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Is it true that if you gauge your ear above a 1/2 inch that it won't shrink back to normal size? (photo)

Alyssa2014
I have 1/2 inch gauges. I read an article several months ago from a surgeon that states as long as your gauges are a 1/2 inch or smaller, the ear lobe will shrink back to a normal size. I will be getting a career in conservation biology at one point, and I need to know if my earlobe will ever be normal enough for that job.

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