Metric to gauge?

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Tuesday October 7th, 2008 @ 11:06 AM

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I have a rook piercing which was pierced in metric jewelry in 1mm. I’d like to downsize to an anatometal curved barbell, which is in gauge, so that will be 16ga=1.2mm…

Would I be able to change the jewelry without ripping the fistula out, causing rejection? I’m sure my piercer doesn’t have a taper going to 1.2mm…

Thanks.

Have you asked your piercer if they have a 1.2mm taper? I know I carry several 1.2mm tapers both blunt-ended, threaded and with pins (for internally-threaded). In all honesty, though, we are talking a fifth of a millimeter and chances are, if it is a well-healed piercing (over a year old) and the jewellery moves quite freely then a warm soak and a bit of water-based lube like KY should do the trick. If you do find it is a bit of a struggle then seek out a piercer with a taper!

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