Do you ever feel judged for having stretched ear?

I always feel judged because ironically my mother doesn’t like my ears. She notices fairly quickly when I gauge up. But something about wanting them to a full 1" makes me excited. I love expressionism via body. I have piercings and tattoos but I’m a mother. I don’t think I should give up how I want my body to look because “it’ll influence my daughter” tbh I hope it does. She wants blue hair fine. She wants ears like mine. Fine! I support it the way I wasn’t. I don’t want her to feel judged because she wants to be different. Forget the norm! Be you! Gauges and all so judged or not I love it. And my husband loves it, that’s all that matters.

Working in the medical field, I actually get judged more by the CO’s and supervisors then I do my patients. Most of my patients use it as a distraction and something else to talk about. It’s the people who wear heels and ties who can’t seem to handle my earlobes, they’re more worried about assuming about the negative reactions that my patients aren’t having and them possibly being offended then actually asking if there’s a problem. My earlobes don’t stop me from comforting a patient in pain or consoling family members in difficult times

Certainly there is a stigma around stretched ears, but I’ve found that when you can compliment the stretch with some beautifully hand carved pieces, people are much more accepting of the look!

I work in the cosmetology industry; everybody I have encountered just thought it was really cool and complimented my plugs/tunnels. A few people say they would never do it but they still think it looks nice.

I used to get negative comments about how disgusting stretched ears were. I started feeling self-conscious. But then I started hanging with a crowd where it was normal, and had newfound confidence and inspiration.