The tragus is the inner piece of cartilage, sort of triangle-shaped, that sits over the ear canal directly above your lobe. This popular piercing can look great with studs, hoops and in ...

There are so many possible ear piercings that it can be hard ... a piercing through the flat part of your cartilage, usually adorned with smaller studs. This one is a triple flat piercing, which ...

Below are some of the most popular ear piercings you can get for showing off all your jewelry. The helix is a cartilage piercing (i.e. more painful) on the upper, curved part of the ear.

People have pierced their ears for thousands of years for ceremonial, cultural, religious, and decorative purposes. The oldest known example of ear piercing comes from “Ötzi the Iceman,” a ...

What is a tragus piercing, does it hurt and how long does it take to heal? Check out Cosmopolitan's handy guide to the ...

Inner conch piercing. This type goes in the inner "cup" of your ear near the ear canal. Because it sits in the middle of your ear, cartilage studs are a popular jewelry choice for inner conch ...

As one expert said, multiple piercings and jewelry styles are “a way to ... the shell-like middle portion of the ear’s cartilage; the helix, the upper part of the cartilage; the flat, the ...