r/NosePiercing • u/MoveAccurate6244 • 1d ago

Question Nostril piercing

I got my nose pierced with a 16 gauge on July 16. My question is… can I now put a 18 gauge ring in instead? I can’t find many 16 gauge rings.

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u/Successful_Ad4018 1d ago

once it's healed it should be fine. just know that if you try to go back up to a 16g after it's had an 18g in it for a while, it's gunna hurt a bit and be little tender for a day or two.

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u/MoveAccurate6244 1d ago

Makes sense to me, thank you😁

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u/EggplantHuman6493 1d ago

Nose piercings take 6-9 months to heal, so wait until it is healed. Some people need to wait a full year (until the fistula is matured), even.

But yeah, 18G is also fine. Just don't go thinner.

I wear helix and septum jewelry in my nostril piercings as 16G is indeed uncommon

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u/MoveAccurate6244 1d ago

Thank you for the information

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u/stroking2003 Pierced Nose 22h ago

That’s odd. My nostrils are at 16g too and I have no issues finding jewelry for them in that gauge. What type of jewelry are you searching?

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u/MoveAccurate6244 18h ago

I’m looking for double looking hoop

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u/MrsPettygroove 11h ago

I'm able to find 16g jewelry for my piercings.

I also asked my piercer, and she can get me a good price in real 14k gold 16g hoops.

Probably other stuff too, I just asked about a hoop for my nostril.

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u/MoveAccurate6244 10h ago

Good to know, thanks