Tragus Piercing

Tragus piercing is a fairly popular piercing involving the thick oval of cartilage that juts out directly in front of the ear canal. The popularity of tragus piercings began to increase around 2005, according to the BBC.

Tragus it self is a small pointed eminence of the external ear, situated in front of the conch, and projecting backward over the meatus.

Tragus piercing usually made with a small gauge hollow piercing needle, and typical jewelry would be a small diameter captive bead ring or small gauge post style piercing jewelry...(see more)

Ear Piercings

Ear piercings has been practiced all over the world since ancient times. There is considerable written and archaeological evidence of the practice. Ear piercing is the oldest form of body piercings with references dating into the early history of mankind.

Ear piercing has been popular in Western style societies for many years now. At first it would be done by someone in the family using a hot darningneedle and a cork from a bottle at the back of the ear.

In the US, the concept of pierced ears can date back well before the 1920 but would fall in favor of women preferring to opt with a new product known as the clip-on ear ring. Men still continued to display pierced ears, especially those in the nautical business including the navy and commercial sailing vessels...(see more)