What are the most common gauges for different piercings?

If anyone can answer for any of these. . . .
. . . Ear lobe
. . . Tragus
. . . Ear cartilage
. . . Any other ear piercing
. . . Nose (nostril)
. . . Eyebrow
. . . Any lip piercing
. . . Septum
. . . Bellybutton/Navel
. . . Tongue
. . . then that would be great. Thanks if you answer :)

Pages:
  1. Stasha-Pistachio

    Well every piercing can differ. Gun studs can be anywhere from 22-16g. And professional piercings generally 16g+, depends what the piercers feels comfortable with.

    This are just VERY rough. You can people who pierce with 12g as standard, and some who refuse to use anything larger than 18g. But for the most part, professional piercers will use 16-12g.
    Earlobes 22-12g
    Tragus 16-14g
    Various cartilidge 16-14g
    Nostril 20-16g
    Eyebrow 16g
    Lips 16-12g
    Septum 16-12g (normally 16 for women, though mine was done at 12g)
    Navel 14g
    Tongue 14g.

    Ask, and they’ll see if your anatomy is right, and they’ll gladly do it for you :)

  2. Brittney

    Lobes about 18 or 20
    Lip 14g
    nose 16g

  3. Joeykin

    Ear lobe: usually 18 gauge, but can be stretched to larger gauges
    Tragus: 16 to 18 gauge. Normally 18.
    Cartilige: usually 18 gauge as well, unless you get a helix industrial, which is a gauge or so bigger
    Ear piercings are usually all 16 and 18 gauges all around

    Nose: is also 16 or 18.
    Eyebrow: 14 to 16
    Lip: 14 gauge
    Septum: 14, but can be stretched
    belly: 14
    tongue: 14

    Hope I helped :) piercings all generally start at 14 to 18 but most can be stretched or ‘gauged’ after

    Good luck!

Leave a Comment


NOTE - You can use these HTML tags and attributes:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>