What size gauge is needed for upper ear cartilage?

Question

16g,18g..

Answer 1

Either 16 or 18. In my opinion, don't go any bigger than 16. But I have found 18 to be the most comfortable. And 18 is the normal size used for piercing ears.

Ps...To the chick below me, just so you know, if you have any kind of a piercing, it is considered gauge. Gauge just is another term for size. To gauge your ear just means to make the size bigger.

Answer 2

Normally 16 but 18 is more  comfortable. Because you stretch the hole a bit when you go to a 16. but i find it hard to come across 18s