This means you can safely submerge them without risking any deformities, swelling, or cracking. Clean them in a mixture of warm water and antibacterial soap, and dry them well after the soak. Acrylic is only intended for healed piercings because it is porous by nature. Still, we would always advise you to go for materials that are safe for healing ears and leave acrylic plugs and tunnels for the final size of your stretched ears once they are fully healed.
Instead, you can sterilise them with alcohol or peroxide, both of which are corrosive, so use only small amounts to limit material breakdown or discolouring the design. The downside of acrylic plugs and tunnels is that they are not as durable as other materials either, and tend to break, wear, or get cracked easily. These cracks can become a breeding ground for bacteria that can cause problems over time, so treat your acrylic tunnels and plugs gently and inspect them for damage before you put them on.
Silicone plugs and silicone tunnels are very soft and rubbery, making them very comfortable to wear overnight or when doing sports. It should only be used on healed ears since the surface tends to attract more dust and debris than others, which can lead to irritation and infection in healing ears.
It also tends to block seepage that occurs naturally in stretched ears, trapping everything between the plug or tunnel and the skin of the earlobe. This can also cause an infection. To keep them clean, you must wash silicone plugs regularly with mild soap and water, then rinse well and make sure they are fully dry before use. Saline works well too. When it comes to colours, titanium can be highly polished, or alternatively, anodised in different colours, so the choices are endless, making it easy to find something that will suit your unique style.
What lifestyle you lead and whether the material can keep up! Most people with stretched ears will have a range of plugs which they change depending on what they are doing. No matter which material you choose, make sure you know how to clean them properly so they remain looking and feeling good for a long time. New Designs. Single Flare vs. Double Flare Plugs Sep 28, Newsletter Keep up-to-date with the latest promotions, news and releases!
Stainless steel for healing ear stretches As you can make stainless steel in the autoclave it makes sterilisation easy which makes it another option for piercings. Maintaining silver ear plugs Because silver has a tendency to tarnish it can be a pain to clean! Can you wear niobium with healing ears As with titanium and steel, it is a non-porous material that is safe for autoclaving and can be worn while your piercings and stretched ears are still healing.
Using glass for healing ears Glass is often used as an alternative to all metal plugs and jewellery as it has the same non-porous properties, so it can also be worn during the healing phase.
Glass is more versatile than people think for Plugs Glass is actually incredibly popular as an ear plug material because of the unique styles, and effects you can create. Bone and horn are not suitable for healing ears These are highly porous materials where bacteria collects easily, which makes them unsafe for healing ears, especially as they cannot be sterilised well either.
When looking for information or products related to ear stretching, individuals often search for plugs and tunnels as well as ear gauges; therefore, in the end, while we love to educate our customers on the history, proper methods and terms for ear stretching, we still want to be found. Non-flared plug and tunnel earrings do not have a flare on either side of the plug or tunnel. The use of o-rings is often needed in order to keep these types of plugs in place; otherwise, you run the risk of having them fall out if they're not tightly fitted within the ear.
The advantage to wearing this style of gauged plugs is that they're much easier to insert than flared versions since you can just push the earring straight into your piercing. Screw top plugs or tunnels are another great alternative if you don't want to deal with inserting flares. Screw top plugs are generally the same diameter throughout the length of the plug with the exception of the "top," which is a slightly larger diameter then the rest of the plug.
The top unscrews from the plug, which makes them just as easy to insert as non-flared plugs with the added advantage of not having to deal with o-rings that can fall off when wearing. Single flared plugs and tunnels are a hybrid style which combines a non flared style and a flared saddle style. As the name suggests, one end of the plug or tunnel is flared whereas the other end has no flare and will still insert similar to the standard non flared gauged plug.
This style will additionally require the use of an o-ring for the non-flared end in order to keep the earring from falling out but will give the appearance of a flared saddle plug when worn with the flare facing outwards. Double flared plugs have raised flares on both sides of the plug and are often referred to as saddle plugs due to their resemblance to the way a saddle flares out on both ends.
The gauge size of double flared plugs is taken from the center, with the flares often being much larger 1mm or more at the larger sizes. Once inserted, you will not need to use o-rings to keep double flared plugs in your ears; however, they can be particularly difficult to insert at smaller gauge sizes since your stretched ears typically aren't as flexible as they will be at larger gauge sizes.
Be very careful when inserting them as they can damage your ear if you over stretch, and do not attempt to wear them when you're still healing from a recent stretch. When inserting double flared plugs, you insert them like you would a button; put the plug at an angle to your hole and gently press towards the hole and slightly down.
Eyelets are tunnels with either a single or double flare. The flare on an eyelet is generally not as large as a traditional saddle plug but there is no hard rule on the size of flare. Flare tunnels and plugs are always a bit longer than your earlobe. This leaves extra space both at the back and front of your ear.
The o-rings are supposed to be slid over the back and front, placed against the earlobe. With an o-ring on both the back and the end the plug or tunnel will keep in place. A no-flare tunnel always has visible o-rings and is always extra long. The biggest practical advantage is that no-flare tunnels or plugs are very easy to place.
They require no flexibility from the earlobe. That's why no flare tunnels and plugs can be worn in earlobes that not are not yet fully healed.
Where a no-flared plug or tunnel has no edge, the single flare tunnel has one. The side with the edge is mostly meant to be worn to the front. Therefore, you should be able to smoothly slide the plug or tunnel through your ear until the front hits the earlobe.
An o-ring on the protruding part at the back should keep the tunnel or plug in place. The biggest difference between the no-flare and the single flare is that the single flare is not influenced in its looks by the o-ring as its hidden at the back. Just like the no-flare tunnel the single flare tunnel should slide easily through the ear. This makes them suitable for earlobes that are still recovering from their last stretch. Logically the double flared tunnel or plug has two outer edges.
There are no o-rings needed the keep the piercing in place and they do not influence the look of the piercing. The double flared plugs and tunnels make up the largest part of all the tunnels and plugs combined. But when placing or removing a double flared plug or tunnel the edges need to be pushed through the earlobe.
As the edges are slightly bigger than the size of the plug itself the earlobe needs to handle a moment of pressure and offer some flexibility.
As mentioned the double flared tunnel or plug is only meant to be worn in fully healed earlobes. What if you do want the look of double flared tunnels or plugs but your ears haven't fully recovered yet? The screw fit tunnel appears to have to flares but has a screwable backside.
By screwing off the back, the plug or tunnel can be placed as if it were a single flared plug, without requesting flexibility from the earlobe. Once in place you just screw back on the back and you have the look of a double flared tunnel. Plugs and tunnels come in a wide variety of piercing materials , learn everything you need to know on our blog.
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