Just how many kinds of body jewelry plugs are there?

January 7, 2005
By:  Lori Wilkerson

The term body jewelry plugs refers to the large gauge inserts that are used for stretched openings in the earlobes. While most people think first of the solid plugs that are rather like a cork that stops up the hole, plugs for your stretched ears actually come in a variety of styles that are all considered ear plugs.

When considering ear plugs for your stretched lobes, make sure you have a good understanding of the types available before you shop.  Amazingly, you have a multitude of options when decorating this type of ear modification.  Here is a sample list of what you might find shopping online:

• Body jewelry ear plugs are solid cylinders of material that can either be worn by themselves or held in place with an O-ring on either end.
• Flared plugs (sometimes called saddle plugs) are tapered slightly wider at both ends to hold them in place without the O-rings.
• Eyelets are hollow tubes that fit through the flesh tunnel and hold it open. They look rather like those metal grommets you see on the edges of flags, sneakers, etc. Eyelets are almost always made of titanium or stainless steel.
• Flesh tubes are very much like an eyelet, although many have a thicker, more substantial barrel and they can be made from a variety of materials beyond metals.

Ear plugs can be made of almost any material that isn’t toxic to the skin. You will find them made of metal, bone, acrylic, resins, precious and semi-precious stones, glass, Pyrex, wood and even bamboo.

It’s simple, really – because ear plugs can be made in a wide range of gauges, there is much more room to work with creative materials and get beautiful results. This is especially obvious with natural materials like Zebrawood and Amber, where grain and imperfection add to the beauty. In smaller pieces, these effects would be lost, but are enhanced in large gauge plugs made especially to decorate your stretched lobes.

About the Author:
Lori Wilkerson is a successful freelance writer and publisher of http://www.body-jewelry-useek.com.  Body jewelry, piercing and tattooing information you seek to perfectly adorn your body.

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