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The Ultimate Ear Piercings Types Guide

July 18, 2018 by ceradmin Leave a Comment

by Jess Edwards

With so many different kinds of ear piercings out there, it’s important to do your research before you get pierced so you know exactly what you want, where you want it and how.

We’ve put together a guide to all of the main ear and cartilage piercings you can get including the helix, tragus and daith piercings – but if you get confused with all of the ‘inner rim’, ‘outer conch’ chat, it might be worth referring to the picture below for a handy quick view.

Transverse lobe piercing

Instead of piercing through the lobe front to back like a standard lobe piercing, the transverse lobe piercing goes through the skin horizontally using a barbell. This kind of piercing doesn’t involve cartilage, so in general more pain-free than other kinds of piercings.

Auricle piercing

An auricle piercing is made on the outer part of the ear, usually half-way up, between the ear lobe and the helix. As it is a cartilage piercing, expect a longer recovery time and more pain than a lobe piercing.

Industrial piercing

Rather than a singular piercing, an industrial piercing is usually two (although sometimes more) piercings through the ear cartilage. The most popular kind of industrial piercing is through the anti helix and helix, connected using a long piece of barbell jewellery (or cute arrow).

Forward helix piercing

A forward helix piercing is made in the outer rim of your ear (the helix) at the top of the rim just above the tragus, it can often be quite painful as it is made through the cartilage in your ear. You can also get a double or a triple forward helix piercing.

Orbital piercing

An orbital piercing refers to any piercing where two holes are made in the same part of the ear, generally so that a hoop piece of jewellery can pass through both. While these can be made in lots of places, commonly people have this piercing in the helix or the lobe.

Outer conch piercing

The outer conch is the dip in the ear in-between the antihelix and the helix (the two rims). The inner conch is the next ‘dip’ after the antihelix and before the ear canal.

Standard lobe piercing

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Daith piercing

The Daith piercing is positioned at the end of the helix on the innermost part of the cartilage near to the tragus.

Snug piercing

The antihelix is the rim of cartilage inside your ear between the helix (outer rim of cartilage) and just above the anti tragus and this is where you find ‘snug’ piercings.

Rook piercing

Follow the antihelix round from the snug to the other end of the cartilage rim and this is where you find a rook piercing. You can rock this piercing with a hoop or barbell, whatever you prefer the look of.

Helix piercing

Any piercing in the outer cartilage rim of the upper part of the ear is referred to as a ‘helix piercing’. Two piercings placed one under the other in this area is called a double helix piercing.

Anti tragus piercing

The anti tragus is the little bit of cartilage next to your lobe and opposite your tragus. Depending on your pain threshold this piercing can be pretty painful both during the process and in the recovery time afterwards.

Tragus piercing

The tragus is the inner piece of cartilage which sits over the ear canal directly above your lobe. This popular piercing can look great with studs, hoops and in combination with lots of other jewellery.

Filed Under: Ear Piercings, jewelry, Piercings Tagged With: Anti tragus piercing, Daith piercing, Ear Piercings, Ear Piercings Guide, Ear Piercings Types, Forward helix piercing, Helix piercing, Industrial piercing, Orbital piercing, Outer conch piercing, Rook piercing, Snug piercing, Standard lobe piercing, The Ultimate Ear Piercings Types Guide, Tragus piercing, Transverse lobe piercing

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