But are piercings done with a needle really that much better for you than ones done with a gun? We got Vincent Tan, a piercing professional at Curious Creatures, to break down needle piercings for us.

What are the blue words in today’s Connections? The blue grouping is the second-hardest. The theme for today’s blue category is EAR PIERCING SITES and the words are: CONCH, HELIX, LOBE, ROOK.

The blue grouping is the second-hardest. The theme for today’s blue category is EAR PIERCING SITES and the words are: CONCH, HELIX, LOBE, ROOK. What are the purple words in today’s Connections?

These 15 common ear piercing placements will transform your ear into a work of art. Scroll through for expert tips and photos for your mood board.

The snug is a horizontal piercing that runs through the inner cartilage fold between the helix and anti-helix. "This piercing is highly dependent on anatomy—many people simply don’t have the ...

Some people choose the Nassallang piercing, AKA two symmetrical nostril studs worn on both sides of the nose. For more ...

Ahead, we rounded up the prettiest ear piercing ideas ever, including lobe, helix, orbital, conch, and tragus piercings. Prepare to curate your ear ASAP.

There are 40,500 searches a month for helix piercings, making them 1.5 times more popular than the second most-searched for piercing, conch piercings (27,100 searches) and just over two times as ...

Daith piercings really bring a curated ear together, and look "amazing beside tragus and flat helix piercings.” Pain level?

Ear piercing dates back to ancient times, but popular piercings in recent decades have gone beyond the lobes, including the tragus (pointed cartilage in front of the ear), daith, conch, helix ...

Earrings by Lucas Bauer. Recently, ear piercings, and especially multiple piercings, have become more popular, driven partly by the “Zoom boom,” which spiked interest in face-framing jewelry ...