To fit a 16 gauge earring into an 18 gauge piercing, you'll need to stretch the piercing slowly and carefully using tapers or gradually increasing the size of the jewelry over time. It's important to allow enough healing time between stretches to prevent irritation or damage to the piercing. Consulting a professional piercer for guidance and assistance is recommended for this process.
It can take several months to a year for an earlobe piercing to reach gauge 10, depending on the healing process and individual's body. It is important to stretch the piercing slowly and safely to minimize the risk of damage or infection.
A normal post earring typically has a gauge of around 20 to 22 and a length of about 10-12 millimeters. This size is common for standard ear piercings and is comfortable for most people to wear.
It can vary from person to person, but generally, it can take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months for an ear piercing to fully close up. Keeping an earring in the piercing regularly can help prevent it from closing up quickly.
The stem thickness of a normal earring, known as the gauge, is typically around 20 to 22 gauge, which is about 0.8 to 0.6 millimeters in diameter. This size is commonly used for standard earring posts to fit comfortably in most ear piercings.
18 Gauge
Normal ear piercings are 18 gauge.
Probably about the same, but 10ga is huge for ear piercing.
18-16 Gauge
"0" is 8mm
Simply remove your jewelry and leave the piercing empty. There is no guarantee that it will fully close, but as long as you are at a "regular" (18-20 gauge, standard post type earring size) or smaller gauge (4-16 gauge) it should shrink enough to go unnoticed.
For a standard nostril piercing, 18 g.
18g is the standard nostril piercing gauge. 20g is too fine and too much like wearing a knife in your piercing should it get caught or snagged.
It is normal for a lobe piercing to be 16 or 18 gauge... but it is normally 18. A 16 gauge is normally used for tragus piercings :)
Well there actually is no such thing as an ear gauge. However there is such a thing as a jewellery gauge which is the thickness of the of the jewellery based on either Millimeters or AWG (American Wire Gauge as used in the professional body piercing industry.
20g. But that's a regular ear piercing size. So you'll move up to 18g.
a lot if u want to get size 10 gauge u should get the normal ear piercing size which is a size 20 or 18 gauge and slowly gauge it to a size 10 gauge