Started yesterday. Tried doing it a few years back, got up to a 12 and then lost the jewlrey so they went back to a normal peircing gauge.
I shoved a few of these:

in my ears, putting them at about a 14. I'll probably try a 12 in a couple weeks. I don't want to go crazy, maybe just to a 8 or an 6 at the very most.
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