Should you stretch fresh piercings or wait? I learned the hard way

I stretched my septum from 14g to 12g after only 3 weeks using a cheap taper from Amazon. It healed fine but the smell was AWFUL for a month and my nose got super crusty. Now I'm wondering if waiting the full 6-8 weeks would have made a difference or if the material mattered more. Has anyone else pushed it too fast and regretted it?

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samflores13d ago

My buddy Mike tried to stretch his ear from 10g to 8g after only two weeks and used a plastic taper he found at a gas station. It got all red and puffy, and he had to take the plug out because it started bleeding. The smell was like something died in there, super rank. He ended up having to downsize and wait almost three months before trying again.

moore.beth13d agoTop Commenter

I mean, three months seems like a lot for a minor blowout (if you can even call it that). Sounds more like he just irritated it and got some funk from the cheap plastic. I've seen people rush way harder and heal up fine after a week or two of babying it.

beth27612d ago

Yeah, that rank smell is always a dead giveaway something's gone way south in there...