Snug
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Saturday May 3rd, 2008 @ 8:22 AM
Filed under: Ear
I plan on getting a snug piercing in two weeks. On Wiki BME, it states that snugs are “difficult to heal, largely because many piercers insist on putting small diameter, thin gauge rings into them.”
Because of this I will be insisting on a straight barbell, but my question is: What is the range that falls under “thin” gauges, and what constitutes a thick gauge that will prevent migration/rejection for this particular piercing?
I’ve never put a ring in a snug in my life (and actually think they look rather odd with rings in them, go figure - sorry if I just offended you and you wear a ring in your snug!), but I would personally say that in my experience, snugs are just cranky bitches to heal for the most part, no matter what jewellery one uses. I prefer to use curved bars over straight ones, they usually go with the flow of the ear better, and I tend to do them at around 14ga, with titanium jewellery. You can still reasonably expect a year of cleaning and looking after it while it’s fussy, they are a notoriously long-healing piercing!
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I’ve tried to heal a snug two different times, both with curved barbells. Once it was pierced at a 16 ga, not sure of the length but it was WAY too small and caused a lot of irritation. The second time around the jewelry was long enough and a 14 ga, but it still had major issues. Over the course of a year, it would calm down a tiny bit, then flair up again, even if nothing had provoked it. It also got infected more than once, I believe because it was a deep piercing and couldn’t drain properly. If you do go for a snug, make sure you keep up your salt soaks, even if you think it’s healed for the full year or more, and watch that it’s draining right. Good luck!
Sarah on May 4th, 2008 at 4:45 pmLeave a Comment