BODY JEWELLERY CONVERSION CHART

When purchasing stretching jewellery or other body piercing jewellery, it's essential to know the desired size - the diameter of the part that will sit inside the piercing. So what you want to get right here is its thickness, also known as the gauge size.

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In Tribu we measure piercing jewellery using millimetres, if you measure in gauge/inch method, this one is for you!

GAUGE/INCH TO MILLIMETRES

GAUGE
(g)
INCH
(")
MILLIMETRES
(mm)
20g
1/32"0.812 mm
18g5/128"1.024 mm
16g3/64"1.291 mm
14g 1/161.628 mm
12g5/64"2.053 mm
10g3/32"2.588 mm
8g1/8"3.264 mm
6g5/32"4.115 mm
4g3/16"5.189 mm
2g1/4"6.544 mm
5/16"7.938 mm
0g0.325"8.251 mm
3/8"9.266 mm
00g3/8"9.525 mm
000g10.404 mm
7/16"11mm
1/2"12mm
17/32”13mm
9/16”14mm
19/32”15mm
5/8"16mm
0.67”17mm
11/16”18mm
3/4”19mm
13/16”20mm
53/64"21mm
7/8"22mm
6.27"23mm
15/16”24mm
1"25mm
1.024”26mm
1.06”27mm
1.10"28mm
1 1/8"29mm
1.18"30mm
1.22"31mm
1 1/4"32mm
1 5/16"34mm
1 3/8"35mm
1 7/16"36mm
1 1/2"38mm
1 9/16"40mm
1 5/8"42mm
1 3/4"44mm
1 3/16"46mm
1 7/8"48mm
2"50mm

MILLIMETRES TO GUAGE/INCH

MILLIMETRES
(mm)
GAUGE (g)/
INCH(")
MILLIMETRES
(mm)
GAUGE (g)/
INCH(")
0.8mm
20g
18mm11/16”
1mm18g19mm3/4”
1.2mm16g20mm3/4”
1.6mm14g22mm7/8”
2mm12g23mm6.27”
2.5mm10g24mm15/16”
3mm8g25mm1”
4mm6g26mm1.024”
5mm4g27mm1.06”
6mm2g28mm1.10”
7mm9/32”30mm1.18”
8mm0g32mm1.25”
9mm3/8”34mm1.33”
10mm00g36mm1.41”
11mm7/16"38mm1 1/2"
12mm1/2”40mm1 9/16"
13mm17/32”42mm1 5/8"
14mm9/16”44mm1 3/4"
15mm19/32”46mm1 3/16"
16mm5/8”48mm1 7/8"
17mm0.67”50mm2"

CHECK OUT OUR STRETCHED EARS COLLECTIOS:

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BOUCHONS ET TUNNELS

Ear Stretchers

Civières d'oreille

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