Studex System 75 - Cartilage Piercing Note

Disposable Cartridge Ear Piercing System
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If you are piercing in the cartilage area of the ear
(see Fig. 2.), special care must be taken during
both the piercing and the after-piercing care.
7.
EAR PIERCING INSTRUCTIONS
Figure 2.
A Note About Cartilage Piercing
Cartilage Area
Special care must be
taken when piercing
though this cartilage
(dark area at right)
Do not pierce through
the curled (edge) of
the ear.
When piercing the cartilage around the edge of the
ear, with customers who have very thick or heavily
curled cartilage, you just pull the cartilage slightly to
“unroll” it. This is to ensure that the piercing
instrument can be properly positioned.
Whenever piercing through any cartilage area of the
ear, you must take care to ensure the instrument is
held perpendicular to the surface of the ear.
Alert your client that the healing of the cartilage area
will take somewhat longer than the lobe area.