…1,6mm needle have been compatible with the 1,6mm jewelry?

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Saturday September 8th, 2007 @ 11:35 AM

Filed under: Piercing

Got bored, went to bathroom, grabbed a 1.6mm needle, prodded ear, failed miserably at inserting 1.6mm jewelry. I usually insert the jewelry into the needle and push them back through the meat of choice, but the jewelry was too thick. I guess I should have bought a 2mm needle, or should the 1,6mm needle have been compatible with the 1,6mm jewelry? What size needle should I use to get a 1,6mm jewelry through…?

1.6 mm (14 gauge for us non-metric system folks) jewelry should eb able to follow a needle of the same size. If not, one or the other is incorrectly sized or……….you just don’t have the proper jewelry following technique down.

- Sean Philips

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