Industrial Piercing

🧷 Quick Facts

• Technique & Structure: Two piercings are made and immediately diffused using a rigid barbell, most often 14 gauge, about 1.5 in long.

• Pain Level: Moderate-to-high, around 5–7/10—while the needle pinches only briefly, cartilage healing is slow.

• Healing Time: Typically 4–6 months before stable, though full healing can take up to 12 months.

• Aftercare Essentials: Clean twice daily with sterile saline, avoid sleeping on it, and keep hair & headphones away

An industrial piercing—also called a scaffold piercing in the UK/Ireland—is a bold cartilage design connecting two holes (usually the helix and forward-helix) with a single straight barbell piercing across the top of your ear