Snug Piercing

A Snug is a piercing through the ear cartilage. It sits in the inner ear Knorpelauswölbung parallel to the edge. This piercing is possible only if the corresponding area of the ear is sufficiently developed.

History and culture

The Snug piercing driven primarily by fashion aspects in western culture, where it established itself, especially during the 1990s in addition to the Tragus, Rook, Conch, Daith and helix piercing as rare variant of the ear hole.

The name was the piercing loud bmezine the mid-1990s by Caitlin Theobald given, the partner of the then owner of the fashion brand Snug Industries.

Implementation and healing

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. Since this is mainly cartilage pierced, the implementation may be more painful than in cartilage-free areas of the body.

The healing takes between three and eight months and can run a little tedious than other piercings, as when sleeping most pressure is exerted on the body. should be established a branch canal with respect to the adapted form and length of straight barbell, so that no additional pressure on the relatively inflexible cartilage is exercised. After complete cure but is also a small ball closure ring or a curved barbell for use.

Variations

Unlike several other piercings in the ear cartilage is the punching or stretching a Snug piercings unusual.

Ragnar piercing

One special form is the Ragnar piercing dar. Here, only one table body is within the Knorpelauswölbung the ear. The branch canal extends much further than ordinary Snug piercing and will not enter the ear edge off. This variant is often a combination between a Snug and the cross described by extending the earlobe, called Transverse-lobe piercing.

Due to the length of the needle tract, the healing process usually be associated with more complications. Whether the Ragnar piercing a piercing is possible depends largely on the anatomy of the ear, since this is in part very different.

The first known implementation of this piercing was done by the U.S. Piercer John Lopez on Thure Ragnar Stedt whence is derived the name of Ragnar piercings. The first photographic documentation of this variation is due to be published in 2002