Titanium Tongue Rings

The light one: titanium weighs about half what steel does, and your tongue can tell. Implant-grade ASTM F-136 bars for mouths that react to steel, plus anodized color barbells in purple, rainbow and black with 3-D spider and dragon tops, all in the tongue-standard 14G, 5/8 inch. The product page names the metal on every piece. Since 1999.

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Titanium Tongue Ring Fit & Material Guide

Fit: 14G, with 5/8 inch (16mm) the everyday length once the swelling is gone, and 5mm to 6mm balls. Downsize from the long starter bar as soon as your piercer clears you; the bar that flops is the bar that clicks teeth. Match the bar you wear now.

Two kinds of titanium here. Bars titled implant grade, ASTM F-136 or G23 are certified titanium alloy through and through: nickel-free, corrosion-proof, the metal piercers use for fresh piercings, and the right answer if steel has ever made your tongue sore or your gums angry. Anodized-titanium color barbells get their purple, rainbow and black from an oxide layer grown on the surface, nothing painted or plated; the color softens over months where teeth rub, the bar does not. Every product page names the metal, so read it if the distinction matters to you.

Care: mild soap and warm water, no polishing compounds. Titanium or steel? 316L steel suits most people and costs less, but it holds a trace of nickel locked in the alloy; if your mouth has ever reacted to it, stop testing your luck and stay on this page.

More for the tongue:

- Plain steel bars to downsize into → Basic Tongue Rings

- The forever metal → 14k Gold Tongue Rings

- No metal at all → Bioplast & Acrylic Tongue Rings

- Every tongue ring made → Tongue Rings

- All titanium body jewelry → Titanium Body Jewelry

FAQ

Two reasons. Implant-grade titanium is nickel-free, so a mouth that reacts to steel finally gets to relax, and titanium weighs about half what steel does, which your tongue notices by lunchtime. It is also the metal piercers use for fresh piercings, so it is as close to a safe default as tongue jewelry gets.

The colors come from anodizing: an electric current thickens titanium's own surface layer until it bends light into purple, blue, rainbow or black, with nothing painted or plated on. Two kinds live on this page: bars titled implant grade, ASTM F-136 or G23, which are certified titanium alloy through and through, and anodized-titanium color barbells. The product page names the metal on every one; read it if the distinction matters to you.

The same as any tongue ring: 14G, with 5/8 inch (16mm) the everyday length once the swelling is gone, and 5mm to 6mm balls. Downsize from your long starter bar as soon as your piercer clears you; a bar that flops is what clicks teeth. Match the bar you wear now; every product page lists gauge, length and ball size.

Implant-grade titanium is what many piercers start a tongue with, so yes in principle, but the first change still belongs to your piercer: a fresh tongue swells hard and needs its long starter bar for the first weeks. Once you are cleared, a threadless or internally threaded titanium bar is the gentlest thing you can put through a healing channel.

Anodized color is the metal's own oxide layer, so it does not flake like plating, but it is thin and the mouth is a rough neighborhood. Expect the color on the balls to soften over months where teeth and tongue rub; the bar itself stays titanium. Mild soap and water only, no polishing compounds, no bleach-based mouthwash soaks.

316L steel suits most people and costs less; it holds a trace of nickel locked in the alloy. If your tongue ever got sore or your gums reacted around a steel bar, that is your answer: go implant-grade titanium. If steel has never bothered you, our basic steel bars will treat you fine.