Hi! So I checked out the “introduction page” with various good recommended stores on this subreddit (Anometal, Industrial Strength, NeoMetal, Glasswear Studios, Gorilla Glass) and neither of them seem to have stainless steel/glass spirals, which I am enamored with and would love to use as my first. I recognize that I shouldn't be using tapers for stretching and the "spirals" I see are considered tapers I think? I just was hoping maybe it's still okay as long as I wait for an appropriate amount of time? In general what is a good time period when I could wear such jewelry?

I recognize that I should be using single flare glass plugs, but just knowing that I'll be stuck with those for at least a year is a little discouraging. Also the recommended stores sell them for 60$ each. Ideally I'd spend around that much on a set of 2-4? I’m just starting my journey here and would appreciate some sort of direction pointers. Thank you so much in advance, and Im sorry if this is ignorant. (I edited a bunch of phrasings after re-reading the stretching guide)