Daith piercing
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A daith piercing is a perforation of the ear cartilage for the purpose of inserting and wearing a piece of jewelry. The daith is primarily placed on the outer rim of the ear cartilage closest to the head. A variation often mistaken for the daith, known as the inner daith, is placed in the horizontally-oriented piece of cartilage directly above the ear canal.
The piercing is often performed with either a curved needle to avoid damaging the other parts of the ear, or by using a receiving tube, a hollow length of steel used to catch the needle when there is little or no room for a cork (a method invented by Jim Ward). A small-gauge jewelry is usually inserted, as this part of the ear is difficult to stretch.
The jewelry most commonly worn in a daith piercing is a captive bead ring, though several other types of body jewelry are suitable.
| Types of body piercing | |
|---|---|
| Ear piercings | |
| Earlobes and helix | Stretching (body piercing) | Tragus | Antitragus | Daith | Conch | Rook | Industrial | |
| Facial and oral piercings | |
| Bridge | Cheek | Eyebrow | Anti-eyebrow | Lip | Labret | Vertical labret | Lip frenulum | Nose | Tongue | Tongue frenulum | Uvula | Monroe | Medusa | |
| Body piercings | |
| Corset | Hand web | Madison | Navel | Nipple | Nape | Surface | |
| Male genital piercings | |
| Ampallang | Apadravya | Hafada | Foreskin | Deep shaft | Dolphin | Dydoe | Frenum | Frenum ladder | Guiche | Lorum | Prince Albert | Reverse Prince Albert | Pubic | Transscrotal | |
| Female genital piercings | |
| Christina | Clitoris | Clitoral hood | Triangle | Fourchette | Isabella | Labia | Nefertiti | Princess Albertina | |
