Ear Piercing Types

-- Lobe Piercing
The most common is Lobe Piercing. Lobe piercing has gained its popularity world wide and the trend of piercing still continues. In the western society, the most commonly done piercing is 20g. The appropriate type of jewelry is barbell, CBR, or studs. The materials used for lobe piercing is usually gold jewelry. The 1-2 months of piercing is not advised to change a jewelry. The lobe is usually made of fatty tissue, with no nerves or even arteries to prevent.


-- Transverse Lobe Piercing
The transverse lobe piercing isn't much popular than the lobe piecing because the transverse lobe piercing is transverse lobe is an earlobe piercing which turns 90 degrees. This jewelry type for this piercing is curved
circular barbells, using a 14g but the placement of the piercing just goes from the inner of the lobe to the outer of side of the lobe.

Cartilage Ear Piercing
- Helix Piercing
Among the cartilage piercing, the widely spread piercing is helix piercing . Mostly helix piercing is done at the top of the ear, the main jewelry which attracts this piercing is a Captive Bead Ring (CBR). When newly pierce the cartilage ear should really be well taken care of, that means have to be very gently at it or else the ear could get reddish. The main cautious is at the sleeping time. The ear cartilage piercing takes the same healing time also with the navel piercing, that means the navel piercing and the cartilage piercing is the most difficult piercing to heal. The main difference of lobe piercing and a cartilage piercing is the healing process. Whereas, the ear lobe heals within 6-8 weeks but the cartilage piercing usually take up to 6 - 8 months to get fully recovered.

The final note which is to be counted for the ear cartilage : Self piercing is not worth, nor using a piercing gun. A piercing gun can cause a shock to the ear. When helix piercing is done with the use of the piercing gun the pain of piercing is just the split of a second but at night it could be painful for at least 7 days. These piercing guns are not created for piercing structural tissue. Moreover, studs is never advisable for gun piercing.

Tragus Piercing
Tragus piercing goes through the part of the ear, the tragus is a small piece of a thick cartilage which sticks out like a tab and is directly in front of the ear canal opening. Tragus Piercing is popular piercing within men and women. The captive bead ring is one of the most popular jewelry for the tragus piercing and pierced with 14gauge or a 16 gauge.
The best quality body jewelry for tragus piercing is 316L Surgical Stainless Steel, 18ct Solid Gold or Titanium.

The healing process do actually vary because it totally concerns with a person's health and how they follow the aftercare instruction. The healing period between the 14 days are crucial.

Industrial Piercing /Helix Piercing
- An industrial piercing is placed at the top part of the ear through the cartilage from one side to the other, where as this piercing technique has a two piercings, a straight barbell connects the piercing. Most frequently seen industrial ear piercing is through the helix ( a diagonal angle) but the others also include one piercing through the helix and the second one through the tragus or another part of the ear. The most important factor in industrial piercing is that the two piercings be exactly inline with each other.
While, this piercing is not only popular among both the genders but also a successful piercing for the placement of the piercing and the sizing of the jewelry. Meanwhile, the industrial piercing is commonly placed at the top of the ear, for reminding it the piercing may take a while to settle through the area because it could be injured or infected quick. The highest quality body jewelry for industrial piercing is 316L Surgical Stainless Steel, 18ct Solid Gold and Titanium. At times, in the UK this act of piercing is usually termed as scaffold piercing .
While the helix orbital pierce is just place from one side to the other side than from the front to the back, so it calls for two holes instead of one.
Things to be remembered for this piercing :
1)The jewelry should be long to cover the swelling
2)The healing period to take some time

Rook Piercing/Anti Helix Piercing
Rook piercing is likely to be the most painful piercing among the assorted piercings. The rook piercing is comparatively less popular in demand unlike industrial piercing and is unfamiliar and won't be widely seen. This type of ear piercing goes through the thick cartilage just above the tragus and below the helix.

Conch Piercing
Pierce by both men and women and increasingly gaining its popularity. In the piercing term the conch piercing is directed to the piercing which is done through the cartilage of the ear between the helix and the tragus. Therefore, it was name "conque piercing" because the wear resembles a conch shell. When piercing a conch pierce, could face the same sort of difficulty like rook piercing but the conch piercing is also a troublesome piercing. The best quality for a conch piercing is 18ct Solid Gold/ Titanium.

Conch Piercing is divided into 2 segments:
1. Inner conch
2. Outer conch