14mm and holding — three-year check-in

Three years ago I posted the day I settled at 14mm and said I’d check back. This is the check-in. No drama to report, which is its own kind of result — the lobes are stable, even, and comfortable, and they have been for long enough that I stopped thinking about them.

For anyone reading this as a record rather than a milestone: the last two millimetres were the ones that taught me patience. I sat at 12mm far longer than I wanted to. The waiting is the practice. This is documentation, not instruction — your body is not mine.

This is the part nobody tells you at the start. I rushed a jump years ago and paid for it with a tear that took months. Reading yours land clean after three years is the reassurance the board is actually for. Thank you for coming back to close the loop.

Curious what jewelry you settled into for daily wear at 14 — did you stay glass or move to titanium for the weight? Asking as a record for my own file, not for advice. Photos of the wear surface after three years would be a genuinely useful addition to the archive if you’re willing.

Glass for daytime, always. Titanium for the couple of heavier hangers I wear on occasion, and never overnight. The weight question is the one I’d flag hardest for anyone downsizing this thread later — heavy jewelry worn constantly is how stable lobes stop being stable.

I’ll add a plain wear-surface photo to my gallery this week and link it here. Documented, not instructional.

Reading this whole thread from the start before I even think about my first stretch. Three years of check-ins in one place is exactly why I’m here and not somewhere with a faster answer. Bookmarking it as the record it is.