I have found if I don't wear the ring for several days, the hole will shrink a bit, eg. I am wearing a 2 ga, then no ring for several days, the hole will shrink a bit, if that happens I will get a 4 or 6 ga ring (one of my old ones), insert the smaller ring, wear for a day and it will relax and stretch back. I started with a 10 ga ring when pierced, have kept all the sizes as I gaged larger, so it is easy to just wear the next smaller size. I have done this over and over again for the last 11 years I have had the PA.