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Conventional Piercing Guide
Ear - Lobe & Cartilage Piercings

How Many Piercings Can You Identify?

There are so many places on the ear that can be pierced, it can easily become confusing as to which is which. This guide will help you to understand the popular names of these piercings, as well as where and how they are placed.

Follow the links to informative pages on the following piercings:

Lobe & Lobe Orbital

Helix, Anti-Helix & Helix Orbital

Rook

Daith

Tragus & Anti-Tragus

Industrial & Vertical Industrial

Conch & Conch Orbital

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