Are these ear rings?

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There are 2 of each... are these ear rings? How do the closed loops work? Is it common for either gender to wear these?

 

The Closed Loops Have To Be Prised Apart Till The Little Ball Falls Out,

Then After They Are Inserted, Clamped Back Using A Pair Of Pliars

Or Multigrips With Something Wrapped Around The Jaws So As Not To

Scratch The Jewelry...



Cheers Glen.

 

Awesome, thanks! I had only 1 pair of ear rings that I really liked, took them out 8 months ago to get a new job and lost one of them and haven't worn anything since. I'm excited about getting something back in!

 

Those are not strictly earrings. It can be worn in many different places.

 

yeah they dont really look like earrings to me,.. the bar looks a bit thick???.. i suppose if you can fit them in they are earrings .. but can also be worn on the eyebrow, lips, nipples .. etc

 

I used to have a pair of the spikey ones (i'm at 2g now so I don't wear them anymore), and I have a closed loop one in my second piercing. The ball is really hard to get back in once the earring is in your ear, but it is possible, obviously.

 

The 4 at the top are circular barbels, and the 2 on the bottom are captive bead rings. As mentioned above, you need a special pair of pliers to open and close them, and it's not recommended that you do it yourself. If you scratch the jewelry, you shouldn't wear it anymore because bacteria can fester in the scratches.

Anyways, those are not necessarily earrings. You can wear them wherever you want.

 

18g is pretty small and since they are so cheap (12.00 for 6) they are probably a pretty crappy quality surgical steel..Most decent quality even at a flea market are more than 2.00 a piece..You might be able to wear them for a short period of time but I wouldn't want to for long term wear.

 

He's completely right. The only good earrings for long-term wear are good surgical steel or glass. I have some glass 2g plugs that I like a lot.

 

BTW..I'm a woman...

 

I hate those captive bead rings.I've lost so many of them damn little balls.I just use the circular barbells in everything now.I dont ever take my earring out tho,& the only time I change out my nip rings is to put my shields in once in a while,& even that's a pain in the ass.only reason I do is cuz wifey likes em.

 

They can be used basically anywhere when i got my ears pierced way back when the closed circles with the balls are what i had in, also seen then in lips or septum often. when i had my septum done i has the half circle with two balls and I've also seen the half circle with spikes used there before. you can basically use them anywhere. more often male when used as earnings, pretty multi-gendered anywhere else tho.

 

my bad :blush5: i should have known by your avatar.
So am I, btw.

 

In that packet there are circular barbells (the ones with two balls), and captive bead rings (also known as ball closure rings - CBR or BCR are often used for shorthand) which have one ball. Both can be used in a whole range of piercings, and I've found them fairly good for healing, since they allow plenty of air to get to a piercing without being prone to catching and tangling with hair like barbells and regular earrings. I'd recommend that you go with a titanium or niobium version if you've ever had a sensitivity to nickel, as some people can find steel makes their piercings itchy, red, hot, sore or gooey (typical signs of a metal allergy).

As for the gauge, those are 18g which is fairly small (1mm). These would probably fit an ear lobe piercing alright, if you'd had them awhile, as initial piercing studs tend to be around 1mm thick and a lot of earrings are heavy and stretch the piercings slightly over time. There are plenty of sites which explain gauges, I'd recommend just doing a Google search, there are hundreds. Keep an eye also on the diameter though, as ones which are too tight will pinch and ones which are too big will be prone to catching (although lots of people wear giant hoop-earrings these days, so maybe that's a risk people have come to accept lol).

Those don't look particularly high-quality. There are lots of great body jewelery websites out there, I'd be happy to recommend a couple if doing so is allowed here I'm in the UK but I know a couple US websites and just body jewelery manufacturers that tend to be of a high quality. The other good reason to look at body jewelery shop which sells individual pieces is that you tend to get a lot more choice in what you buy - different sized balls, different gauges, different diameters, anodized (colored) titanium, a whole range of clip-in accessories for CBRs and screw on ones for barbells and circular barbells - there really is a lot out there. Simplest tips for checking high-quality jewelery are:

+ look for a good metal. Steel should be of a decent grade, ideally go for titanium, as the fewest number of people seem to have a problem with it
+ for captive bead rings, try to make sure as little gap is present between where the ball and the ring meet. It's hard to describe, but some seem to have a lot of space in the curve which can bug the hell out of your piercing, and crap can build up in the gap which isn't great for healing holes
+ for barbells and threaded jewelery (where a ball is screwed into place) look for internally threaded jewelery (here, the thread is inside the stem of the jewelery and the stem is on the ball, basically for the same reasons as above, useful for new piercings)
+ get everything fitted correctly, it really helps piercings heal
+ make sure there are no scratches in the surface of the metal, as these will damage the fistula

You can open and close captive bead rings at home. It's just a little tricky at first. Honestly, if you want to make it a billion times easier, just wear rubber gloves. Then you cat get a grip on the slippery little bastards! Use one gloved hand to get a firm grip on the ring. Use the other to place the ball in. Look first at where the dip is on the ball and grip it between your thumb and first finger, firmly, with dip pointing out of one side (the other will be at the gap on the other side of your finger). Place the ball into the jewellery, first lining up the hole that you know where it is (that was terribly phrased, but I'm too tired to work out how to correctly put it lol) into one side of the ring. Now, push the ball upwards with your thumb, whilst keeping a reasonably amount of pressure on the other side of it with your finger, and 'slide' the ball up until you hear a click. If that was too poorly explained for anyone to understand, you can also buy opening pliers for a fairly low amount online, or get any place that does body piercings to change it for you for basically just a small tip (couple of quid max). Most will offer to do it for free if you buy the jewelery from them

 

they can be used anywhere i think...

 

Look up captive bead. I have one in lip and cant change it myself cause to tight. They dont look like for ears, but anythings poss

 

Had These...... In My Ears......For Years.......

If You Have To Take Them Out, You Need Two Pairs Of Small Multigrips,

And You Have To Cover The Jaws So They Won't Scratch The Rings.....



Cheers Glen.

 

Very well stated Sounds like you might be a piercer....