Ear Gauges

Plugs, Tunnels, and Ear Stretchers

Ear Gauges: Screw-Fit Tunnels and Flared Eyelets

A tunnel is a hollow tube that shows the open center of a stretched lobe. Screw-fit tunnels have a back that threads on, so they go in without having to push a flare through. Double flared eyelets are flared on both sides and must be pushed through, so they suit fully healed, well-stretched lobes. We carry 10G screw-fit tunnels in surgical steel and black PVD, plus 10G and 6G double flared eyelets.

Acrylic Ear Tapers From 12G to 1/2"

Tapers are the tool for stretching: each one is thin at one end and wider at the other. You slide the thin end through your lobe until the widest part sits in the piercing, and rubber o-rings hold it in place. Our black acrylic tapers are lightweight and come in sizes from 12G up to 1/2". Go up one size at a time and wait between sizes; rushing can tear the lobe. Once you reach your size, switch to a plug or tunnel.

Fake Plugs for Regular Piercings

Fake plugs, sometimes called fake gauges or cheater plugs, look like a stretched plug from the front but sit on a 16G post in a normal lobe piercing. Choose black PVD steel, a nail-head design, or domes in silver, gold, rose gold, blue, purple, and rainbow. Not sure of your size? See our body jewelry gauge size chart, or ask your piercer to confirm your gauge and fit.