User:Drsdresdrt

Tragus piercings and anti-tragus piercings tragus piercing are becoming increasingly popular - in fact, tragus piercings are now one of the most common ear piercings around. Ear piercings are the most familiar form of Body piercings and the tragus and anti-tragus are fresh expressions of the mundane ear lobe piercings. The tragus is a thick little piece ear piercing of cartilage that juts out from the ear canal. To get an understanding of the exact location of the tragus, place a finger by the outer corner of your eye. From this point, trace the finger back, in a straight line, until you touch your ear. The first piece of your ear you will feel is your tragus. You should be able to grasp this little nub between your fingers - this is where the piercing will go through. There are all sorts of misconceptions about the tragus. Some people may try to tell you that piercing your tragus will affect your balance - that is simply not true. Your balance is affected by fluids in your ear drums, which are located deep within your ears, and are far away from any pierce-able surface. The tragus does not have anything to do with your balance, so don't be fooled by uneducated people who might try and tell you otherwise. In fact, the only purpose a tragus has is to hold your headphones (such as the standard iPod headphones) securely in your ears; and once pierced, there are thousands of headphones to choose from which will not irritate your piercing. Honestly, the tragus has nothing to do with your ear, your hearing, or your balance. It is just a flap of cartilage - perhaps if humans developed sonar and echo-location the tragus would be useful (super developed traguses help bats use sonar, for example) - but alas, on our species, it's just a surface begging to get pierced!