Alienboy, who sends this photo, emphasizes that this terrible industrial placement was not done by him! The bar was put in, somewhere in Queensland Australia, in a manner that put gentle pressure on the ear because a straight bar was forced over the convex outer conch. In time it started to erode the skin and sink into the cartilage — so, as is too often the fate of the quality piercer, the money goes to the scratcher and the victim ends up asking the unpaid quality piercer for help.