cartilage piercing
Helix body modification
A cartilage piercing is a piercing through the firm, flexible tissue of the ear—typically the upper ear, tragus, or helix rather than the soft lobe.
Cartilage piercings take longer to heal and are more prone to complications than lobe piercings: My cartilage piercing got infected twice before it finally healed.
- body modificationAltering your physical appearance permanently
- helixSpiraling three-dimensional curve
- tragusEar's inner projection
- conchSpiral-shelled marine gastropod
- rookChess piece or corvid
industrial · stud · hoop · needle · needle gauge · lobe · ear · jewelry · barbell · swelling · infection · aftercare · saline · healing · keloid · titanium · sterling silver · surgical
- body adornmentschoker, nose ring, septum ring, ear cuff, gauges
- Piercingsrook, helix, septum ring, nose ring, belly ring
cartilage piercinglobe piercing
Hole made for earrings
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