- Helix piercing: maintenance and rules to follow. Do you want to avoid complications such as infection, swelling or poor healing in your Helix piercing?
- As you can tell, there are many kinds of helix piercing. If you get one on the upper cartilage closest to the temple, it’s called a forward helix piercing.
- So, you’re thinking of getting a helix piercing. Once upon a time, you went to Claire’s and got your lobes pierced by a 16-year-old with a piercing gun.
- My piercer explained that the initial healing time for a helix piercing is two-to-four months, but for it to be fully healed, it can take as long as six-to-nine months.
- Helix piercings are also commonly done in pairs or triplets - if so, they are referred to as "double helix piercings" or "triple helix piercings."
- “A helix piercing is any piercing along the upper and outside cartilage ridge of the ear,” says Studs piercer Shannon Freed.
- A helix piercing is one of the most popular ear piercings. But like any body modification, there are costs involved that go beyond just the initial piercing procedure.
- Some locations sell earrings with sharp needles affixed to them. These are used for piercing, but should not be used to pierce your forward helix.
- Helix piercings are placed through this outer cartilage and can be worn as either a single, double or a triple piercing.