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What size needle is used for tongue piercing?
Commercial piercing kits are available with everything you’ll need to pierce your tongue. A 14 gauge barbell is recommended for the tongue. To do the job properly, you’ll need: 1 sterilized 14-gauge piercing needle or cannula (a hollow needle using in piercing)
What can I pierce with a 14 gauge needle?
Standard Piercing Sizes
Piercing | Standard Gauge | Standard Length |
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Nipple Piercing | 14G | 3/8″ , 1/2″, 9/16″ |
Tragus / Helix / Rook / Conch / Daith | 16G , 18G | 3/16″, 1/4″ , 5/16″ and 3/8″ |
Septum | 14G (16G is also commonly used) | 3/8″, 7/16″, 1/2″, and 5/8″ |
Ear | 20G and 18G |
Can I put a 14G in a 16G tongue piercing?
Technically, you can wear a straight barbell in any gauge in a tongue piercing, but 14g is the standard size for tongue rings. Although it isn’t recommended, some people prefer to wear slightly finer 16g straight barbells in their tongue piercings.
What is 14g in MM?
gauge | inches decimal | millimeters |
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16g | 0.051″ | 1.291 mm |
0.062″ | 1.587 mm | |
14g | 0.064″ | 1.628 mm |
12g | 0.081″ | 2.053 mm |
What are 12 gauge needles used for?
These are regular-walled medical point needles. They are for intramuscular, subcutaneous, and other injections and are available in a wide range of gauges and lengths. They have an oversized chrome plated luer lock hub.
Can I put a 14G in a 12g piercing?
No worries though- 14 and 12g are interchangeable thread patterns- meaning you can wear all your pretty and fun 14g jewelry with your 12g posts!
Is 16G bigger than 14G?
As the numbers go up the size gets smaller. 14 IS thicker than 16. The lower the number, the thicker the gauge so 16g is thinner than a 14g.
What size needle is used for lobe piercing?
Gauge Size Most earlobe piercings are made with a 20G needle, as are some nose piercings. Shop our 20g flat back earrings (aka Nap Earrings). An 18G needle can be used for earlobe piercings, nose piercings, as well as some cartilage piercings (e.g. forward helix).
Can You pierce your tongue with anything other than a needle?
You should never attempt to pierce your tongue with anything other than a sterile piercing needle or cannula, and should never stud the piercing with anything but a new barbell-style piercing. Good quality piercing kits are sometimes cheaper than having your tongue pierced at the shop, but not necessarily.
What gauge needle should I use for piercings?
Piercing with a large gauge needle or jewelry is not recommended. It may cause unnecessary bleeding, scars, and pain. We mostly prefer and use – 14G, 16G, 18G, and 20G. let`s talk in detail about this. 20 Gauge- 20 G is about 0.8mm.
What size barbell do I need to pierce my tongue?
Commercial piercing kits are available with everything you’ll need to pierce your tongue. A 14 gauge barbell is recommended for the tongue. To do the job properly, you’ll need:
Is it cheaper to get your tongue pierced at the shop?
Good quality piercing kits are sometimes cheaper than having your tongue pierced at the shop, but not necessarily. Usually it’s not worth it in terms of value and effort. If you’ve got a shop you trust, you can have your tongue pierced by a professional, in and out in probably less than 20 minutes.