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Can I go straight to a 16 gauge ear piercing?
I have my ears pierced with the basics. My earrings now are from silverloft. I found some earrings i like that are 16. Can i go straight to that? I have really sensitive ears. For the longest time they would try to heal and close up anyways. Basically I want to avoid any scarring or damage and irritation. Also, once i go to the 16, is it possible to switch back and forth between the two or not really?
For the idiots out there.... I'm not going for full gauges. These are earrings! the bar is just slightly bigger.... i.e. 16. I don't want to gauge my ears any more.
3 Answers
- SaraLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
16 isn't very big at all, I have that gage in my cartilage and it was a problematic piercing but it handled it just fine. Are your ears completely healed? As long as they are, I'd say go for it. I used to have 12 gage earrings in and wear normal earrings now just fine. It's when you start getting into those REALLY big gages when you can blow your ears out and have problems. I wouldn't worry about it with a 16.
- 1 decade ago
Yeah, you can do that, and even if you can't get it in, or it hurts, you can buy some 16g tapers. =)
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Don't even get any of them! They are seriously disgusting!
They're one of the ugliest things I've ever seen and they smell.