We’re all familiar with piercings, some people love them and have a bunch, and some people can’t stand them. Which is understandable considering they hurt, take forever to heal, and can be a pain in the ass if you have long hair when the hair gets caught. However, if you’re looking for a new piercing to get, or are just curious about how many places there are on your body to pierce then keep reading! I’ll be sharing the most popular piercings to get and some of the less common ones!
Earlobes: Starting off simple, most everyone these days has their lobes pierced, with good reason because it’s the quickest, easiest, and most piercing to start with if you’re just getting into the world of piercings. Traditionally lobe piercings are done with piercing guns, which isn’t always the greatest idea, but I’ll go into more detail later. If you choose to get your lobes done at a piercing parlor over a kiosk at the mall (which is a smart idea) they will pierce with a strait needle and this will give you a wider range of jewelry to choose from like circular barbells or straight barbells. For lobe piercings the minimum healing time is usually 10 weeks.
Helix/ Cartilage:
Helix piercings, also more commonly known as cartilage is placed right through the upper part of the ear. This piercing is very versatile because of all the places to put it, and the jewelry options to put in it. Because of the placement, these cartilage piercings take a bit longer to heal, usually it should be healed within 4 months, but they can be very fussy if you sleep on it wrong or accidently pull on it, it will set back your healing time significantly which is a big drawback to this piercings. I remember when I got my helix piercings, I vowed to never get them re-pierced if something went wrong solely because the pain and healing was a pain in the ass!
Nostrils:
Moving on with common piercings, I’m sure we all know someone with their nose pierced! This piercing is delicate, they develop keloids very easily so just be sure to clean it twice a day, and use sea salt soaks as necessary.
Septum:
Septum’s are special in the fact that if you don’t want it to be seen, you can flip it up and hide it. This is helpful if you’re hiding it from your parents (don’t do that!) or your job doesn’t allow it. Septum’s are usually not that painful and only take 2 months to heal. Although I swear mine healed in 2 weeks!
Anti-Tragus:
Next on to the less common piercings. The anti-tragus is a piercing I haven’t seen on anyone. It I placed through the nob of tissue above the ear lobe. They take a while to heal, usually up to 6 months!
Anti-Helix:
Similar to the anti-tragus the anti-helix, also known as the snug, is placed in the front side of the mid helix. It tends to swell a lot at the time of the piercing so make sure you’re pierced with a long barbell. This piercing takes about 8 months to heal, so before you get the piercing keep that in mind.
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