Stretched - If the piercing was stretched too quickly, especially if there was an resulting scar tissue, it probably won't revert very easily. If it was done with a scalpel or dermal punch, it definitely will not shrink.

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Will it Shrink Back?
In the event that you stretch your piercing and then decide that you don't like it anymore, the odds are not in your favor that it will shrink back to normal size. When you stretch a piercing, you need to be sure that you are prepared for it to be permanent. However, there is always a chance that it could go back to normal size, but it depends on a few different factors:

  * Size of Stretch - The larger you go, the less likely it will go back to its original size. Generally, 2 gauge has been coined "the point of no return," meaning that once you have stretched that far, it's not going to go back.
  * Length of Stretch Time - If your piercing has been stretched for a couple of years or more, it's pretty well set and probably isn't going to shrink back.
  * How It Was Stretched - If the piercing was stretched too quickly, especially if there was an resulting scar tissue, it probably won't revert very easily. If it was done with a scalpel or dermal punch, it definitely will not shrink.

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Source.
I don't know if that helped.

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Quote: from ello paulie xx at 8:32 pm on Aug. 28, 2008

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Will it Shrink Back?  
 In the event that you stretch your piercing and then decide that you don't like it anymore, the odds are not in your favor that it will shrink back to normal size. When you stretch a piercing, you need to be sure that you are prepared for it to be permanent. However, there is always a chance that it could go back to normal size, but it depends on a few different factors:  

    * Size of Stretch - The larger you go, the less likely it will go back to its original size. Generally, 2 gauge has been coined "the point of no return," meaning that once you have stretched that far, it's not going to go back.  
    * Length of Stretch Time - If your piercing has been stretched for a couple of years or more, it's pretty well set and probably isn't going to shrink back.  
    * How It Was Stretched - If the piercing was stretched too quickly, especially if there was an resulting scar tissue, it probably won't revert very easily. If it was done with a scalpel or dermal punch, it definitely will not shrink.

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 I don't know if that helped.

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Yes thank you that was helpful. Do you have any idea if you have to guage them back down with the earings? Or just take them out and let them go?

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1) I've seen people do it both ways, successfully.

2) 2 is not the point of no return. There is no such thing as that below stretching to the point that your lobe goes beyond your cartilage.

3) It's stretching, not 'guaging'.

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Quote: from NightEye 82 at 11:35 pm on Aug. 28, 2008

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Quote: from ello paulie xx at 8:32 pm on Aug. 28, 2008

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Will it Shrink Back?
  In the event that you stretch your piercing and then decide that you don't like it anymore, the odds are not in your favor that it will shrink back to normal size. When you stretch a piercing, you need to be sure that you are prepared for it to be permanent. However, there is always a chance that it could go back to normal size, but it depends on a few different factors:

    * Size of Stretch - The larger you go, the less likely it will go back to its original size. Generally, 2 gauge has been coined "the point of no return," meaning that once you have stretched that far, it's not going to go back.
    * Length of Stretch Time - If your piercing has been stretched for a couple of years or more, it's pretty well set and probably isn't going to shrink back.
    * How It Was Stretched - If the piercing was stretched too quickly, especially if there was an resulting scar tissue, it probably won't revert very easily. If it was done with a scalpel or dermal punch, it definitely will not shrink.

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  Source.
  I don't know if that helped.

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 Yes thank you that was helpful. Do you have any idea if you have to guage them back down with the earings? Or just take them out and let them go?

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1) I've seen people do it both ways, successfully.

2) 2 is not the point of no return. There is no such thing as that below stretching to the point that your lobe goes beyond your cartilage.

3) It's stretching, not 'guaging'.

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But I think it would be best to just size down. maybe take them out for a couple of weeks?

I am looking to stretch. I want to go to a 4.

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