so i stretched my ear,lo,other one gettin done soon,lol,hope fully,as soon as i buy it,i love it 6 is as far as im goin im pretty sure,i want a lime green one in my other ear!!!it rocks,and it didnt even hurt,what i did was put my 12 and 14 in one hole and it stretched it out a bit before i put the 6 in.well there u go