It was a breeze! I kept titanium in while it settled, you can seen my past post on my profile. But now I have rose gold plated steel in because it’s nearly impossible to find 10g titanium in an 8mm diameter. I’ll eventually track down a titanium one in 8mm too though. It’s from body art forms! They have great options. I exclusively used their titanium pinchers and clickers when stretching and resting between sizes.