I decided to change my piercings from 14 gage with 3 mm beads to something more visible. I went with 10 gage and 6 mm beads/ to start my journey . Removing the bars was easy and inserting the tapers was no problem until I stretched my hard nipples to the ten gage thickness . They did not want to comply . It hurt almost as bad as when they were first done .. that past much quicker once the new bars were in place for a few hours . they look a world better now with the 6 mm beads under A T shirt . They also seem even more sensitive and almost always hard .