Nose Ring Styles & Gauge Guide
Most everyday nose jewelry is 20G, and 18G is the next most common. The easy check is to match whatever you're wearing now. Every product page lists the exact gauge. Many piercers start you a little thicker, so if you're freshly healed and swapping for the first time, look at your starter before you order.
The styles differ in what sits inside your nostril, not in what shows. A nose bone is a straight post with a small ball on the end that pops through and stays. A nose screw has a curl you twist in, and it holds best. An L-shape bends at a right angle, so it slides in and turns, which makes it the easiest to swap. Hoops wrap the edge of the nostril. New to changing your own jewelry? Start with an L-shape.
Nostril cartilage is dense and heals slowly. Keep the starter your piercer put in until they clear you, then come back and pick.
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