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Wednesday March 19th, 2008 @ 1:13 AM

Filed under: Nipple, Piercing

I have the standard 14g horizontal nipple piercings. I ordered a bright, shiny new pair of Anatometal barbells in 12g. Is the .4mm difference really enough that I should be concerned about pain or use a taper (do they make tapers that small?)? Or, should I just have a piercer insert the new jewelry after I get it sterilized?

Will the .4mm make a difference? On some people, yes it will. However on others, no it will not. I’ve personally seen people slide a 12ga barbell through what normally had a 14ga barbell easily, mainly due to how long they had the piercing,etc. But like I said I’ve also seen vice versa where a taper was most definitely needed.

Yes they do make 12ga tapers, in fact you can get tapers as small as 18ga. For internally threaded jewelry I prefer threaded tapers, which means the taper screws into the jewelry and you just insert it all in one go.

Since you’re getting it sterilized you might as well just nicely ask the piercer to insert the jewelry for you. That way its all done in one moment in time…Tapering a piercing such as what you’re describing is very quick and easy to do for any piercer…

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