Ear piercing even in a non-standard place already surprises nobody, it is one of the most widespread kinds of piercing.
But the main advice decided to pierce the ears - to perform the procedure should a cosmetologist with at least a secondary medical education. After all, you need not only to find the "right" point, but also to pick up metal so that there are no health problems, then a beautiful ear piercing will only give you pleasure.
Contraindications to piercing ears is not too much, but still there is:
- propensity to allergic reactions;
- cystic acne;
- blood diseases;
- eczema.
Types of ear piercing
There are many varieties of ear piercing. Consider the most popular.
- Standard ear lobe piercing. It is the most painless and oldest kind of piercing. It has been pierced for more than 5 thousand years.
- Ear piercing - helix. It is a puncture of the upper part of the cartilage of the ear. The puncture is rather painful, pierced only with a special needle and heals from 1 to 4 months.
- Tunneling of the ear soft tissue. Soft ear tissues are ear lobe and adjacent tissues. Tunneling is of two types: stretching and slotting. In the first case, the ear itself will return the original appearance after a while, and in the second case the ear will need to be sewn in the operating room.
- Ear piercing is a tragus. The tragus is a puncture made in a small ledge above the entrance to the inner ear. He brings quite a lot of pain, can bleed for 5-7 minutes without stopping. Completely heals in 6 weeks, but needs daily treatment for another six months. In the tragus is placed an earring-abret (with a thorn or a ball on one side and a flat "pancake" on the other), but you can also insert a horseshoe or ring.
- Antigougus. It is done in a place where a small cartilaginous protuberance appears above the auricle. This is a horizontal and very painful puncture. With proper care heals in a few months. The earring is used from surgical steel, resembling a bar, only shorter and smaller. Thorns on the tips of the bar are not recommended - they can grow into the skin, which will cause painful complications.
- Ear piercing - industrial. Industrial means a double puncture. That is, on the bend of the ear, two punctures are made in such a way that a long bar can be inserted through them. Pretty torturous procedure. Can strongly heal, especially, this refers to the upper puncture, since the hard cartilage is rich in blood vessels and capillaries. Heals the puncture in about three months. But only if the client will properly take care of the piercing. Otherwise, the punctures will begin to rot and get very sick, preventing them from falling asleep. Suppuration can result in sepsis, because pus that gets into the blood causes chemical reactions and rejection, which leads to adverse effects on the body.
- Cross Industrial. Two industrials are made crosswise. It looks exciting, but it's better not to pierce just two industrials, since the ear can be very deformed due to the pressure of the earrings.
Ear Piercing Jewelry
In addition to the usual earrings for ear piercing, plugs, stretches, tunnels, spirals, braces, as well as expanders made of titanium of high quality, plastic, special surgical steel, bone or stone are used.
Care of piercing of ears
To prevent infection in the wound, the piercing masters do not recommend swimming in open public pools a month after the puncture. Do not use other people's phones. Wipe your ear with antiseptic solutions and follow all the recommendations of the master.