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Corey Grandy

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jessica. said:
It's a trend ...

Now I am old, you may not be, but to me it's a trend that you can't really undo if you decide it was a bad idea later on down the line and that it is awesome today but when you're 60 and your ear lobes begin to sag, this will just look hideous. And yes, you can un-stretch but it never does go back to normal, really.
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Trend, yes. Irreversible, no.

The only time they won't grow over and shrink back to normal is if you go over the 00 gauge (10 millimeters). That's the point of no return. It is possible for them to shrink after that but it's rare and a very long process. It's not unlike other piercings though, if you don't go too far it can be reversed with little to no evidence of it ever existing.

For those who don't know what it actually looks like:
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peapody

peapody

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Used my $250 gift balance at amazon to buy a set of shure se425 in silver I am shallow and also picked up a clear cable and a neutrik connector to shorten the cable. Man! i am headphoned out!

 
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DewGuy1999

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Corey Grandy said:
For those who don't know what it actually looks like:
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Okay, stupid question time...is the black plastic piece worn as "decoration" or is it just temporary to enlarge the piercing? Once the desired size is reached is something worn in the opening as decoration or is it left au naturel? Thanks.
 
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zeroh3ro

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DewGuy1999 said:
Okay, stupid question time...is the black plastic piece worn as "decoration" or is it just temporary to enlarge the piercing? Once the desired size is reached is something worn in the opening as decoration or is it left au naturel? Thanks.
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No thats the tunnel, you can get plugs also, to strech them you use the tapers like i poster before. you can use the plugs/tunnels but its harder.

Also you can to others posting about you cant go back you can go back under about 10mm, my mate was extreamly lucky and was able to go back after 14mm.
 
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kellen

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DewGuy1999 said:
Okay, stupid question time...is the black plastic piece worn as "decoration" or is it just temporary to enlarge the piercing? Once the desired size is reached is something worn in the opening as decoration or is it left au naturel? Thanks.
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Good place to stash coins.
 
TheOnlyJon

TheOnlyJon

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Some new glasses :) My old ones were kaputt and too small, so it was time to bite the bullet and get a new pair.
 

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nick1516

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Haven't had a ds for several years so I figured I'd get one with some leftover birthday/christmas money
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Hydrocity

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peapody said:
Used my $250 gift balance at amazon to buy a set of shure se425 in silver I am shallow and also picked up a clear cable and a neutrik connector to shorten the cable. Man! i am headphoned out!

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What are you going to do with all of them!
 
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Corey Grandy

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DewGuy1999 said:
Okay, stupid question time...is the black plastic piece worn as "decoration" or is it just temporary to enlarge the piercing? Once the desired size is reached is something worn in the opening as decoration or is it left au naturel? Thanks.
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The black piece is the actual "jewlery" as it were, in the piercing (I suppose, compared to a conventional ear piercing you could simply call it a decoration). For most of the smaller sizes you would use tapers/gauges (which are shown in the picture that started this whole spiel a couple pages ago) to actually stretch the hole to the desired size. At that point you can use either a flesh tunnel (below on the left) or a plug (right) as the decoration (though there are some other options including just leaving the taper in there, though I have heard it is not the healthiest option).

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All in all, these
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enlarge the piercing and are generally temporary. Everything else is as permanent as you make it.
 
AdamRock

AdamRock

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Aug 30, 2010
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46 Insignia LED TV.

It's a really nice tv.


i know the pictures dark but i couldnt take the picture without either making the tv unwatchable or the background black so this is an in-the-middle setting on my camera :)
 
Compile 'em all

Compile 'em all

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peapody said:
Just picked up a Bowers & Wilkens P5. Everything I read online about these headphones say that they are a real delight to use, and the fact that they are closed and small (not to mention stylish) made me go for them. $300 big ones though lol. Good thing I got gift cards to wind it down to $100 ;)..$200 giftcard to amazon to go!

Not my pics obviously!
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I would suggest to return them ASAP. Marco (the creator of instapaper) blogged about the fatal flaw of these headphones here http://www.marco.org/2377548060
 
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GoCubsGo

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Feb 19, 2005
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Compile 'em all said:
I would suggest to return them ASAP. Marco (the creator of instapaper) wrote a blogged about the fatal flaw of these headphones here http://www.marco.org/2377548060
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How very sensational in a sky is falling sort of way. Don't all headphones magnify the sound of just about every movement in some weird way? I know while on a plane with Apple in-ears I can't eat the free whole grain pita chips they offer on Southwest Airlines because they crunch is lounder than I am comfortable with, and annoying to boot. This guy has this sort of idea that the footsteps, his footsteps, he hears are louder on these because the seal is claimed to be air ight? I'd like to hear from peapody as to whether or not they do, in fact, create an airtight seal as the reviewer you linked us to says.
 
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