Everybody calls it either one, i want the one that goes across the top of your ear. Would it be safer to have two helix done instead of putting the bar straight in and getting the actual piercing or should i get two helix and put a bar in once it has healed? i would ask the piercer to line the two up. ive heard that industrails go wrong alot if a bar is put right in.
I had a monroe piercing about 2 years ago. I think they look fab (little twinkling diamond sort). I went to a fully licenced piercing shop. They will draw a dot and ask if it's in the right place. Then a spray or numbing cream is applied inside and outside of the upper lip. The area is tightly clamped and a piercing is made with a sterile needle. Then the stud is inserted. The back (flat disc) is then screwed onto the bar. The process takes only a matter of minutes and you'll feel a second of pain that's all. Aftercare: Bath area with salted distilled water or even better Savlon Wound Wash after 2 weeks you need to visit the shop for a smaller bar to be inserted as the swelling will have gone done. Unfortunately my piercing never healed right (don't let that put you off as I do have very sensitive skin and reactions to all sorts of things) and it always looked a bit like a red zit so I decided to take it out. Also be prepared for very mixed reactions as some liked it and others hated it. Anyway good luck girl, go and get it done :)
A standard helix piercing isn't the same as they are on a scaffold. A helix goes front to back where as the scaffold goes through the curl in your ear. A good piercer will do this as 2 seperate piercings with small bars till it's healed. Then fit you with the bigger bar.
When you do the two piercings separate and then put the bar in for healing, you have a chance of slight migration and when that happens, it's possible for the bar not to fit properly since industrials have to be at a perfect angle. I had a bar put in straight away and had no problem and I go to a really amazing piercer. Both ways have their cons, with a bar running through two piercings if one gets infected, the other is likely too as well. But if you take care of the piercing properly, that shouldn't be a problem.
what s all this stuff supposed to mean i dont understand ur piercing language!!! lol
As long as the bar's the correct length (long enough to accomodate a little bit of swelling, but not too long), and you have a good piercer, you shouldn't have a problem. Getting two and then changing to a bar later also costs twice as much money :P
