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How can you stop pain from ear stretching?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Gauging?: Perhaps you are jumping up in size too quickly if your ear is being gauged.

Dr Pappas agreed

Answered 6/5/2013

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