Getting your ears gauged can be a tricky business. Over time, you’re basically stretching the pierced hole in your lobe to a desired size. Thus, there are certain things to know if you get your ears ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Ear gauging is a trend that involves stretching an ear piercing to accommodate a large plug, sometimes a half inch or wider. While it is popular with teens, some are realizing that ...

Ear stretching, also known as ear gauging, is the practice of stretching pierced holes in the earlobes. Even though it may seem like a modern trend, humans have been stretching their ears for ...

When thinking about gauged ear piercings, you might conjure up images of alternative folks who are members of a musical subculture, like pop punk fans. Unless you're interested in getting your ear ...

Ear stretching (also called ear gauging) is when you gradually stretch out pierced holes in your earlobes. Given enough time, the size of these holes could be anywhere from the diameter of a pencil to ...

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Ear gauging involves not just piercing the earlobe, but also stretching the small hole, making it larger and larger. In his mid-teens, D.J. Della Pia, age 19, noticed a body piercing that caught his ...