The tragus piercing has become an indispensable part of the range of ear piercings. This piercing is still incredibly popular, and rightly so! But how exactly does the placement and healing of the tragus piercing work? We will tell you in this blog post.
What is a tragus piercing?
A tragus piercing is placed through the small flap of cartilage at the front of your ear, just in front of your ear canal. Usually a small piece of jewelry is worn in this piercing, but some have enough space to wear two or more pieces of jewelry.
How is the piercing done?
The tragus piercing is usually placed in the middle of the flap of your ear. The needle is inserted in such a way that the final placement of the jewelry is just in front of your ear canal and gets in the way as little as possible, but the jewelry is still at the right angle through your tragus.
Do you regularly wear earplugs? Please let your piercer know, so you can discuss how your tragus piercing can best be placed.
Healing period
A tragus cartilage piercing is a cartilage piercing, and cartilage piercings have a longer healing period. Cartilage heals more slowly than piercings that are placed in softer tissue (with better blood circulation). You should therefore often take into account a healing period of at least 6-9 months. Don't worry if that period takes a bit longer, that happens more often. As an aftercare method, you can choose a (warm) saline solution for your piercings, or use a mild piercing soap from EasyPiercing, for example. In general, your piercing will heal well with a cleaning routine of 1x per day. If you use soap, you can choose to do this in the shower, then you don't have to struggle with a crooked head under the tap.
And as with all piercings: during the healing period it is important that you keep your piercing out of the sun as much as possible and do not go bathing/swimming or to the sauna with it to prevent infections.
Cartilage bumps
It can happen that after a while you suddenly see a bump appear around your tragus piercing. Not nice of course, but it happens regularly. There can be several causes for these bumps, but in general these bumps are caused by a small bacterial infection or by excessive scar tissue. In both cases it is often just a matter of bad luck, because due to the longer healing time a tragus piercing is exposed to all kinds of external influences that can cause a bump. Usually such a bump does not look very nice, but you do not have much trouble with it. Sometimes they can be a bit sensitive or itchy, as soon as you notice that you are getting more bothered by it, it is important that you check it with your piercer or GP of course.
You can try to get rid of the lump yourself by using a warm saline solution and compresses, which you gently press onto the lump. The Silicone Healing Discs can also help to make the lump disappear faster. And if you want to be completely ready right away, order our Piercing First Aid Kit especially for cartilage lumps. In any case, always make sure that you wear good piercing jewelry that offers space for any swelling during healing, but is certainly not too big.
Which jewelry is suitable?
Usually, a standard 1.2 mm jewelry is chosen for the piercing, preferably a bar. Labret bars are often chosen for tragus piercings, because of the flat back. But small barbells can also be a good choice. There are also special tragus barbells, with a short length and a nice figure on the front. Rings are a good choice after the healing period, where you can choose a click ring or clickers with straight bars in the middle. In our shop you will find a huge collection of tragus piercings, with tragus barbells, labret rods, click rings and more. Check out our collection of tragus piercing jewelry here.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!
Phone: 072-7370119
Whatsapp: 06 4049 4149
Email: info@alloverpiercings.nl
What is a tragus piercing?
A tragus piercing is placed through the small flap of cartilage at the front of your ear, just in front of your ear canal. Usually a small piece of jewelry is worn in this piercing, but some have enough space to wear two or more pieces of jewelry.
How is the piercing done?
The tragus piercing is usually placed in the middle of the flap of your ear. The needle is inserted in such a way that the final placement of the jewelry is just in front of your ear canal and gets in the way as little as possible, but the jewelry is still at the right angle through your tragus.
Do you regularly wear earplugs? Please let your piercer know, so you can discuss how your tragus piercing can best be placed.
Healing period
A tragus cartilage piercing is a cartilage piercing, and cartilage piercings have a longer healing period. Cartilage heals more slowly than piercings that are placed in softer tissue (with better blood circulation). You should therefore often take into account a healing period of at least 6-9 months. Don't worry if that period takes a bit longer, that happens more often. As an aftercare method, you can choose a (warm) saline solution for your piercings, or use a mild piercing soap from EasyPiercing, for example. In general, your piercing will heal well with a cleaning routine of 1x per day. If you use soap, you can choose to do this in the shower, then you don't have to struggle with a crooked head under the tap.
And as with all piercings: during the healing period it is important that you keep your piercing out of the sun as much as possible and do not go bathing/swimming or to the sauna with it to prevent infections.
Cartilage bumps
It can happen that after a while you suddenly see a bump appear around your tragus piercing. Not nice of course, but it happens regularly. There can be several causes for these bumps, but in general these bumps are caused by a small bacterial infection or by excessive scar tissue. In both cases it is often just a matter of bad luck, because due to the longer healing time a tragus piercing is exposed to all kinds of external influences that can cause a bump. Usually such a bump does not look very nice, but you do not have much trouble with it. Sometimes they can be a bit sensitive or itchy, as soon as you notice that you are getting more bothered by it, it is important that you check it with your piercer or GP of course.
You can try to get rid of the lump yourself by using a warm saline solution and compresses, which you gently press onto the lump. The Silicone Healing Discs can also help to make the lump disappear faster. And if you want to be completely ready right away, order our Piercing First Aid Kit especially for cartilage lumps. In any case, always make sure that you wear good piercing jewelry that offers space for any swelling during healing, but is certainly not too big.
Which jewelry is suitable?
Usually, a standard 1.2 mm jewelry is chosen for the piercing, preferably a bar. Labret bars are often chosen for tragus piercings, because of the flat back. But small barbells can also be a good choice. There are also special tragus barbells, with a short length and a nice figure on the front. Rings are a good choice after the healing period, where you can choose a click ring or clickers with straight bars in the middle. In our shop you will find a huge collection of tragus piercings, with tragus barbells, labret rods, click rings and more. Check out our collection of tragus piercing jewelry here.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!
Phone: 072-7370119
Whatsapp: 06 4049 4149
Email: info@alloverpiercings.nl
