{"id":2961,"date":"2020-02-17T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T11:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2961"},"modified":"2025-04-10T12:54:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T12:54:51","slug":"what-is-internal-thread-jewellery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/02\/what-is-internal-thread-jewellery\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Need To Know About Internal Thread Jewellery?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s pretty straight forward really!&nbsp; Internally threaded body jewellery has a thread (the part with the screw grooves) inside the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"barbell (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/collections\/barbells-internal-thread\" target=\"_blank\">barbell<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"labret (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/collections\/labrets-internal-thread\" target=\"_blank\">labret<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"dermal anchor (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/collections\/dermal-piercings\" target=\"_blank\">dermal anchor<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"CBB (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/collections\/circular-barbells-internal-thread\" target=\"_blank\">CBB<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"curved bar (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/collections\/curved-bars-and-belly-bars-internal-thread\" target=\"_blank\">curved bar<\/a> etc. (sometimes referred to as the female connector)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Internal-thread-jewellery-info-hub-image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2968\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You then need an attachment for your internal thread product, a ball, jewel etc.\u00a0 The attachment needs to have an external thread.\u00a0 (sometimes referred to as the male connector). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like standard thread piercing jewellery, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"internally threaded jewellery (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/collections\/search?q=internally+threaded\" target=\"_blank\">internally threaded jewellery<\/a> comes in different gauges (bar thickness). The most popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/category\/guide-to\/jewellery-sizing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"gauges (opens in a new tab)\">gauges<\/a> are 1.2mm and 1.6mm thick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So if you&#8217;re looking for a new attachment for your 1.2mm internal thread bar, labret etc you will need to choose &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Attachments - For 1.2mm Internally Threaded shafts (0.9mm) products (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/collections\/attachments-for-1-2mm-internally-threaded-shafts-0-9mm\" target=\"_blank\">Attachments &#8211; For 1.2mm Internally Threaded shafts (0.9mm) products<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/collections\/attachments-for-1-2mm-internally-threaded-shafts-0-9mm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Attachments-For-1.2mm-Internally-Threaded-shafts-0.9mm-products-800x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2970\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> If you&#8217;re looking for a new attachment for your 1.6mm internal thread bar, labret etc you will need to choose &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Attachments - For 1.6mm Internally Threaded shafts (1.2mm) inc. Dermal Anchors p (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/collections\/attachments-for-1-6-internally-threaded-shafts-1-1-including-dermal-anchors\" target=\"_blank\">Attachments &#8211; For 1.6mm Internally Threaded shafts (1.2mm) inc. Dermal Anchors p<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/collections\/attachments-for-1-6-internally-threaded-shafts-1-1-including-dermal-anchors\">roducts<\/a>&#8220;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/collections\/attachments-for-1-6-internally-threaded-shafts-1-1-including-dermal-anchors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Attachments-For-1.6mm-Internally-Threaded-shafts-1.2mm-inc.-Dermal-Anchors-products-800x200-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2971\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you already have an internal thread product and you&#8217;re looking to change the attachment it&#8217;s important to choose the correct gauge attachment! If you&#8217;re unsure, <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/pages\/contact-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"ask us (opens in a new tab)\">ask us<\/a>, we&#8217;re always happy to help!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>n.b. only products specifically described as being &#8216;internally threaded&#8217;  have the internal thread.  I mention this as most body jewellery is not internal thread jewellery! (standard body jewellery is exactly the opposite with the bar having the thread on the outside &#8211; at the end of the bar).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s pretty straight forward really!&nbsp; Internally threaded body jewellery has a thread (the part with the screw grooves) inside the barbell, labret, dermal anchor, CBB, curved bar etc. (sometimes referred to as the female connector) You then need an attachment for your internal thread product, a ball, jewel etc.\u00a0 The attachment needs to have an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[416,274],"tags":[195,409,410,415,414,9,8,308,411,412],"class_list":["post-2961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internally-threaded-jewellery","category-types-piercing-jewellery","tag-bodyjewellery","tag-internal","tag-internally","tag-internallythreaded","tag-internalthread","tag-jewellery","tag-piercing","tag-tdibodyjewellery","tag-thread","tag-threaded"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2961"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3568,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2961\/revisions\/3568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyjewellery.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}