Cartilage Earrings - Nice Deals And Good Info

Earrings are amongst the most popular jewelry worn today. With so many choices to choose from it is hard to pick a style that is not only comfortable but safe to wear. Here we will discuss Cartilage Earrings and why they are popular today.

If making a fashion statement is what you want to do, you couldn’t do better than saying it with cartilage earrings. On the right kind of face, the right type of cartilage rings can be can be charming, sensuous or macho. They not only enhance your appeal but also prevent unsightly drooped ear lobes.

Although the different designs in which they are available may widely differ, most cartilage pieces can be classified as plain hoops which attach to the ear in a number of different ways including single beads. In the latter case they become known as captive bead rings. The metal used is typically hard and resilient in order to keep it fixed within the ball. The ends of the ring go into opposite sides of the bead and removing them involves stretching the ring a bit in order to let go of the bead.

And then you have stud cartilage earrings which are worn in much the same way as stud ear lobe jewelry, usually featuring a nut or fastener of some sort to fix the stud in place.

Circular barbells resemble cartilage balls except that in this instance, the earring has a pair of balls, one on each end. Usually, both of the balls may be unscrewed to let the earring loose. Occasionally, you may detach the ball at only one end of the ring. Of course, it is better to get circular rings with both balls detachable so that you won’t have to identify which the detachable bead before removing it.

Industrial cartilage earrings are simply metal bars that extend from one part of the ear to the other. Both ends are secured by detachable balls. 

The peculiar fashion advantage you have with cartilage rings is that they can look off-beat and classic at the same time. You also have many options for placing them. The earrings that you may have seen people wearing around the curled-in rims of their ears were installed by what is called ‘helix’ piercing. Cartilage earrings can sometimes be found on the small nodule of the ear that lies behind your cheekbone and which is separated from the rest of the ear. This is the tragus. Tragus piercing is a good way to put earrings because it is unobtrusive. People with wide faces usually prefer their cartilage rings there.

Cartilage jewelry tend to stay in place better than ear-lobe rings because cartilage is harder than the fatty tissues that make up the ear lobe. Cartilage is also firmer and won’t sag with constant use of earrings as the ear lobes tend to do with heavy earrings. In fact, the tragus just above the ear lobe is a better location for the types of jewelry worn on the lobes.

It takes some time to get used to them, but it won’t take that much of your imagination to eventually discover the fashion advantage of cartilage jewelry.