The PDF gauge chart Jump to 18G 16G 14G 12G 10G 8G 0G American is a measurement guide.
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Body jewelry is a little tricky at first glance, but it is easy once you understand the gauge system.
The gauge system is more common in the United States.Here is how it works.
When it comes to gauge sizes, they are actually backwards: the smaller the number, the larger the size.
The next largest size from an 18g is 16g, followed by 14, then 12g and so on.
The next size is00g when you get to 0g.It's equal to about 1/6 of an inch.
The next size is 7/16".The sizes go up by one sixteenth of an inch from there, but they are reduced fractions, so we just say 1/2.
The gauge system was first used to measure the thickness of wire.It has been used for hundreds of years.
Pulling wire through small holes made it thinner.A thin wire might have to be pulled through a dozen times, getting thinner and thinner each time.
The number of holes the wire was pulled through was used to create the gauge measuring system.For example, a 10 gauge wire was pulled through 10 holes, so it was much thinner than a 1gauge wire.The larger the number is, the smaller the measurement is.
Body jewelry doesn't have an exact standardized measurement.One 0g pair of plugs may be smaller or larger than another.
It is difficult to stretch because you are not stretching the same amount every time.A stretch of 1 millimeter is 8g to 6g.When you stretch from 2g to 0g, it is twice as big of a jump.