Proper Placement for a Helix Piercing

Proper Placement for a Helix PiercingHelix piercing is one of the most attractive ear piercings. It can truly enhance your look and there are many different earrings you can wear with it. This ear cartilage piercing offers numerous possibilities for jewelry and style. However, in order for it to work, you need a proper placement for a helix piercing.

What is a Proper Placement for a Helix Piercing?

A helix piercing is a piercing on the helix of the ear. The helix is part of the cartilage that makes the upper ear.

Since helix is relatively large, there are many spots where you can pierce it. This is why many people wonder about the proper placement for a helix piercing. Such a placement will make the piercing safe and allow it to heal without problems. Also, a proper placement for a helix piercing will emphasize … read more

Vertical Tragus Piercing

Vertical TragusVertical tragus is a rare ear piercing that is actually a variation of a much more popular tragus piercing. This vertical placement can look very stylish so it can attract a lot of attention. For this reason, it is not unheard of to have a vertical tragus piercing. However, keep in mind that most piercings that look like a vertical tragus are surface piercings.

Placement and Variants

Vertical tragus is a rare variation of a tragus piercing, which also make it into one of the ear cartilage piercings. Tragus is a small cartilage projection right in front of the ear canal. All people have this projection but some have a tragus that is more prominent than the others. It is possible to pierce a tragus in various ways if the projection is big enough. Many people can receive a regular … read more

What is the Smallest Gauge Size for Ears?

There are many different sizes of ear piercings and ear jewelry. It is very important to know the size you have because this is the only way to get the jewelry of the right size. What is the smallest gauge size for ears? This is a popular question that many piercing enthusiast want to know, especially those who want to engage in earlobe stretching.

Many Different Ear Piercings

It is important to say here that the smallest gauge size for ears might depend on the type of ear piercing you have. There are many different ear piercings out there, from a regular earlobe piercing to the more elaborate ear cartilage piercings.

As such, there is no one ear piercing type but many different ones. Some of these have different rules when it comes to the typical sizes of … read more

Vertical Industrial Piercing

Vertical Industrial PiercingVertical Industrial Piercing is a special type of an Industrial Piercing that goes vertically in the ear. This is considered a separate placement and a variation of the more common Industrial Piercing. As you probably know, typical Industrial Piercing consists of two separate ear cartilage piercings that are connected by the same jewelry, usually a long straight barbell known as Industrial barbell.

A typical Industrial Piercing travels on an angle and covers the ear diagonally. While this is by far the most common placement for an Industrial Piercing it is possible to have some significant variations. One of the most popular Industrial Piercing variations is a Vertical Industrial Piercing.

What is a Vertical Industrial Piercing?

A Vertical Industrial Piercing is a variation of the more common Industrial Piercing. In order to understand how it looks, it is important to know … read more

What Are the Least to Most Painful Piercings?

Least to Most Painful PiercingsMany beginners wonder about the piercing pain. This is by far the most common fear many people have before getting pierced for the first time. It is not unusual for even the more seasoned piercing enthusiasts to worry about the pain. In many ways, this is normal and expectable. While some people enjoy the pain and excitement associated with getting a piercing, others hate the idea of it. People who are scared of piercing pain often wonder about the level of pain associated with numerous piercings. What are the least to most painful piercings you can get?

How to Measure Pain

One problem with the question about the least to most painful piercings is that it’s not always easy to tell how a person will react. Pain threshold and the way a person reacts are highly individual. Similarly, not everybody … read more

Benefits of Cartilage Piercings

Benefits of Cartilage PiercingsEar piercings are extremely popular and diverse. There are many different types of ear piercings to choose from. The most popular one is earlobe piercing but it is far from the only option. Those who wish to have something more unusual often opt for one of the numerous ear cartilage piercings.

There are many benefits of cartilage piercings you might be interested in. While these are not the only great piercings out there they are sure very interesting and attractive. If you want to have a stylish ear piercing it’s worth to consider cartilage piercings.

Benefits of Cartilage Piercings

There are many benefits of cartilage piercings. Here are the most important ones:

Cartilage Piercings are More Attractive

While earlobe piercings can be very beautiful they are also very common. It means that every second person around will have pierced … read more

Popular Piercings and Jewelry Types

Piercing is a popular form of body modification and all enthusiast who love various piercing styles can enjoy many different types of jewelry. The choice of jewelry is often a very personal one. In a way, it will depend on the body part and the type of piercing you have. For example, certain piercing types require straight barbells as the basic form of jewelry while others require curved barbells, captive bead rings, flesh tunnels, etc. Generally speaking, though, most piercings can use many different types of body jewelry, so it’s often the question of one’s personal preferences and style.

Your body jewelry should suit you and make you express yourself in the best possible way. It should show who you are and it should be something you truly like and feel comfortable with. Many people have one style they stick … read more

Different Ear Piercings

 

Ears, July 2011

 

Most people that are into body modifications started with getting their ears pierced. Ear piercings are the oldest, most common, less extreme and more accepted of all body modifications. Piercing the ears can be found in all different kinds of cultures all over the world throughout history. Both men and women have been known to pierce their ears. Depending on the size and shape of one’s ear, there are many different parts of the ear that can be pierced.

 When your Ear is your Piercing Ground:

The ear lobe is the easiest, most common part of the ear that is pierced. This part of the ear can be stretched and gauged because of the type of tissue located in this area. A piercing gun is used to pierce the ear lobe. The ear piercing gun is designed in … read more