Antitragus piercing
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| Antitragus piercing | |
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| Healing time | 6 to 12 months |
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An Antitragus piercing is a perforation of the inner ear cartilage for the purpose of inserting and wearing a piece of jewelry. It is placed in the antitragus, a piece of cartilage opposite the ear canal. Overall, the piercing has characteristics similar to the Tragus piercing; the piercings are performed and cared for in much the same way.
Healing
This piercing, like most cartilage piercings, can take anywhere from 6 to 12 months to fully heal. The piercing should be cleaned daily until healed. The most common way to clean it using a seasalt water or another saline solution. The jewellery should not be changed until the piercing has healed.
See also
| Articles related to Piercings | |
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| Piercing methods | Contemporary piercing procedures • Body piercing materials • Stretching • Play piercing • Pocketing • Surface piercing |
| Ear piercings | Tragus • Antitragus • Snug • Daith • Conch • Helix • Rook • Industrial |
| Facial and oral piercings | Cheek • Eyebrow • Anti-eyebrow • Lip (Labret) • Lip plate • Lip frenulum • Monroe • Medusa) • Nose (Bridge) • Tongue (Tongue frenulum) • Uvula |
| Body piercings | Corset • Hand web • Madison • Navel • Nipple • Nape |
| Female genital piercings | Christina • Clitoris • Clitoral hood • Triangle • Fourchette • Isabella • Labia • Nefertiti • Princess Albertina |
| Male genital piercings | Ampallang • Apadravya • Hafada • Foreskin • Deep shaft • Dolphin • Dydoe • Frenum • Frenum ladder • Guiche • Lorum • Magic Cross • Prince Albert • Reverse Prince Albert • Pubic • Transscrotal |
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