Ear Stretching Jewelry: The Types of Tunnel Plugs
- Tunnel/Flesh Tunnel/Eyelet – is a hollow, tube-shaped plug. …
- Straight Taper – is a straight piece either steel or acrylic that is small on one side and larger on the other. …
- Spiral Taper/Crescents/Buffalo Tapers – can be used as both jewelry and a stretching taper.
Keeping this in view, what’s the difference between tunnels and plugs?
A tunnel (as you would expect) is hollow inside. You can see through the jewellery and this is highlighted inside the piercing cavity. A plug on the other hand, is solid and fills the piercing cavity. But although this difference seems simple it sometimes can be hard to distinguish the two.
One may also ask, should I sleep with my gauges in?
I recommend you sleep with your plugs in your ears. Sleeping without them can cause irritation, dryness, and cracking. … Wood is very porous, which allows your ears to breathe and reduces ear funk. If you do end up blowing your ears out, take out the new jewelry and put in a smaller gauge of jewelry.
What is a ear blowout?
A blowout is one of the most common complications of ear gauging. It’s a ring of scar tissue that forms behind the jewelry and gives the piercing the appearance of turning inside out. Blowouts usually occur from trying to stretch the hole too quickly. They often cause sharp pain and inflammation.
How long do you leave tapers in before putting plugs in?
Generally, you need to wait at least 3-4 months before gauging the fresh plug piercing, after it’s initially done. Then, you‘ll have to take breaks of at least 1 month between other 1-sized stretches.
Can you wear stone plugs all the time?
Bone, Horn, Stone, and Wood
They are porous materials and harbor bacteria, which can cause irritation and infection in healing tissue, so only wear them once your stretch or piercing has healed properly.
What is a tunnel piercing?
A flesh tunnel is a hollow, tube-shaped variety of body piercing jewelry. It is also sometimes referred to as a spool, fleshy, earlet, expander, or eyelet.
Are acrylic plugs bad for your ears?
But you still should avoid them on healing ears
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.
