16 Gauge Internally Threaded Titanium Lightning Bolt Stud
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✔ ASTM F136 Implant-Grade Titanium: Crafted from ASTM F136-compliant titanium, a premium material valued for its biocompatibility and suitability for body jewellery, including many healing piercings.
✔ Built for Everyday Wear: Titanium is highly resistant to corrosion and tarnishing, so it's well suited to everyday wear—even through showers, workouts and daily activities.
✔ Naturally Nickel-Free: Titanium contains no intentionally added nickel, making it a popular choice for sensitive skin and those looking to minimise the risk of metal-related irritation.
Electrify your ear stack with high-impact shine and sleek comfort. Featuring a bold lightning bolt silhouette paved with sparkling clear cubic zirconia crystals, this 16G flat back cartilage stud adds instant edge and brilliance to any piercing layout. Crafted from solid implant-grade titanium with a smooth internally threaded top, it is 100% waterproof, tarnish-free, and hypoallergenic—engineered for continuous 24/7 wear and poke-free sleeping.
Why You'll Love It
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Striking Lightning Bolt Motif: Showcases a sharp, edgy lightning bolt design paved with multiple round-cut cubic zirconia crystals that capture and reflect light from every angle.
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Internally Threaded Attachment: The decorative bolt topper screws smoothly into the hollow labret post, ensuring a safe, snag-free insertion that protects delicate skin.
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Poke-Free Flat Back: Designed with a smooth disc backing that sits flush against the back of your ear, eliminating hair snags and making it comfortable to sleep or wear headphones.
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Hypoallergenic Titanium: Made from solid implant-grade titanium, making it completely safe and irritation-free even for sensitive skin or healing piercings.
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100% Waterproof & Tarnish-Free: Engineered for non-stop daily wear. Shower, swim, or work out without worrying about rusting, fading, or losing its bright metallic shine.
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Versatile Ear Styling: Perfect for a variety of 16-gauge cartilage placements including the helix, flat, conch, tragus, forward helix, or upper lobe.
Need help changing your new jewellery?
Our Stainless Steel Piercing Forceps make it incredibly easy to open hoops and unscrew tight ball ends safely.
Unsure about sizes? Match your piercing placement below to find your correct thickness.
| Gauge (G) | Millimetres (mm) | Common Piercing Placements |
|---|---|---|
| 20G | 0.8mm | Standard earlobes, dainty nose studs, screw-in nose rings. |
| 18G | 1.0mm | Nose hoops, septum rings, and very dainty cartilage or helix studs. |
| 16G | 1.2mm | Most Popular: Helix, tragus, conch, forward helix, and labret studs. |
| 14G | 1.6mm | Belly button bars, industrial bars, nipples, and tongue piercings. |
💡 Handy Sizing Tip: Gauge numbers work in reverse! The higher the gauge number, the thinner the jewellery wire actually is.
Shipping Methods & Delivery Times
All orders are shipped fully tracked and designed to fit right through your letterbox.
| Method | Delivery Estimate | Tracking | Cost |
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Standard Tracked Royal Mail 48 |
2 - 4 Working Days | Fully Tracked | £2.95 FREE over £30 |
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Express Tracked Royal Mail 24 (Order by 2pm) |
1 - 2 Working Days | Fully Tracked | £3.95 |
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Next Day Delivery Special Delivery (Order by 2pm) |
Next Working Day | Guaranteed Delivery | £7.95 |
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International Tracked Rest of the World |
7 - 21 Days | Tracked & Signed | £7.95 FREE over £50 |
📦 Same-Day Dispatch: Order before 2:00 PM Monday to Friday for same-day shipping (excludes weekends, bank holidays, and multipack sets).
🔒 Discreet Packing: Sent out in a large letter box to ensure all deliveries fit through your letterbox.
Materials used in this piece
Base metal: TITANIUM F-136
Accent material: PVD
Good to know: This piece contains titanium, our preferred metal for customers with sensitive skin or concerns about nickel sensitivity.
Choosing the right metal can make a big difference to the comfort, care and longevity of your piercing jewellery. Here's how our three main jewellery metals compare.
TITANIUM — BEST FOR SENSITIVE SKIN • USED IN THIS PIECE
Skin sensitivity: Excellent choice for sensitive skin
Best for: Fresh* or healed piercings
Everyday wear: Excellent
Care: Low maintenance
Titanium is lightweight, durable and highly resistant to corrosion. It's our recommended choice if you have sensitive skin or are concerned about nickel sensitivity.
316L SURGICAL STEEL — DURABLE EVERYDAY CHOICE
Skin sensitivity: Suitable for many people
Best for: Healed piercings
Everyday wear: Very good
Care: Easy care
316L Surgical Steel is strong, durable and resistant to everyday wear, making it a popular choice for body jewellery. Surgical steel contains nickel, so if you have a known nickel sensitivity or particularly sensitive skin, we recommend choosing titanium instead.
BRASS — STATEMENT JEWELLERY
Skin sensitivity: Not recommended for sensitive skin
Best for: Fully healed piercings
Everyday wear: Occasional wear
Care: Keep dry
Brass allows us to create more detailed and decorative jewellery designs, but it requires more care than titanium or surgical steel. Jewellery containing brass should only be worn in fully healed piercings. Keep it dry and remove before showering, swimming, exercising or sleeping.
A note about fresh piercings
The metal is only one part of choosing jewellery for a fresh piercing. The jewellery's gauge, length, design, threading and surface finish also need to be appropriate for your piercing and anatomy.
If your piercing is still healing, we recommend checking with a professional piercer before changing your jewellery.
Mixed-material jewellery
If a piece contains more than one metal, always follow the care and wear guidance for the most sensitive material. For example, jewellery with a 316L Surgical Steel bar and a brass charm should be treated as brass jewellery and kept dry.
Materials used in this piece
Base metal: TITANIUM F-136
Accent / Charm material: PVD
Good to know: This piece contains titanium, our preferred metal for customers with sensitive skin or concerns about nickel sensitivity.
Choosing the right metal can make a big difference to the comfort, care and longevity of your piercing jewellery. Here's how our three main jewellery metals compare.
TITANIUM — BEST FOR SENSITIVE SKIN • USED IN THIS PIECE
Skin sensitivity: Excellent choice for sensitive skin
Best for: Fresh* or healed piercings
Everyday wear: Excellent
Care: Low maintenance
Titanium is lightweight, durable and highly resistant to corrosion. It's our recommended choice if you have sensitive skin or are concerned about nickel sensitivity.
316L SURGICAL STEEL — DURABLE EVERYDAY CHOICE
Skin sensitivity: Suitable for many people
Best for: Healed piercings
Everyday wear: Very good
Care: Easy care
316L Surgical Steel is strong, durable and resistant to everyday wear, making it a popular choice for body jewellery. Surgical steel contains nickel, so if you have a known nickel sensitivity or particularly sensitive skin, we recommend choosing titanium instead.
BRASS — STATEMENT JEWELLERY
Skin sensitivity: Not recommended for sensitive skin
Best for: Fully healed piercings
Everyday wear: Occasional wear
Care: Keep dry
Brass allows us to create more detailed and decorative jewellery designs, but it requires more care than titanium or surgical steel. Jewellery containing brass should only be worn in fully healed piercings. Keep it dry and remove before showering, swimming, exercising or sleeping.
A note about fresh piercings
The metal is only one part of choosing jewellery for a fresh piercing. The jewellery's gauge, length, design, threading and surface finish also need to be appropriate for your piercing and anatomy.
If your piercing is still healing, we recommend checking with a professional piercer before changing your jewellery.
Mixed-material jewellery
If a piece contains more than one metal, always follow the care and wear guidance for the most sensitive material. For example, jewellery with a 316L Surgical Steel bar and a brass charm should be treated as brass jewellery and kept dry.
Best nose ring jewellery I've found in years, it lasts so well still shining away definitely be buying more and package so nicely done thank you so much ❤️
