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BARBELL

Sale price€12,00

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Color: Gold
Size: 1.2 x 8mm
Size Guide - Piercing Jewelry

Find the right size for your piercing, placement by placement.

The sizes shown are for your final jewelry, once the piercing has healed. The bar fitted at the time of piercing is deliberately longer: do not use it as your reference when ordering.

Illustration - How to measure your jewelry - Obsidian Piercing

Lengththe post only, from base to tip, without the ends
Diameterthe inside of the hoop, measured at its widest
Thickness1.2 mm standard · 1.6 mm nipple, navel, tongue · 0.8 to 1 mm nose
Which thickness (mm) should you choose?
The standard1.2 mm
We pierce at 1.2 mm almost every time, like most piercers. If a professional pierced you, your jewelry is very likely this thickness.
Pierced at a jewelry counter or with a gun?often 0.8 or 1 mm
You can wear a 1 mm labret, which fits that hole, or move up to the standard 1.2 mm with an insertion taper (a small cone that eases the jewelry through). When in doubt, measure the piece you are wearing.
Want a thinner hoop?1 mm or 0.8 mm
Once the piercing has healed (the point at which a hoop becomes possible), you can go for a thinner hoop, in 1 mm or 0.8 mm. For labrets, 1.2 mm remains the reference: going thinner is only useful to fit a narrow hole (see above).
Ear
Lobe
Bar (labret)1 / 1.2 / 1.6 mm · 6 to 8 mm
Depending on how thick your lobe is. The closer the fit, the more comfortable the bar.
Hoop1.2 or 1.6 mm · ⌀ 8, 10 or 12 mm
8 = close to the lobe · 12 = roomier
Hoop: can be fitted straight away, from the day you are pierced.
Helix
Bar (labret)1.2 mm · 6 or 7 mm
Fully healed? The shorter one will be the most comfortable.
Hoop1.2 mm · ⌀ 8 or 10 mm
8 = close to the cartilage · 10 = more open
Shorter bar: ~2 months (check-up visit) · hoop: 6 months recommended.
Conch
Bar (labret)1.2 or 1.6 mm · 7 or 8 mm
Hoop1.2 or 1.6 mm · ⌀ 10 or 12 mm
The diameter should clear the outer ear without pressing on it.
Shorter bar: ~2 months (check-up visit) · hoop: 6 months recommended.
Tragus
Bar (labret)1.2 mm · 6 or 7 mm
6 mm in most cases.
Hoop1 or 1.2 mm · ⌀ 6 mm
Shorter bar: ~2 months (check-up visit) · hoop: 6 months recommended.
Daith
Hoop1.2 mm · ⌀ 8 or 10 mm
Hoop: possible from the day you are pierced. A horseshoe is a better choice for the first few months, while it heals.
Rook
Curved barbell1.2 mm · 7 or 8 mm
Hoop1 or 1.2 mm · ⌀ 6 mm
Hoop: 6 months recommended.
Anti-helix
Bar (labret)1.2 mm · 5 or 6 mm
6 mm in the vast majority of cases.
Hoop1 or 1.2 mm · ⌀ 6 mm
Shorter bar: ~2 months (check-up visit) · hoop: 6 months recommended.
Flat
Bar (labret)1.2 mm · 5 or 6 mm
6 mm in the vast majority of cases. The flat is worn with a bar only, never a hoop.
Shorter bar: ~2 months (check-up visit).
Industrial
Straight barbell1.6 mm · 30 to 40 mm
The length varies a great deal with your anatomy: the safest route is to measure the piece you are wearing, or to ask your piercer.
Nose & face
Nose (nostril)
Bar (labret)1 or 1.2 mm · 7 mm
7 mm recommended · 6 mm once fully healed · 8 mm uncommon
Hoop0.8 or 1 mm · ⌀ 7 or 8 mm
Hoop: 6 months recommended.
Septum
Hoop1.2 mm · ⌀ 8, 9 or 10 mm
8 = discreet · 10 = more visible
Hoop: can be fitted straight away, from the day you are pierced.
Labret / Medusa
Bar (labret)1.2 mm · 7 or 8 mm
Shorter bar: ~2 months (check-up visit).
Smiley
Hoop1.2 mm · ⌀ 8 or 10 mm
Body
Navel
Curved barbell1.6 mm · 10 or 12 mm
Nipple
Straight barbell1.6 mm · 12, 14 or 16 mm
18 mm exists but stays rare. It varies with your anatomy: measure the piece you are wearing, or ask your piercer.
Tongue
Straight barbell1.6 mm · 14 or 16 mm
The safest reference: measure a piece you already wear, or ask your piercer for its size. For personal advice, our piercers welcome you in our studios in France.
Our jewelry comes sealed in a hygiene pouch: check the dimensions through the packaging before opening it.

How to measure accurately

The most reliable method is still to measure a piece you already wear and that suits you. If you cannot measure it (a piece you are unable to remove, for example), ask your piercer for the exact size of the one they fitted.

  • Bar (labret, barbell): measure the post only, from base to tip, without the ends screwed on at each side.
  • Hoop: measure the inner diameter, from one inside edge to the other. Do not measure the outside of the circle, that is the most common mistake.
  • Curved barbell: measure in a straight line from one end to the other, not along the curve.

Jewelry thickness

The piercing standard is 1.2 mm, roughly the thickness of a paper clip. It is the gauge of most ear and face piercings. Areas under more strain, such as the nipple, the navel or the tongue, use 1.6 mm, which suits their healing better. 1 mm gives a finer look on the nose, the tragus, the rook or the septum, and 0.8 mm is reserved for fully healed piercings.

The most common mistakes

Forgetting the downsize. The bar fitted at the piercing appointment is longer than the final jewelry. Once the swelling has gone down, it has to be replaced with a shorter bar. At Obsidian, we take care of this at the systematic check-up, 2 months after the piercing in our studios in France. A bar that is too long catches, moves around and irritates the channel.

Underestimating how much swelling varies. The bar fitted at the piercing appointment is deliberately a little longer, to allow for the swelling of the early days, without being too long: an over-long bar catches and ends up irritating the piercing as well. Everyone reacts differently. More pronounced swelling, because you slept on that ear for example, can make the bar feel too short for a while. That is normal, it has nothing to do with the quality of the piercing, and your piercer will adjust the length if the discomfort settles in.

Switching to a hoop too soon. We recommend waiting 6 months before moving to a hoop, to limit the risk to healing. Cartilage that has not finished healing takes the change badly. Ask your piercer what they think of the state of your piercing. The lobe and the septum, for their part, take a hoop earlier.

Relying on the standards alone. The thickness of your cartilage, the curve of your ear, the depth of your conch: every anatomy is different. These recommendations are professional reference points, not universal certainties.

Healing: how long it takes, area by area

Area Estimated time
Lobe 2 to 4 months
Helix, tragus, conch, anti-helix 6 to 12 months
Rook, daith 6 to 12 months
Nose (nostril) 3 to 6 months
Septum 3 to 6 months
Labret, medusa 3 to 4 months
Navel, nipple 6 to 12 months

A piercing can look healed on the surface long before it is healed deeper down. Stick to these timings before considering a change of jewelry.

Materials: as decisive as size

On a pierced area, the material stays in permanent contact with your skin: the wrong piece can irritate it, slow the healing down or trigger a reaction.

ASTM F-136 titanium is our reference material, and the one we recommend for a first piercing. Biocompatible and nickel-free, it is the grade of titanium used for medical devices: the skin tolerates it well, even on a fresh piercing.

Solid 14k and 18k gold is biocompatible too and remains a lovely option on a fully healed piercing. Titanium is still the safest choice during the early stages, however.

So-called “surgical” steel, like most common materials, is not biocompatible: we do not recommend it for piercings.

Every piece we offer, we fit it and pierce with it ourselves, every day, in our studios in France. That is the most honest guarantee we can give you.

Size

Only 25 units left
30 days to change your mind
Safe & lasting materials
2-year warranty

The building block of healthy piercings. Made from ASTM F-136 titanium, this barbell brings the biocompatibility your piercing needs while it heals. A go-to for an industrial or a nipple, it gives you a secure hold and long-lasting wear.

 

Specifications

Technical specifications:

  • Material: ASTM F-136 titanium, biocompatible.
  • Colors: Available in titanium finish (silver) or gold PVD (gold-plated titanium base, tarnish-free).
  • Closure system: Internal threading (maximum safety for the channel).

📦 Included: labret bar in the selected size.

Placements & Recommended Sizes

NIPPLE

  • Thicknesses: 1.6 mm
  • Lengths: 12 mm, 14 mm

INDUSTRIAL

  • Thicknesses: 1.6 mm
  • Lengths: From 30 mm to 38 mm

TONGUE

  • Thicknesses: 1.6 mm
  • Lengths: 16 mm

Everybody is different, so these sizes are indicative. Our size guide helps you choose. For personalized advice, our online customer service or our piercers in our studios in France are here to help.

BARBELL
BARBELLGold / 1.2 x 8mm Sale price€12,00

Chosen by our piercers, fitted every day

Our co-founder has been piercing for more than fifteen years. Every piece we sell is one we wear and fit every day in our stores in France. We want to give every online customer the same attention, the same standard. You get the rigor of a team that puts its craft and its reputation behind every piece.

  • More than 15 years of expertise
  • Fitted in store every day
  • Piercers who listen

Your skin doesn't compromise

Piercing jewelry is worn in the shower, during sport, in your sleep. Materials that sit against your skin 24 hours a day aren't a marketing question. They're a health one. Certified biocompatible ASTM F-136 titanium, solid 14k and 18k gold: every material is chosen for how well your body tolerates it.

  • Certified biocompatible titanium
  • Lasting quality, constant comfort
  • Suited to sensitive skin
  • 5 stars: 32 (84%)
  • 4 stars: 4 (11%)
  • 3 stars: 1 (3%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 1 (3%)
F
Florent D.
Tres satisfait

La commande est arrivé relativement vite bien que je sois dans les DOM-TOM et la qualité du produit est parfaite et adapté et correspond parfaitement à mes attentes.

C
Christophe H.
Bon piercing de qualité

Piercing de qualité malheureusement j’ai prit un taille trop courte.

A
Annelyse G.
Industriel

Qualité du bijoux très bien !!
Dommage je me suis trompé de taille 😣

A
Anonyme
Qualité pour téton

Parait de bonne qualité mais dommage que les boules soient petites.

F
Felicia S.
Piercing barre

Discret les boules sont petite mais piercing de qualité

M
Marina D.
Pour industriel

Beau piercing je l’ai mis pour l’industriel mais difficile à viser

V
Valérie B.
Très bon bijou

La barre est parfaite. Par contre j’aurai apprécié avoir des pochons qui se referment sur lesquels apparaissent la taille et la matière des bijoux pour le rangement.

E
Emilie
Envoit soigné

Emballage soigné dans une petite boîte à bijoux avec une carte, envoit rapide.
Le bijoux à l'air de qualité, cependant couleur "doré", une boule et doré aux reflets rose et la deuxième boule et doré au reflet vert ?
Un peu dommage.

C
Clémence Q.
Je me suis faite arnaquer

Grâce a votre magnifique bijou j’ai attrapé une allergie sur mon piercing en « titane ». En effet étant allergique aux babioles style nickel. Permettez moi de dire que l’annonce est mensongère. Certes le bijoux est très élégant porté mais alors les plaques merci! Je ne recommande pas Obsidian piercing. C’était la première et dernière fois que je commande.

T
Tiphany M.
Parfait

Le bijou est parfait

j
justine j.
Très discret

Parfait, les boucles sont petites donc idéal quand on souhaite un bijou discret pour le téton ! Aucun soucis niveau qualité

S
Sarah B.
Top

Fidèle à la description, simple efficace et de qualité

G
Gwendoline D.
Bien

Parfait

C
C.R.

Parfaite.

L
Lilou P.
Parfait

Mis pour piercing industriel
Discret et facile à placer

A
Anonyme
Piercing téton

Aucune infection, je recommande énormément le site et les bijoux.
Les billes sont un peu petites mais très jolie à porter. Ne ce dévisse pas pour ma part ( mais à vérifier de temps en temps)

S
Sophie D.
Bien

Jolie, très discret mais un peu juste pour moi

O
Orlg
Super !

Je l’apprécie beaucoup. Je l’ai pour mon industriel, le seul bémol et c’est de ma faute je l’ai pris trop long. Les boules sont plus petite que celui que je portais auparavant

G
G.P.
Très beau piercing

J’ai trouvé les boules un peu petites pour un téton mais au final à porter nickel, le piercing est de très bonne qualité et je les supporte très bien. Je ne regrette pas mon achat !

V
Victoria I.
piercing langue

Le piercing est très joli et de bonne qualité. Cependant pour l'emplacement de la langue les boules sont trop petites mais le bijou reste quand meme en place et ne se devisse pas trop souvent

L
L.P.
Parfait je recommande

J'ai pris la taille pour mon industriel et pour ma part le titane à fait partir mes cheloïdes!!!!!!
Bien que mon piercing bouge pas mal, je n'en ai pas eu de nouvel alors que j'en ai eu plusieurs avec mon premier piercing en acier chirurgical. Je ne peux que vous le recommander.

S
Sidonie W.
Je recommande

Simple mais efficace, enfin un site français avec des bijoux en titane et pas de vis interne, très bon prix alors que j'ai pris une grande barre pour mon industriel. Le meilleur choix possible pour vos piercings

R
R.P.
Très bien

C'est la première fois que je commande chez Obsidian. Je me suis trompée de taille (2 barres en titane) mais finalement j'ai pû quand même porter ces piercings ailleurs. Je voulais absolument du titane de grade et passer au filletage interne, bien plus fiable et safe pour le canal. Je suis très contente de ma commande, envoi rapide et soigné dans un petit écrin. Prix en cohérence avec la qualité 😊

D
Dupart

Bien reçu . Par contre avec moi il se dévisse très facilement. J ai failli le perdre plusieurs fois . Sois ça vient de moi ou le filtage n est pas assez long. Pourtant j aibl habitude de se percing .Mais à part ça rien à redire . Je recommande.

M
Mélanie B.
Bonne qualité

Les piercings sont de très bonne qualité mais les boules un peu petite.

C
Christelle L.

Bonne qualité. Billes petites mais bonne qualité

E
E.R.
Super !

Bonne qualité. Très bien.

M
Matthieu G.
Livraison soignée pour un produit de qualité

J'ai commandé deux barres de 16 et 18 mm pour un piercing au téton dont la barre était trop petite depuis bien trop longtemps. Après seulement quelques jours, je peux dire que le confort de ce bijou me convient parfaitement et la qualité à l'air au rdv. La livraison était rapide et soignée également.

J
Julie H.
Très satisfaite!

Bijoux de qualité, vissage de la boule a l’intérieur de la tige (et pas de la tige sur la boule) très appréciable! Juste parfait!

M
Marie D.
Au top!

Livraison rapide et bijoux de qualité !

frequently asked questions

Shower, pool, sea: can I keep my jewelry in?

Our jewelry is designed to be worn permanently, including in the shower, in the pool or in the sea. ASTM F-136 titanium and solid gold are unaffected by water, chlorine or salt. You don't have to think about it.
Ideally, do rinse your jewelry with clean water after a swim in the sea or in a chlorinated pool.

My piercing is new — can I wear this piece?

All our jewelry is made from ASTM F-136 titanium or solid gold, the only two materials recommended during and after healing. For a piercing that's still fresh, we recommend checking with your piercer before any change. Our customer care team and our piercers in our stores in France can guide you too.

Single or pair: what does the price include?

Each piece is sold individually, leaving you free to build your own combinations. When a pair is offered, it's stated on the product page.

Is this piece suitable for sensitive skin?

Yes. The ASTM F-136 titanium we use is nickel-free and recognized for its biocompatibility, which makes it well suited to sensitive skin. That's exactly why we chose to work only with materials of this standard.

Will my jewelry keep its shine over time?

Our materials are chosen for how they hold up over time. Titanium doesn't tarnish, and solid gold keeps its shine with no surface treatment. Unlike plated or gold-filled jewelry, there's no layer to wear away.

How do I choose the right size for my piercing jewelry?

Every piercing has its own dimensions, which vary with the area and your anatomy. Take a look at our size guide on the site, or contact us directly: our piercers and our customer care team can point you in the right direction.