Stretching, in the context of body piercing, is the deliberate expansion of a healed piercing for the purpose of wearing certain types of body piercing jewelry. Ear piercings are the most commonly str
A Garo woman with stretched ears
Stretched nipple piercing with larger gauge ball closure ring
A septum piercing stretched to 0 ga by a combination of dead stretching and tapering
Body piercing is a form of body modification involving the puncturing or cutting a part of the body to create an opening through which jewelry or implants can be worn or inserted. The word piercing ca
Stretching (body piercing)
…Stretching, in the context of body piercing, is the deliberate expansion of a healed piercing for the purpose of wearing certain types of body piercing jewelry. Ear piercings are the most commonly…
Nipple piercings, vertical labret piercing and stretched ears
An earring found in an Alamannic grave in Germany, dated c. 6th or 7th century
A traditional Burmese ear-boring ceremony
A Karen woman from Burma with traditional ear plugs