Ear piercings are by far the most popular, and with good reason! There’s so many places to put lovely jewelry.
Ear Piercings
Ear Curations
With the wide variety of jewelry and piercings available, making a plan can seem overwhelming. We’re here to help! We’ll offer advice on which piercing best fit your look, anatomy, and lifestyle as well as helping put together a jewelry combination that takes things to the next level.
Earlobe Piercings
Earlobes are often someone’s first piercings. There’s evidence of humans practicing this adornment for thousands and thousands of years. Current techniques have advances significantly, both in safety and in comfort. These are also easy piercings to heal.
We love all the variations available for lobes. We offer everything from a basic first set of piercings, to multiple sets, fancy configurations, and larger size piercings. This includes custom configurations like stacked piercings/constellations!
AVERAGE HEALING TIME: 3-4 MONTHS
Single Earlobe Piercing
Receive one (1) single piercing on one side. This works for one piercing all by itself, or if you need one side repierced because jewelry was left out too long or other complications. Jewelry priced separately.
2 Earlobe Piercings, pair or 2 on one ear
This hour long appointment give us time to give you a pair of earlobe piercings, or 2 on the same ear. This covers first, second, third, etc sets. Jewelry priced separately.
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3 Earlobe piercings on one ear
A great way to get the constellation or stacked look, or get 3 in standard spacing. Jewelry priced separately.
2 Pairs of Earlobe Piercings
Basic earlobe piercing service for 2 pairs of piercings, 2 on each side, 4 total. It doesn’t matter if its 1st & 2nd set, or 2nd & 3rd set. **This is the maximum number of piercings we will perform in one sitting. This cannot be booked with any other piercing service.**
Large Gauge Earlobe piercings
Get started on your stretching journey with a pair of larger gauge piercings. The piercer will check your anatomy for the largest recommended size.
**This is for a new set of piercings. Please book a Jewelry Change appointment for assistance stretching existing piercings**
Transverse Lobe Piercings, Pair
Transverse piercings are placed perpendicular to "normal" ear piercings, across the flat surface of the ear, commonly with curved barbells. Placement of other piercings can interfere with this placement.
Express Earlobe Piercings
Basic earlobe piercing service for two piercings in standard first, second, or third placement. This appointment includes basic titanium CZ or onyx gems in 4mm or 3mm size. The piercer will determine the correct size posts for you when you arrive. Payment is required up front, release form must be completed before you arrive for your appointment.
THIS APPOINTMENT DOES NOT INCLUDE TIME TO SELECT JEWELRY.
Ear Cartilage Piercings
Cartilage piercings are a beautiful way to accessorize your ears. Most folks can add these to their look, even in more conservative environments. Ear cartilage is structured a bit differently than fleshy earlobes, which affects how these piercings heal. This part of the ear is made up of a central core of cartilage which is attached to the outer skin via a membrane called the perichondrium. The cartilage itself does not have circulation or nerve endings, which makes these piercings heal slower than lobes, generally 6-9 months. It’s also important to protect these piercings from trauma like snags and sleeping on them, as this can damage the membrane leading to tenderness and swelling. It may be useful to keep your hair pulled back from your piercings while healing to reduce this trauma. We do have a few recommendations/policies for easier healing. First, most of these piercings will be started with some sort of post/bar. In general, rings tend to move more, which can prolong healing and encourage swelling and scar tissue formation. The exceptions would be rook and anti-tragus piercings, which are started with curved bars, and daith piercings, which actually heal easier with rings because they are tucked inside the ear. Most piercings can be switched to rings once they are healed if you prefer that aesthetic.
Next, we’ll only pierce cartilage on one ear at a time. During the healing process, it’s crucial not to sleep on these piercings. Pressure from sleeping can cause discomfort, excess swelling, prolonged healing, and even cause the position of some piercings to shift. Piercing one side at a time allows you to sleep on the other side, as well as talking on the phone and other activities. If you’d like to get the other side done, we can do that once the first side is no longer swollen. For tragus, daith, and some conch placements, it’s important to avoid in-ear headphone/earbuds and stethoscopes. These devices can press on healing piercings and transfer germs, leading to complications like excess swelling, bumps or scar tissue, or even infections. You’ll need to avoid these until the piercings are fully healed. In recent years, the industry has developed “faux” placements such as the “faux snug” and “faux rook”. Faux snugs were developed to replace the snug piercing, which is a notoriously difficult to heal piercing of the anti-helix fold. The faux snug bypasses the difficulties in healing this thick fold of cartilage by mimicking the look with a paired conch and helix piercing. A faux rook, on the other hand, gives folks with less than ideal anatomy a chance for the look of a rook piercing.
AVERAGE HEALING TIME: 6-9 MONTHS
Single Cartilage Piercing
Book this piercing to receive a single helix, tragus, conch, forward helix, rook, faux rook, antitragus, or daith piercing. Jewelry priced separately.
Two Cartilage Piercings
Get 2 cartilage piercings in the same ear in one appointment. Get 2 of the same or mix and match. Jewelry priced separately.
3 Cartilage PIercings
Get 3 cartilage piercings in the same ear in one appointment. Get 3 of the same or mix and match. Jewelry priced separately.
Faux Snug Piercing
Because actual snug piercings are one of the most difficult piercings to heal, we offer this alternative. A conch and helix piercings are place to mimic the look of a snug piercing. This can be placed at various angles, such as the higher angle pictured below, or more towards the middle of the ear. Jewelry priced separately.
Orbital PIercing, Helix or Lobe
An “orbital” is when 2 piercings are connected by a single ring. The most common variations are in the helix at the top of the ear, or between 2 earlobe piercings. We strongly recommend booking a video consult before you book an actual piercing appointment. Please consider a backup piercing! Jewelry priced separately.
Industrial Piercings
Industrial piercings involve two (or more) cartilage piercings connected by some sort of barbell. The most “classic” style is a straight bar across the top of the ear. Due to variations in ear anatomy (shape, size, etc), not everyone’s ear is a great candidate for a “classic” style industrial. However, there are all sorts of variations we can offer, included pieces with bent/curved bars, vertical placements, L-bend or floating industrials and others. With a little creativity, we can offer you lovely unique options for your ear.
AVERAGE HEALING TIME: 6-9 MONTHS
L-bend Industrial
Custom V-bend Industrial
Custom Vertical Industrial
Consultation for Industrial Piercings
Not sure if an industrial piercing will fit your ear? Or maybe you're not sure which variation would be best for you? Book a consultation with on of our piercers to see if you are a good candidate for an industrial piercing. We’ll also be able to show you what jewelry options would be available for your anatomy.
Orbital PIercing, Helix or Lobe
An “orbital” is when 2 piercings are connected by a single ring. The most common variations are in the helix at the top of the ear, or between 2 earlobe piercings. We strongly recommend booking a video consult before you book an actual piercing appointment. Please consider a backup piercing! Jewelry priced separately.
