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Ear piercing has been a part of human culture ever since the earliest hunter-gatherer tribes. Though the phrase ;ear piercing; most often refers to a single hole in the earlobe, there are at least eight other locations for the ear to be pierced. There is the helix of the ear, also called the ;cartilage; (an inaccurate term, as the entire ear is made of cartilage), which is the most common place to get a piercing, aside from the lobe. All piercings in the upper part of the ear are referred to as cartilage piercings. The process of having Chopard Women's Happy Sport Diamond Watch #27/8952-23/11 your cartilage pierced is usually more elaborate and painful than a piercing in the lobe.
