Stretched ear lobes are becoming an increasingly common sight in the street. But why has creating a large hole in the ear lobe started to appeal to more and more people? Ear stretching goes back a ...

Clark, 33, is likely to be one of them soon. He is considering surgery for his stretched lobes. “I started (the stretching) about 1996 or ’97,” he said.

2. Lobe Tape . Lobe tape is the buttoned up version of the Band Aid trick mentioned above. “Adhesive earlobe supports, like ...

Colton Tidwell of Oakland, Calif., shows his repaired ear lobes on Monday, January 2, 2012, that were surgically reconstructed by Dr. David Kahn.

At least there’s one folly of youth that can be reversed: the overstretched earlobe. Cosmetic surgeons are busy these days performing an outpatient operation that reverses gauging, a procedur… ...

The 28-year-old has stretched earlobes from past earring gauges, a style choice he says he's "regretting" now This patient is consulting doctors to recreate George Clooney's handsome ear lobes. In ...

The Magazine's recent article on ear stretching prompted many emails. Here are 10 of your stories. Stretched ear lobes are becoming an increasingly common sight. From pop stars to people in the ...

When Daniel Bocchino was 16, he started stretching his ear lobes, expanding them until he had an inch-wide hole in each lobe. But by the time he was 19, he was so over the piercing trend known as ...

Go up one size at a time. Stretching your ear too quickly can tear the skin. Only increase your jewelry by one size (2 gauge) at a time. Wait 4 to 6 weeks before increasing sizes.

Stretched ear lobes are becoming an increasingly common sight in the street. But why has creating a large hole in the ear lobe started to appeal to more and more people? Ear stretching goes back a ...

Ear stretching goes back a long way. But you don't have to visit a museum or travel to a remote-ish part of the world to see it because the practice has been adopted in many Western countries ...