Originally posted by jenfer
What's an industrial piercing? and a 16ga????????????? Sounds like something that would be PAINFUL. Ouch.

I thought I was brave to have 5 piercing on both my ears... I didn't want to have my cartilage (sp) done... I thought about it and decided I rather not.
This is an industrial: http://www.angelinaontheweb.com/pixie/photos/ear.jpg


16Ga (Gauge) is the thickness. Both of mine are 14Ga (I think? LOL). I found a chart that explains it better:

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gauge inches millimeters
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20 0.032 0.812
18 0.040 1.024
16 0.051 1.291
14 0.064 1.628
12 0.081 2.053
10 0.102 2.588
8 0.128 3.264
6 0.162 4.115
4 0.204 5.189
2 0.258 6.544
0 0.325 8.251
00 0.365 9.266

Edit: Oops. Too slow lol.