A 14 gauge needle is 1.6 millimeters across, it's the standard needle used for 80% of all body piercings by professional body piercers.
Mine was done with a 16g needle (:
Guage 18 in medicine is the size of a needle either for injections or for IV insertion.
1.2mm / 16g
Generally it's 10mm by 18g and the piercing is done with a 16g needle.
Industrials are done at 14g not 16g. The piercing should be done with a 12g needle and 14g jewellery.
Most piercings can be done with any size needle, but most common for a lip is anywhere between 18g and 10g. Most common is 16g or 14g, depending on the piercers preference.
Ditch the safety pin. Go on eBay, buy a 14g piercing needle that's been packaged in a pouch and sterilized, and do it in one poke.
It won't parilize your lip but if you hit a vein it can cause a lot of bleeding nd then the lip will have to be re done..also if u do it at home do it with a 16g hollow needle and use a 18gauge stud or ring....I have tryed mine at home before with a sewing needle then tried to put the jewelery in after I was done....the hole was not big enough and I could not get it in!
Cleopatra's needle is 69 ft 2 in tall
the gauge is the measurement of how big around the stud or needle is
one hole is pierced with a 14g needle, then a 16g barbell is threaded through it. then the second hole is pierced with a second 14g needle(usually more painful than the first hole) and the rest of the barbell is put through. the whole thing costs about $70
Well 1g=1000 mg so 16g=16000 mg