Ear piercing

Ear piercing The ear is probably the most common site for piercings both historically and in modern times. Nearly every piece of the ear can be pierced, with the lobe being the most common (and easiest to heal). The cartilaginous sections can also be pierced although healing is more difficult.

Piercings of the ear include:

Earlobe piercing (piercings through the flesh of the earlobe, including vertical lobe piercing and transverse lobe piercing).
Tragus piercing is a piercing through the "nub" of flesh in front of the ear canal.
The anti-tragus piercing sits right below that, and the snug or Babcock piercing sits slightly higher on that cartilage fold.
Piercings along the rim of the ear are called helix piercings. Some people refer to piercings on the inside (closest to the head) curve of the helix as ear head piercings.
The rook piercing passes through the fold between the inner and outer conches, and the daith piercing passes through the inner fold immediately above the ear canal.
Inner conch piercings or sadhu piercings are pierced through the inner shell of the ear, and outer conch piercings pass through the outer (upper) shell.
Earlobe stretching is a common practice — cartilage stretching is also possible but most people instead use a dermal punch to remove a larger section of tissue to get large gauge holes in their conches. Piercings connected by a single barbell are known as industrial piercings or as orbital piercings if they're connected by a single ring. More complicated ear work is called an ear project.

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