A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Unusual Ear Piercings

Sorry I don’t have more to post today (well I do, but I’m not going to) — but yesterday I added lots, and I’ll have more tomorrow of course as well. Anyway, I wanted to show a couple of unusual ear piercing photos that had been submitted lately. Let’s start with what’s being called a “sub-tragus piercing”. This one is by John Von at On The Edge Tattoo in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Alan from Ground Zero in Muncie, IN sends in this next shot of a helix to rook to daith industrial piercing. He emphasizes that the piercing has not distorted the shape of the person’s ear — she naturally has pronounced enough ridges. It would not be possible on someone who didn’t have this anatomical abnormality (at least not with a straight bar).

Comments

10 responses to “Unusual Ear Piercings”

  1. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    The following comments were imported from our old comment system:

    Posted on 02-21-2006 19:20:00 by outmywindow
    Wow, the person in the bottom photo has quite the unusually shaped ear! Way to take advantage of that though!

    Posted on 02-22-2006 02:06:57 by dream3r
    the piercing in the bottom pic must have hurt like woah. very lovely, but very ouchies.

    Posted on 02-22-2006 11:04:15 by Sophie
    the top one is my favourite because i often sit and squeeze my ‘sub tragus’ area wondering if it can be pierced, and now i know it can!

    Posted on 02-22-2006 23:30:30 by BadlyDrawnGirl
    I had something quite simular to the 2nd one..
    there is a picture on my page.. its shitty.. but you can still see it.

    It hurt like a bitch.. i kept it for a while.. but it would never heal.. so i had to take it out..

    🙁

    Posted on 02-25-2006 01:29:03 by aesthete
    I did a similar industrial about five years ago (helix-rook-daith) with a curved bar. As far as I know, the client still has it, and it healed beautifully. Doesn’t look anything at all similar, but it’s one of my favorite piercings I’ve ever done.

  2. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    The following comments were imported from our old comment system:

    Posted on 02-21-2006 19:20:00 by outmywindow
    Wow, the person in the bottom photo has quite the unusually shaped ear! Way to take advantage of that though!

    Posted on 02-22-2006 02:06:57 by dream3r
    the piercing in the bottom pic must have hurt like woah. very lovely, but very ouchies.

    Posted on 02-22-2006 11:04:15 by Sophie
    the top one is my favourite because i often sit and squeeze my ‘sub tragus’ area wondering if it can be pierced, and now i know it can!

    Posted on 02-22-2006 23:30:30 by BadlyDrawnGirl
    I had something quite simular to the 2nd one..
    there is a picture on my page.. its shitty.. but you can still see it.

    It hurt like a bitch.. i kept it for a while.. but it would never heal.. so i had to take it out..

    🙁

    Posted on 02-25-2006 01:29:03 by aesthete
    I did a similar industrial about five years ago (helix-rook-daith) with a curved bar. As far as I know, the client still has it, and it healed beautifully. Doesn’t look anything at all similar, but it’s one of my favorite piercings I’ve ever done.

  3. Kendra Avatar
    Kendra

    Would that 2nd one the industrial, ever fully heal?? and i had both of my tragus done but after a 3 months it still wasnt healing so i had to take them out. Did they just do it wrong??

  4. Kendra Avatar
    Kendra

    Would that 2nd one the industrial, ever fully heal?? and i had both of my tragus done but after a 3 months it still wasnt healing so i had to take them out. Did they just do it wrong??

  5. BOB FOX Avatar

    BOTH PITCHERS LOOK SO COOL WITH THE PERCINGS ITS SO NICE TO SEE DIFRENT WAYS THAT PERCINGS CAN BE DONE

  6. BOB FOX Avatar

    BOTH PITCHERS LOOK SO COOL WITH THE PERCINGS ITS SO NICE TO SEE DIFRENT WAYS THAT PERCINGS CAN BE DONE

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