16 is the standard size. It may also be possible to do 14, but most peoples Tragus' would not accomadate this size.
Generally it's 10mm by 18g and the piercing is done with a 16g needle.
It is normal for a lobe piercing to be 16 or 18 gauge... but it is normally 18. A 16 gauge is normally used for tragus piercings :)
Mine was done with a 16g needle (:
You can put any earrings in your tragus piercing as long as they are the proper gauge.
The opposite of the piercing, tragus ~ anti tragus, eyebrow ~ anti eyebrow.
There is not straight or gay side for a tragus piercing, it's just a piercing and doesn't denote sexual orientation.
I have had my Tragus pierced on both ears, and went swimming almost right after getting the piercing. Mine was fine.
YES it is ...I have an industrial and it is on the cartilage and my cousin have the tragus and she started crying and her pain tolerance is better then mine the tragus huet much more because it is more cartilage in it then on a cartilage piercing
The tragus piercing has a smaller cartillage when pierced while the rook piercing has a bigger cartilage. So rook has to be the much more painful type of ear piercing.
Only if the person doing the piercing is a complete idiot, but generally there is no danger to eyesight from a tragus piercing. Please be sure to see a professional body piercer for this piercing and not some joker with a piercing gun.
16 :)
It's called a Tragus. The lip of the ear canal should be predominant and should move freely to cover the canal when pushed by the index finger. If the tragus is too small then healing and rejection could be problems. Only a professional body piercer can make that call by looking at your tragus. Do not pierce this with a piercing gun, there are a great deal of nerves and vessels in this area of the ear and a piercing stud can and will do serious damage that can not be repaired. Piercing guns are for ear lobes only.