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| <html><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" id="mw-content-text" lang="en"><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Helix_Piercing-1.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="161" src="/images/thumb/6/64/Helix_Piercing-1.jpg/150px-Helix_Piercing-1.jpg" width="150"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Helix_Piercing-1.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Helix Piercing</div></div></div>
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| <p>The <b>helix piercing</b> is any piercing through the rim of the <a href="/index.php?title=Cartilage" title="Cartilage">cartilage</a> (thus making it susceptible to complications such as <a href="/index.php?title=Ear_Collapse" title="Ear Collapse">Ear Collapse</a> if care is not taken to use proper tools and procedures; for example, <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Piercing_gun" title="Piercing gun">Piercing guns</a> have been shown to be capable of causing cartilage to shatter). The innermost part of the helix (closest to the head) is sometimes called an <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Ear_Head_Piercing" title="Ear Head Piercing">Ear Head Piercing</a>.
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| </p><p><a href="/index.php?title=Paul_King" title="Paul King">Paul King</a> adds,
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| "In the West the helix piercing is considered only as adornment. However, helix piercings are found on every continent and in many traditional cultures have great importance.
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| The <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Dayak" title="Dayak">Dayak</a> of <a href="/index.php?title=Borneo" title="Borneo">Borneo</a> (tribal names such as <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Iban" title="Iban">Iban</a> and <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=Punan&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Punan (page does not exist)">Punan</a>) would wear bear canines in their upper ear cartilage, often connected with intricate bead work. This was considered a sign of a brave headhunter. In the Lmasala clan of the <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=Samburu&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Samburu (page does not exist)">Samburu</a> (Kenya), the mothers of warriors wear their sons' circumcision earrings in their cartilage during their warriorhood." | | The '''helix piercing''' is any piercing through the rim of the [[Cartilage|cartilage]] (thus making it susceptible to complications such as [[Ear Collapse]] if care is not taken to use proper tools and procedures; for example, [[Piercing gun]]s have been shown to be capable of causing cartilage to shatter). The innermost part of the helix (closest to the head) is sometimes called an [[Ear Head Piercing]]. |
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| <td> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:82px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Helix_Piercing-2.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="117" src="/images/thumb/c/c4/Helix_Piercing-2.jpg/80px-Helix_Piercing-2.jpg" width="80"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Helix_Piercing-2.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Helix Piercing</div></div></div>
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| <td> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:82px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Helix_Piercing-3.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="113" src="/images/thumb/2/27/Helix_Piercing-3.jpg/80px-Helix_Piercing-3.jpg" width="80"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Helix_Piercing-3.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Helix Piercing</div></div></div>
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| <td> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:102px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Ear_Head_Piercing-1.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="101" src="/images/thumb/a/a5/Ear_Head_Piercing-1.jpg/100px-Ear_Head_Piercing-1.jpg" width="100"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Ear_Head_Piercing-1.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Ear Head Piercing</div></div></div>
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| <td> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:102px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Ear_Head_Piercing-2.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="94" src="/images/thumb/5/57/Ear_Head_Piercing-2.jpg/100px-Ear_Head_Piercing-2.jpg" width="100"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Ear_Head_Piercing-2.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Ear Head Piercing</div></div></div>
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| <h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Alternative_Names"> Alternative Names </span></h2>
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| <dl><dt> Ear Head Piercing</dt><dd> a <a href="/index.php?title=Local_Term" title="Local Term">local term</a> for <strong class="selflink">helix piercings</strong> along the inner rim of the ear (ie. closest to the head). The earliest documented one in modern piercing was done by <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=Crystal_Cross&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Crystal Cross (page does not exist)">Crystal Cross</a> on <a href="/index.php?title=Elayne_Angel" title="Elayne Angel">Elayne Angel</a>.
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| <ul><li> <a href="/index.php?title=Ear_Spiral" title="Ear Spiral">Ear Spiral</a>
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| <h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Related_Risks"> Related Risks </span></h2>
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| <ul><li> <a href="/index.php?title=Bell%27s_Palsy" title="Bell's Palsy">Bell's Palsy</a>
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| </li><li> <a href="/index.php?title=Ear_Collapse" title="Ear Collapse">Ear Collapse</a>
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| </li><li> <a href="/index.php?title=Loss_of_Hearing" title="Loss of Hearing">Loss of Hearing</a>
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| </li><li> <a href="/index.php?title=Piercing_Gun" title="Piercing Gun">Piercing Gun</a>
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| </li><li> <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Piercing_Studs" title="Piercing Studs">Piercing Studs</a>
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| </li><li> <a href="/index.php?title=Rejection" title="Rejection">Rejection</a>
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| | :''"In the West the helix piercing is considered only as adornment. However, helix piercings are found on every continent and in many traditional cultures have great importance. |
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| | The [[Dayak]] of [[Borneo]] (tribal names such as [[Iban]] and [[Punan]]) would wear bear canines in their upper ear cartilage, often connected with intricate bead work. This was considered a sign of a brave headhunter. In the Lmasala clan of the [[Samburu]] (Kenya), the mothers of warriors wear their sons' circumcision earrings in their cartilage during their warriorhood."'' |
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| | | [[File:Helix_Piercing-2.jpg|thumb|Helix Piercing]] |
| | | [[File:Helix_Piercing-3.jpg|thumb|Helix Piercing]] |
| | | [[File:Ear_Head_Piercing-1.jpg|thumb|Ear Head Piercing]] |
| | | [[File:Ear_Head_Piercing-2.jpg|thumb|Ear Head Piercing]] |
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| | ==Alternative Names== |
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| | ;Ear Head Piercing |
| | : a [[Local Term|local term]] for '''helix piercings''' along the inner rim of the ear (ie. closest to the head). The earliest documented one in modern piercing was done by [[Crystal Cross]] on [[Elayne Angel]]. |
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| | ==See Also== |
| | * [[Ear Spiral]] |
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| | ==Related Risks== |
| | * [[Bell's Palsy]] |
| | * [[Ear Collapse]] |
| | * [[Loss of Hearing]] |
| | * [[Piercing Gun]] |
| | * [[Piercing Studs]] |
| | * [[Rejection]] |
