Is it okay to use tapers?

My sister has stretched ears and they are huge!! I don’t want bug ones but I got tapers and it hurts a little but not much I saw some people saying dead stretching is better but I’m not sure what that is really and is it bad to use tapers in general? Im unsure.. sorry if this is silly!- I don’t have access to a bunch of things to do this other than tapers honestly but please let me know anyway.