Earlobe stretching is the practice of increasing the diameter of a "standard" earlobe piercing for the purpose of wearing larger gauge jewelry. Standard earlobe piercings, performed with commercial ear piercing instruments, are typically 20 gauge for piercings receiving 14 kt. gold piercing studs, or 18 gauge for piercings receiving 24 kt. gold plated surgical steel piercing studs...

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