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Conch Piercing

Inneres Conch-Piercing

A conch piercing is a special piercing through the ear . Bei dem Ohrschmuck wird, je nach Platzierung, zwischen dem Inner Conch (inneres Conch-Piercing) und dem Outer Conch (äußeres Conch-Piercing) unterschieden. The earrings, depending on the placement, between the Inner Conch (inner conch piercing) and the Outer Conch (outer conch piercing) distinction.



 

Definition and pronunciation

Based on the concept of ear piercing comes from the name of the English term for certain mussel species from the family of pteropods , especially from the kind of queen conches , and can "shell-piercing" translates to be about. Es wird daher manchmal auch Shell-Piercing genannt. It is therefore sometimes referred to as shell-piercing.



History and culture

The conch piercing is fashionable today among all aspects of Western culture taken before, where it is especially during the 1990s next to the tragus - Rook - Snug - Daith and - Helix Piercing as a rare variant of the ear hole established. Es ist zwar auch als traditionelles Piercing bei einigen Volksgruppen bekannt, besitzt aber deutlich weniger historische Ursprünge als das weitaus stärker verbreitete Lobe-Piercing durch das Ohrläppchen . Although it is a traditional piercing in some ethnic groups are also known but has significantly less than the historical origins of much more widespread praise piercing through the ear lobe .

South Pacific

Aus Überlieferungen von der südpazifischen Cookinsel Mangaia sind Darstellungen mit Ohr-Modifikationen bekannt, die dem Conch-Piercing ähnlich sind. From the traditions of the South Pacific Cook Islands Mangaia modifications are representations with ear-known to the Conch piercing are similar. So zeigt eine Zeichnung aus dem Buch Le troisème voyage de Cook von John Rickman aus dem Jahr 1785, über die dritte Südseereise des Entdeckers James Cook , einen Insel-Bewohner mit entsprechendem Ohrschmuck. Sun shows a drawing from the book troisème Le voyage de Cook, John Rickman in 1785, on the third Pacific voyage of explorer James Cook , an island resident with appropriate earrings. Zudem weisen hölzerne Figuren von den Cookinseln aus dem späten 18./ frühen 19. In addition, wooden figures show the Cook Islands from the late 18th / early 19th Jahrhundert Löcher in den Ohrmuscheln auf. Bei den Figuren handelt es sich jeweils um den sogenannten „Gott der Fischer“. Century holes in the ears on. In the figures, it is in each case to the so-called "God of fishermen." Sie sollen von Fischern für einen erfolgreichen Fang mit auf See genommen worden sein. They will for a successful catch on with its lake have been taken by fishermen.

Congo


Members of the Mangbetu with jewelry in the inner ear

Jewels in the ear edge, such as the helix piercing, or dilated holes in the earlobes are part of the cultural identity of many ethnic groups in Africa. Jewelry by the inner ear, as it corresponds to the modern inner conch piercing is, but only by the ethnicity of the Mangbetu in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It pegs of ivory or bone monkeys in the perforated ear cups were used. Today, this form of body modification in the Mangbetu is related to but still only rarely.

India

By members of the Gorakhnathis, a grouping of Shiva sadhu, a form of inner conch piercing is known to be used in particularly large earrings as a symbol of faith in the ears. This is the so-called Kanphati, carried out as part of an initiation ritual and literally means "split ear" means (kan of hindi कन, ear and फूटना phu: split tna,). The modern Conch piercing is therefore also called sadhu piercing or piercing Kanphati. Both names have been established in the early 1990s by the piercer and non-fiction author Blake Perlingieri from San Francisco.

The Hindu Gorakhnathis are the only group with such a ritual jewelry. The Kanphati to decline to Goraksha, the founder of Hatha Yoga. At the ceremony, a guru slits on both ears with a knife with two edged sword and set pins from neem wood cut into the column. After healing, the pins are replaced by rings. The Kanphati is a symbol of the faith of the yogi and lead to the institution of special powers.After the initiation ritual is the wearing of the rings in the conversation, eating, or provided in prayer. The traditional jewelry pieces are made of Gorakhnathis including agate, glass, or the horn of the rhinoceros.


 


 

Variations


The Inner Conch, also known as Sadhu piercing sits in the hollow in the middle of the pinna. The Outer Conch, alternatively referred to as Upper sadhu piercing sits above this hollow and could be described as a deeper compound Helix Piercing be why conch and helix piercing are often confused.

Both internal and outer Conch piercings can be worn with a larger diameter. In general, it is used a meat tunnel. Since the stretching of cartilage tissue but can be very painful and requires special care and patience, the desired diameter of the needle tract is usually stamped out with the dermal punch method.

An orbital conch piercing consists of two juxtaposed branch channels through which a ring is pulled, so it is visible to the half before and half behind the ear.


 


 

Jewelry

Ball Closure Ring


As a suitable piercing jewelry for both the domestic and the outer conch is used in modern piercing studios usually a barbell or specifically a micro-Barbell or Ball Closure ring as an earring with a particularly large diameter. Labret connectors are also suitable for use. With a pierced conch piercing jewelry is the diameter typically 1.6 millimeters, when he punched variant is required depending on the used needle.



Implementation


As with other piercings is first disinfected by the stabbing of skin. Then, the injection site, usually on the front of the ear, marked and punctured with a special needle. As mainly the inner conch piercing difficult one which can be used in the usual piercing clamps to fix the entry and Ausstichstelle is often held against the jump-off, instead, a Receiving Tube.
Because the ear is pierced in particular cartilage, the implementation may be more painful than in cartilage-free areas of the body.

 



Healing and risks


The cartilage at this point is indeed thicker than, say, at the ear edge, but will not charge for anatomical reasons, rather than by the jewelry. The healing process takes so than other cartilage piercings relatively quickly. It lasts when pierced conch piercing is usually between three and six months and the punched version two to four weeks. Wearing a Barbells has a beneficial effect on the Heilugsprozess as a ball closure ring, because he is less leverage exerts on the ear.

If problems occur during the healing process, it can at the Conch piercing, as with other piercings in the ear, often come to a granulation, as it is on piercings through cartilage-free connective tissue of the case. Some piercers recommend the use of a local antibiotic. When using an Barbells there is unfavorable placement of the piercing is a risk that the ball rests on the back of the ear on the skull and thereby permanent pressure is exerted. Theoretically, there is also at a high risk of infection, facial paralysis, if the inflammation affects the lymphatic vessels and the inner ear and the facial nerve.

Supported by the jewelry can lead to impairment of auditory perception, because the jewelry change its nature to cover up the incident sound or the ear canal can be completely or partially. Likewise, when outer conch piercing wearing earphones that are inserted into the ear, inconvenient or not possible.


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