Various types of ear cartilage
piercings. People have been
piercing their ears since
before recorded history, and
the oldest mummified human
ever discovered was wearing
earrings.
sometimes known as
a rhino piercing.
Nose Cartilage Piercings
There's a lot of cartilage in
your nose, too. If you
examine your own nose and
feel which parts are flexible,
then imagine a skeleton's
nose and how the nose bone
stops quite high up the ridge,
you realize how much of
your nose is made of the
stuff.
The septum is the flap of
skin-covered flesh and
cartilage that separates the
nostrils. Some septum
piercings pierce through the
cartilage, but some don't.
Nose tip piercings pierce the
bottom of the septum
between the nostrils and go
up through the tip up to the
top of the nose. This is
Why Get a Cartilage
Piercing?
These piercings can be lovely
and interesting. Some are
quite dainty and some can be
extreme. I suppose it depends
on and reflects the life you
choose for yourself.
Since the 1990s, piercings
have been a part of the
mainstream. Some people
pierce just because they like
how it looks, while others
pierce for poetic or spiritual
reasons. Some pierce to mark
or remember an important
event in their life. For some,
piercings represent psychic