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I have some acrylic plugs [size 0g] and I like the way they look, but I do NOT like the smell. Any suggestions on what material smells the least?
Thanks in advance guys.
-atticus.

I would recommend stone plugs. I've got about 10 pairs made from various semiprecious stones (Rose quartz, fluorite, rhodonite, carnelian, opalite, mint opalite, lepidolite, etc), and my ears seem to really love them. And they don't smell at all! I've got 0g and 4g piercings in my lobes, and the only thing to be aware of is that the stone plugs can get heavy the larger you go. www.bodyartforms.com has a pretty awesome selection of stone plugs, so check them out if you're interested^.^

Hope that helped a bit, I don't really wear anything but surgical steel and stones nowadays^.^

Clean ones.
...But glass is a good.

Acrylic is one of the least smelly ones in my experience. Just clean them off every day and you'll be fine.

corazon_de_oro wrote:Acrylic is one of the least smelly ones in my experience. Just clean them off every day and you'll be fine.

I agree. I've never had smelly acrylic jewellery, however stainless steel for me always seems to build up a lot of cheese.

Organics in general tend to be good. For me wood's the best, with bone or horn close behind, and most stone being a distant fourth.

Both steel and acrylic make my ears smellier, and more pissed off in general. Titanium is a bit better for me than steel. Weird thing, I have only a few pieces of niobium, but they seem to make almost no smell, even my nostril piercing which is so easy to smell. Everyone's going to react a little differently, however, many people find glass to be awesome for preventing cheesiness, but for me it's not much better than titanium, and not as good as silicone.

the least smelly plugs would be wood. any organic has the least smell.

"Which type of Gauges smell the least?" Gauge is a unit of measurement and not a piece of jewelry. Anyway, I agree with clean ones. If you give your PLUGS a quick rinse daily, you shouldn't have any odor or buildup problem.

i agree about organics, and i would wear them. but with the only pair that i had as a birthday gift infect my right, (might be an allergic reaction.) I did a post about pros and cons of SILICONE gauges or tunnels, i havent really had a problem with them smelling.

the pair i use are morbid metals (usuallt at hot topic). they seemed really cheap compared to others, but not in a bad way. They were 12$ and it was buy one get one half off. so i got them for 6$! pretty good deal!