Right now I have an industrial and its a 16g because my piercer was all like "aww you're so little and cute" so he decided that a thinner bar would be more appropriate. But now I really want a 14g...does anyone know if its safe to go from a 16 to a 14 once it heals?
2007-09-03 19:54:48 · 6 answers · asked by Megan 2 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Other - Skin & Body
its safe... but it will hurt.. you will need to stretch it. it isnt a large stretch.. it will be especially hard since its cartilage. you may need to get it pierced again with a 14g needle.. you cant just shove a piece of 14g jewelry in there since you will damage your ear and the piercing itself!
ive stretched my ears form the standard 20g to a 6 g and 16g to a 14g isnt that big of a jump but i imagine it would still be painful considering its cartilage! i would go back to the piercer and ask him what he reccomends whether it be using a taper or getting it re pierced and having it heal all over again.
good luck!
2007-09-03 21:02:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wow. No you cannot stretch cartilage. Seriously why did that person get best answer. You know everything about piercings because you have 9 piercings? Guess what buddy I've had over 30 piercings in my lifetime and I'm a professional body piercer. If you wanted it 14 gauge that bad you should have told your piercer before hand. Go to a different piercer next time though. I don't know why any piercer would suggest a 16 gauge industrial piercing. Larger gauges heal quicker and industrial piercings are hard enough to heal.
2014-05-27 17:13:06 · answer #2 · answered by Heather 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO..You can not stretch cartilage! Stretching a lobe piercing is no problem but once you get to cartilage it is a big no no! These people scare me telling you its ok without even probably thinking what an industrial is.
If you try to put a 14g jewelry in a 16g hole it will push the cartilage and not only hurt but you are just asking for a keloid. Cartilage is very sensitive. Pressure from the wrong size jewelry will just ask for cysts and keloids and all kinds of problems.
When you get pierced with a needle they pierce you at a size larger to allow the jewelry to go in easily and allow skin to heal back around the piercing. For example when they pierce someone's cartilage with a gun it pushes the cartilage instead of punching a hole so that's why people often hear why getting pierced with a gun more often leads to keloids and scar tissue.
I've had my industrial piercing for 11 months and its still not quite healed. When I switch the jewelry it gets pissed at me and starts oozing and i got a cyst a few weeks ago. And that's when its the same gauge..
So I would Highly Not recommend it. But if you want a professional opinion go back to your piercing parlor. They are always helpful and know more about piercings than we can. But my guess is that if you want a 14g you might as well take out your piercing, let it heal, and get it re-pierced. Maybe complain to the piercer about them pressuring you into that size when you wanted a 14g and maybe they'll give you it for free...
2007-09-06 09:10:03 · answer #3 · answered by Jess 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do it. The skin would allow stretching because it's healed. It'll hurt though because of the cartlidge.
2007-09-03 20:36:42 · answer #4 · answered by mima... 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i have a 14g on my ear, some times if you leave it alone it grows like i never had a pirecing i dont think its different for everyone.
2007-09-03 20:03:55 · answer #5 · answered by Richard Gene 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yea it would be fine. you can stretch any piercing as long as its healed. i know industrials take forevvver to heal... so i dont know when you might be able to do it... might take a few months.
2007-09-03 20:44:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋