Why are regular earring post so thin compared to piercing ones ? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Ranma to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I got all my piercings done at the piercing shop rather than at the jewelery, meaning that my ears are done in 1.2mm.

Regular earring have pretty thin posts, I can even put two earring in the same hole, and if go toward larger ear pendants I start to worry about the cheese cutter effect (but may-be it's just my anxiety).

Any idea why regular earring posts are so thin,? Is there any risks in switching between regular 0.8mm earring and piercing style 1.2 (or even 1.6)mm rings ?

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[-] noseatbelt@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not trying to be argumentative, but that's not really how proper piercing works. I think what you're explaining is what a place like Claire's would do, use a thicker earring in a piercing gun to push the surrounding flesh out of the way in order to make a hole.

A piercing studio uses a hollow needle inserted by hand, so it goes in gently and easily and the flesh in the hole is actually removed since it's inside the needle now. Then the earring is inserted afterwards. It's far less traumatizing to the body this way.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

There is still swelling to account for and a need for more rigidity whether it is punched through or they use a hollow needle.

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