A straight barbell is most popularly used in tongue piercings. The most common gauge used in tongue piercing is a 14 ga. In order to give room to the swelling, the early length of the pierced body jewelry should be at least 3/4". When the tongue rings piercing has become well, it can be changed to a smaller barbell of 9/16", or 14 mm, which is the most usual size of tongue rings. Wearing a shorter barbell after the piercing is healed is suggested.<br /><br />Barbell tongue ring fashion of body jewelry is composed of a straight bar and with a bead on each end, one or both beads unscrewable for replacement and/or replacing of the beads. Either through epoxy or welding, often one of the beads is fixed, so that only one bead is used to fix or remove the jewelry. Usually, there are only right-handed barbell threads.<br /><br />There are roughly about 5 kinds of barbells for body jewelry. The insided threaded barbells are slightly more expensive than outer threaded barbells as there will be extra machining and labor included. It is also considered superior to the external barbells as it is less likely to cause damage or irritation especially at the time of piercing. The bead in an internal threaded barbell has a receiving tube machine into it with a threaded post extending from the center, which mates with the threaded receiving tube on the bar.<br /><br />The externally threaded barbells have become less common as the popularity of the internally threaded barbells has increased. It is named so because shaft of the bar has threads at both ends to allow beads with receiving threads to be attached. <br /><br />Curved barbells are also known as a navel curve and are named because of their curvature. It is mechanically identical to straight barbells instead of that they are curved. Curvature on a curved barbell tongue rings can range from almost straight to circular, with some barbells basically being spiral, with the ends overlapping but separated to allow the insertion of the body jewelry. A variations on this design is a J-bar, a slightly curved barbell, sometimes referred to as a banana bell or banana barbell, with a 90 degree bend near one end, used in vertical navel piercings to position the decorative end of the body jewelry more appropriately. These barbells can be internally or externally threaded.<br />Circular barbell <a href="http://www.bodybling.net/tongue-rings-c-65.html" target='_blank'>tongue rings</a>, also known as horseshoe barbell tongue rings are used in many kinds of piercings. They are named so due to their shape.<br /><br />Surface bars are used in surface piercings. Barbells for surface piercing have a pair of 90 degree bends in the same direction, so they can be used for surface piercing. Because of this design the pressure that would be affected by other <a href="http://www.bodybling.net/" target='_blank'>body jewelry</a> designs that interfere with the healing is minimized.<br />
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