Tongue Ring Gauge Sizes

2pcs stainless steel stud barbell tongue rings 14 gauge 6mm ball nipple bars piercing jewelry see more sizes.

Tongue ring gauge sizes.

Forbidden body jewelry 14g 16mm 5 8 inch flexible acrylic nipple or tongue ring barbell set plus free bonus barbell. We carry tongue rings in stainless steel and titanium. Note that the thicker the barbell the lower the gauge size. Our tongue rings start at a size 18g and move to a 00g for your comfort.

Unless you request something different most piercers have a standard size they prefer to use for starter jewelry. The gauge size of your piercing is the thickness of the bar that goes through your piercing. The initial barbell is longer to allow room for swelling and aid in the healing process. So a 12 gauge or 12g barbell is much thicker than a 20 gauge 20g barbell.

If you need to know what gauge your own piercing jewelry is the best thing to do is go back and ask your piercer. What gauge is my piercing jewelry. In other words it s the barbell s thickness. That way the fistula hole where you were pierced will have time to thicken and strengthen which will make it easier to insert a barbell in a larger size later.

Tongue piercings for instance are generally done at 14 gauge with a 3 4 inch 19mm barbell which is later changed out to a shorter 5 8 inch 16mm barbell. We have everything you might need. Technically you can wear a straight barbell in any gauge in a tongue piercing but 14g is the standard size for tongue rings.