Body Piercing Guide 1 - Piercing Types - Ear

Ear Piercing Types and Procedures
Ear Piercing
Pierced ears are earlobes or the cartilage portion of the external ears which have had one or more holes created in the for the purpose of wearing earrings.
A variety of techniques are used to pierce the ears such as the use of piercing guns, one use diposable piercers and piercings by a professional body piercer. The latter is said to be the better method (providing an approved and qualified body piercer is used.) The piercing gum method is frowned upon by health professionals who say that the plastic gun cannot be properley sterile and there is a risk of cross infection from person to person. Hence the creation of the one use disposable piercers - these are only used for the one pair of piercings and then thrown away.
Conch Piercing
The inner conch piercing is a perforation of the centre cartilage adjacent to the ear canal. Typically inner

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