Implementation, healing and risks

As with other piercings is first disinfected by the stabbing of skin. Then, the injection site, usually on the front of the ear, marked with a special needle pierced (see piercing a piercing). Since this is mainly cartilage pierced, the implementation may be more painful than in cartilage-free areas of the body.

Since little skin around the cartilage and it does not even own blood supply, the healing process much take longer than is the case, for example, the lobe-piercing. In addition, initial pressure caused pain.

An alternative to the jump-off with a venous catheter or a similar hollow needle is the punching. Here, cartilage tissue is removed, whereby pressure pain is diminished, or completely absent, and the healing time is shortened.

The healing process is engraved with the helix piercing is usually about three to six months. If the piercing punched shortened this period to two to four weeks.