Cartilage piercings are effortlessly cool, and they give you so many options when it comes to wearing jewelry. From titanium studs to gold-plated hoops, the best earrings for cartilage piercings come ...

Choosing what type of piercing to get next in your ear is a tough decision. Once you have your lobes pierced, the options get infinitely more complicated. Whether it's your rook, tragus, helix, ...

Ear piercings are one of the most common piercings known to women (and man) and for good reason: the ear is a small but complex structure, full of flat surfaces and piercable ridges. But what is a ...

My first pair of earrings were simple studs, the generic pair I picked out when I got my ears pierced as a little girl, but as the years have gone on, my collection of unique, intricate earrings has ...

Before you schedule a rook piercing, there are some things you should know about this cartilage piercing. Its increasing popularity may be due to its use in constellation piercing. Constellation ...

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Cartilage earrings may have once been the hallmark of a rebel, but we’ve come a ...

Ear cartilage piercing is inherently more risky than lobe piercing, according to a report in the February 25 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that looks at an outbreak ...

Looking to spice up your accessory game with some new ear swag but think a traditional lobe piercing is too boring? Try a tragus piercing! Tragus piercings are a stylish type of body modification that ...

A snug piercing is a horizontal ear piercing located along the cartilage between the mid-helix (outer ear ridge) and the inner conch. Snug piercings can be especially painful and may not suit every ...