It is not uncommon to have multiple piercings performed on the same day. We recommend not getting more than four piercings in one session, especially if you're getting them on the same ear. Getting multiple piercings can also cause increased swelling during healing and can prolong healing time.
You can get multiple piercings at once, but you have to be able to properly care for them. Even though there's really no limit, many piercers recommend no more than four piercings at one time. You can also stagger your piercing sessions weeks apart to make the process easier.
Depending on how many you get and how many more you're wanting, around 4-6 weeks is the recommended time. It's important to let your body do its magical thing and not overwhelm it with too much to heal at once.
Total Piercings and Jewelry Insertions
In 2020 we performed 9,231 piercings and 4,464 jewelry insertions. This means we performed an average of 35 piercings per day plus 17 jewelry changes.
A double nose piercing is any combination of two piercings in the nose. It can be two nostril piercings, either on the same side or the opposite side if you're obsessed with symmetry. Or it could be a nostril and septum piercing. If you remember, I got my septum pierced last year and it was great fun.
It is not uncommon to have multiple piercings performed on the same day. We recommend not getting more than four piercings in one session, especially if you're getting them on the same ear. Getting multiple piercings can also cause increased swelling during healing and can prolong healing time.
The key earscaping trends for 2023
The consensus among experts is that forward-helix piercings are also trending, along with 'constellation' piercings (a smattering of delicate studs that create a pattern across the ear) and 'snake bite' piercings – a double set of studs spaced side by side.
Nose piercings are overall the most popular piercings for women. Around 19% of pierced women have at least one nose piercing. Nostril piercings are the most popular of these and can be dressed up or down depending on the occasion.
A few more uncommon piercings are eyeball piercings, dermal piercings (pictured to the left), corset piercings, some genital piercings, uvula piercings, bridge piercings, and anti-eyebrow piercings (the latter two are pictured above).
If you had an ear piercing recently, it's a good idea to wait for your piercing to heal before getting a second hole. For earlobe piercings, there's a six week healing period before you can start swapping out earrings. For cartilage piercings, you have 12 weeks until you can safely change your earrings.
Earlobe Piercing
Earlobe piercings are the most standard, comfortable, and fastest healing type you can get.
it is possible to get multiple piercings on your earlobe or in the outer cartilage in one sitting. Factors to consider include, current styles, aesthetics, healing time, and space available on your ear.
For optimal healing, Studs will only perform two piercings per person in an 8-week period. You can book two piercings in one appointment or one piercing across two separate appointments.
There's nothing wrong with multiple ear piercings, and you shouldn't give them up if you don't want to. Your body, your rules.
The combination of a double helix piercing, daith piercing, and tragus piercing looks great together with stacked ear lobes. If you've got the space for it, why not add an extra lobe piercing or multiple lobe piercings?
Answer: Conch ear-piercing is considered to be one of the most attractive of all piercings.
Rhino and Nasallang Piercings
These are definitely up there with the rarest and most unusual piercings! We must note that these piercings are rare for a reason. They are not something we would generally offer to the general public, simply because they are quite extreme and carry a certain amount of risk.
The most attractive spot for a piercing is the belly button. The least attractive is a tie between the nose and the nether regions. That's right: Men apparently don't like sexual piercings, or won't admit they do.
Some of the oldest known evidence of piercings comes from stone artwork in Nimrud, Iraq which shows a man who is believed to have a pierced ear. Additionally, one of the oldest known mummified humans—over 5,000 years old—was discovered to have an ear piercing.
A helix piercing is probably the least painful of all cartilage piercings. It is placed on the outer upper rim of your ear where the cartilage is the thinnest.
In most states that allow nose piercings for minors, 14 is the minimum age. Keep in mind that 14 may be too young for your teen to have a piercing. 16 and older is usually a good age to determine if your teen can handle a nose piercing.
What does a double nose piercing on opposite sides mean? A double nose piercing has often been associated with beauty and social standing for thousands of years. Today, this piercing represents freedom, boldness, and edgy self-expression.