What Kind Of Ear Piercing Should You Get?

Most people have piercings, and the most common ones are ear piercings. Depending on the country and people’s beliefs some parents pierce their kids’ ears when they’re still toddlers, others wait until they go to school, some of us get our earlobes pierced as teens and others wait even longer. But in most cases people don’t really think much of earlobe piercings, they’re considered to be safe and very common. Now when it comes to getting other parts of the ear pierced – that’s were myths start spreading. So let’s talk about the kinds of ear piercings and what each of them looks like.

Types Of Ear Piercings

There are several types of ear piercings. They differ based on what part of the ear you’re getting pierced – the lobe or cartilage. The pain level also varies depending on the placement and so does the healing time. You also have to take care of those piercings differently. The general rule is to keep it clean and leave it alone, but for each of them, there’s a different amount of time you have to wait to be able to change the jewelry.

Ear Piercings Names

In general, there are 6 main piercings: helix, industrial, rook, conch, tragus, and lobe, obviously. But if you want to get into the specifics and name them all there’s also the forward helix, the anti-helix/snug, the antitragus, surface tragus, and upper lobe piercing, not to mention the orbital, the auricle and dermals.