Sizes and Cicatrization delays

You often ask us what to put where, the sizes you should buy, the cicatrization delays...
Here are some tools to help you:


Usual sizes:

You wanna make a present to a friend... But you dunno what to buy...

Here is a summary with the standard sizes and the jewels we usually put at this place:

  Place Gauge Length Jewel kind
 Eyebrow 16 ga 5/16'' Micro
 Nose - Nostril
 Tongue 14 ga 3/8'' or 5/4'' Barbell
 Lip / Labret 14 ga 5/16'' Lip / Labret
 Navel 14 ga 3/8'' Banana
 Cartillage Special Piercing:
you MUST know
the sizes!
Barbell, Ball Closure Ring
 Lobe Ball Closure Ring,...
 Nipple Ball Closure Ring, Barbell
 Tragus 14 ga 6 mm Labret

Click on the kind of jewel, you'll display the corresponding list in our Online Shop.


Cicatrization: the " Cicatrisulette "

To know when (at least!) you'll be able to change your jewel, and when your
cicatrization should be definitive, select your Piercing date and where you've been
(or will be) Pierced then click on the button :

Piercing date :
- -
place :



Clic on the button...
* These dates are totally for information, they've been calculated from a medium delay.
They DO NOT represent necessary the reality. The cicatrization delay depends on many things
(the manner you follow the cares, your life style, the way your body cicatrizes...)

Conversion Charts:

For our Canadian or English friends, here are the conversion charts for the sizes:

Longueur ou Diamètre / Length or Diameter
mm 6 8 10 12 15 16 18  
Inches 1/4'' 5/16'' 3/8'' 1/2'' 9/16'' 5/8'' 3/4''  
mm 20 22 25 30 34 38 44 50
Inches 13/16'' 7/8'' 1'' 1 3/16'' 1 3/8'' 1 3/2'' 1 3/4'' 2''

Jonc / Gauges
mm 0.8 1 1.2 1.6 2 2.4 3.2 4 5 6 8 10
Gauges 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 00

Taille des Billes / Ball Size
mm 3 4 5 6 8 10 12
Inches 1/8'' 5/32'' 3/16'' 1/4'' 5/16'' 3/8'' 1/2''


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