The ENNUI ear · Placement
Ear map and guide
Every placement, in plain words.
The ENNUI ear › Ear map and guide
Where a piece sits, what suits it, and how long it takes to settle. Read it before you book, or bring it with you to the studio.
Placement guide
Where each piercing sits, and what it is called.
New to this, or unsure what to ask for? Each name below marks a point on the ear. Some sit in soft lobe tissue, others in cartilage, and the difference decides how it is pierced, what it can hold and how long it takes to settle. We pierce with a needle only, in 14k recycled gold set with conflict free stones, and we mark the placement with you before anything is done.
Shop by placement
Hover a marker on the ear to see what that placement is called, or follow a name straight to the pieces made for it.
Not sure where to begin? A piercer will read the shape of your ear and tell you what it can carry. The consultation is complimentary.
The placements
A to Z, and how they heal
Lobe and second lobe+−
The softest tissue and the fastest to heal, at three to six months. Where most curations begin, and the placement that takes the widest range of pieces: studs, labrets, hoops and huggies.
Helix and forward helix+−
The outer rim, and the ridge nearest the face. Both suit small hoops and flat-back labrets. Cartilage, so allow six to twelve months and expect to downsize once.
Flat+−
The flat plane above the helix. A labret sits cleanly here and reads beautifully next to a helix. Six to twelve months to heal.
Conch+−
The inner bowl of the ear. Takes a larger hoop that frames the ear, or a flat-back labret set into the centre. Six to twelve months.
Tragus+−
The small shield in front of the canal. A labret or a fine hoop, and a placement that reads quietly from the front. Six to twelve months.
Rook and daith+−
The inner ridge, and the fold above the canal. Curved barbells and clickers. The slowest to settle, six to twelve months, and worth the wait.
How we compose an ear+−
An anchor on the lobe, a hoop above, a labret in the cartilage. We work in odd numbers, vary the scale, and leave space so each piece can be seen. A curation grows over years, not in one appointment.
Healing and downsizing+−
Rinse twice a day with sterile saline and leave the piece alone. Lobes settle at three to six months, cartilage at six to twelve. The downsize visit is complimentary, the shorter labret is purchased separately.
Healing times
Cartilage takes its time.
Aftercare
A fresh piercing heals best when left alone.
Rinse twice a day with sterile saline, keep it out of pools and saunas for six weeks, and come back when it is time to downsize.
Let a piercer compose it with you.