Helix Piercing
The outer rim of the upper ear, a stud first, a hoop when healed.
Ear · Cartilage
The Helix
The outer rim of the upper ear: a flat-back stud while it heals, then a hoop that hugs the rim. Our most asked-for cartilage piercing.
- Heals In6-12 Months
- Youngest Age16+, A Parent Present Under 18
- DownsizeAt Week 6, Free
- Walk-InYes, In Walk-In Hours
Healing
Six Months, Give Or Take
Spray sterile saline on the front and back twice a day, then pat dry with clean gauze.
- Day 1A Flat-Back Stud, A Little LongRoom for the swelling, nothing pressing on it.
- Week 6The DownsizeA shorter post, fitted free, so it sits flush.
- Months 6 - 12Healed ThroughNow a hoop can go in, ideally with us.
Do
- Sleep on a travel pillow, ear in the hole
- Keep hair, phones and headphones off it
- Come back for the downsize when the swelling has gone
Leave Alone
- Turning or twisting the jewellery
- Changing to a hoop before it has healed
- Swimming in the first four weeks
For A Healed Helix
All Jewellery
What To Wear Next
New
Before You Book
Every Question
Asked Often
Implant-grade titanium (ASTM F136) or solid 14k gold, never plated and never sterling silver in a fresh piercing.
The piercing fee plus the jewellery you choose: the style's titanium price times the metal. A second piercing on the same visit has 25% off its fee.
For lobes, helix, tragus and nostril during walk-in hours; everything else is by appointment.
A fresh piercing gets a longer post for the swelling; a few weeks later we fit a shorter one so it sits flat and heals straight.