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| <html><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" id="mw-content-text" lang="en"><p>An <b>outer conch piercing</b> is a piercing through the outer shell of the ear. It is actually a somewhat unusual placement when it comes to "normal" sized piercing because most people tend to pierce along the edge of the ear (<a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Helix_piercing" title="Helix piercing">helix piercing</a>) which one could argue are not really outer conch piercings, or do <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Inner_conch_piercing" title="Inner conch piercing">inner conch piercing</a> instead.
| | An '''outer conch piercing''' is a piercing through the outer shell of the ear. It is actually a somewhat unusual placement when it comes to "normal" sized piercing because most people tend to pierce along the edge of the ear ([[Helix piercing]]) which one could argue are not really outer conch piercings, or do [[Inner conch piercing]] instead. |
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| <td> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Outer_Conch_Piercing-2.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="173" src="/images/thumb/2/23/Outer_Conch_Piercing-2.jpg/150px-Outer_Conch_Piercing-2.jpg" width="150"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Outer_Conch_Piercing-2.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Outer Conch Piercing</div></div></div>
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| <p>What is far more common when it comes to the outer conch is <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Dermal_punch" title="Dermal punch">dermal punching</a>; which excises a circular (generally, other shapes have been done) portion of the skin and cartilage of the conch:
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| <td> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:152px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Outer_Conch_Piercing-4.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="154" src="/images/thumb/4/44/Outer_Conch_Piercing-4.jpg/150px-Outer_Conch_Piercing-4.jpg" width="150"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Outer_Conch_Piercing-4.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Outer Conch 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> Flats</dt><dd> <a href="/index.php?title=Local_Term" title="Local Term">Local Term</a> in Buffalo, NY (ie. a piercing located on the flat stretch of the outer/upper conch).
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| </dd><dt> Upper <a href="/index.php?title=Sadhu" title="Sadhu">Sadhu</a></dt><dd> see <a href="/index.php?title=Inner_Conch_Piercing" title="Inner Conch Piercing">Inner Conch Piercing</a> for better clarification.
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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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| | What is far more common when it comes to the outer conch is [[Dermal punch]]; which excises a circular (generally, other shapes have been done) portion of the skin and cartilage of the conch: |
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| | |[[File:Outer_Conch_Piercing-3.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Outer Conch Piercing]] |
| | |[[File:Outer_Conch_Piercing-4.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Outer Conch Piercing]] |
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| | == Alternative Names == |
| | ;Flats |
| | :[[Local Term]] in Buffalo, NY (ie. a piercing located on the flat stretch of the outer/upper conch). |
| | ;Upper [[Sadhu]] |
| | :see [[Inner Conch Piercing]] for better clarification. |
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| | == Related Risks == |
| | *[[Bell's Palsy]] |
| | *[[Ear Collapse]] |
| | *[[Loss of Hearing]] |
| | *[[Rejection]] |
