Tragus piercings and anti-tragus piercings are becoming increasingly favorite - in fact, tragus piercings are now one of the most common ear piercings around. Ear piercings are the most customary form of Body piercings and the tragus and anti-tragus are fresh expressions of the mundane ear lobe piercings.
The tragus is a thick puny piece of cartilage that juts out from the ear canal. To get an understanding of the exact location of the tragus, place a finger by the outer angle of your eye. From this point, trace the finger back, in a right line, until you touch your ear. The first piece of your ear you will feel is your tragus. You should be able to grasp this puny nub in the middle of your fingers - this is where the piercing will go through.
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There are all sorts of misconceptions about the tragus. Some habitancy may try to tell you that piercing your tragus will affect your balance - that is simply not true. Your balance is affected by fluids in your ear drums, which are located deep within your ears, and are far away from any pierce-able surface. The tragus does not have whatever to do with your balance, so don't be fooled by uneducated habitancy who might try and tell you otherwise. In fact, the only purpose a tragus has is to hold your headphones (such as the standard iPod headphones) securely in your ears; and once pierced, there are thousands of headphones to pick from which will not irritate your piercing. Honestly, the tragus has nothing to do with your ear, your hearing, or your balance. It is just a flap of cartilage - possibly if humans advanced sonar and echo-location the tragus would be useful (super advanced traguses help bats use sonar, for example) - but alas, on our species, it's just a exterior begging to get pierced!
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The tragus is recommended to be pierced with a captive bead ring, but a barbell will suffice. The hypothesize rings are almost all the time preferred for the introductory piercing as opposed to barbells is because rings tend to heal quicker, better, and more securely. Once healed, you can use any type of jewelry, even typical jewelry regularly reserved for ear lobes. Your piercer will help you pick which gage is right for you (and by the way, increasing the tragus is not unheard of, but rare), mark the location on your ear, and push the needle right through. Some piercers may put a cork behind the tragus to "catch" the needle, some piercers just use clamps to aid the needle through, and yet others just use their hands. Each piercer is different, so they will pierce according to their style. Clamps are the most common method, and many habitancy description that the positively clamping to fetch the skin hurts more than the piercing! The tragus piercing should be painless - there aren't a lot of nerves there - but some habitancy do feel puny and temporary pain. Because it is so close to the ear, some habitancy even say they hear a puny "pop!" sound as the needle pushes through. Should you hear a puny noise, it's nothing to be involved about. Once the needle is in, the jewelry is slid into place and secured, and you are done! The whole process, from prep to finish, shouldn't take more than five minutes.
The tragus does take a while to heal - sometimes up to a year to be fully and fully healed. Many habitancy irritate their new piercing by placing their dirty cell phones up to their ear or by sleeping on the ear with the piercing. I propose Not doing either of these for at least the first six months. If your piercing does become infected (and it shouldn't with allowable aftercare), soak it in warm salt water, don't touch it with your hands, and possibly (using a q-tip) rub some diluted tea tree oil nearby the piercing. Never use any sort of rubbing alcohol, for this will irritate and scar your piercing. Your piercer will give you a unblemished rundown of what to expect and how to deal with your new piercing though, so pay attentiveness to their advice.
The Anti-Tragus is very similar to the tragus. It is pierced the same way, the aftercare is the same, and the curative time is the same too. To uncover your anti-tragus, place a finger on your earlobe (generally where someone's first ear piercing would be) and with your finger, draw a right line up. The flap of cartilage you come to before the empty space is your anti-tragus. Your tragus and anti-tragus are located very close to each other, and the anti-tragus is just opposite of the tragus. Just like the other piercing, this piercing does not affect your hearing or balance. The anti-tragus is rarer than the tragus, mostly because many habitancy don't think they can get this area pierced, but it can be pierced and it does look great when healed. Curved Barbells and captive ring beads are used most often in these piercings.
If you are inspecting an anti-tragus or tragus piercings, be sure to use a licensed professional. Once it is fully healed, the way your garnish or decorate the piercing is fully up to you, and the jewelry possibilities are endless!
Tragus and Anti-Tragus Piercings
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