Big gauges and motorcycle helmets?

So I ride daily. I've stretched to 1 inch. The first time I had a blowout, so I reset and went slower. I finally got to 1 inch, which is my goal.

Since I ride daily, my daily wear tunnels started kind of "folding" into my earlobes and ended up basically causing another blowout. I had to reset again (currently at 00g; I will most likely be back at 1 inch soon if I can find proper motorcycle-friendly jewelry).

Does anyone have recommendations for possibly different tunnels/jewelry? Would it be best to wear a face mask, or would that only make it worse? (Daily wear tunnels weren't the best quality, but it's what I was used to before sizing up.)

Anything helps :)