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Septum piercings are not a Western invention The modern Western septum piercing the bull-ring style horseshoe or simple captive bead ring through the nasal septum emerged in the 1970s American punk scene, with significant amplification by the 1990s modern primitive movement. But the underlying practice of piercing the nasal septum is documented across multiple human cultures going back thousands of years, with origins on every inhabited continent except Antarctica. This is one of the oldest body modifications in human history, and the modern Western version is a recent adaptation rather than an invention. This guide traces the cultural history of...

This is not medical advice This guide reviews the current evidence around daith piercings and migraine. It is not medical advice. If you have chronic migraine or any neurological condition, the appropriate first step is consultation with a neurologist or your GP, not a piercer. The claim, and why it took off The claim that daith piercings can reduce migraine frequency emerged online in the early-to-mid 2010s and spread rapidly through social media. The proposed mechanism: the daith piercing sits on or near a point on the inner ear that corresponds, in some acupressure traditions, to a pathway linked to...

The same piercings, different looks One of the practical advantages of a curated ear is that the underlying piercings are permanent but the jewellery is editable. The same set of three, four, or five piercings can support radically different aesthetics depending on which pieces you put in them. A curated ear that reads as 'office-appropriate' on Monday can read as 'evening event' on Saturday with only two or three jewellery swaps. This guide covers the four most common occasion contexts and how to style your curated ear for each without committing to multiple separate curations or buying duplicate piercings.  ...

Why most ear curations don't work Most failed ear curations aren't failed because the individual pieces are bad. The pieces are usually fine they're often expensive, well-designed, in proper materials. The curation fails because the pieces don't relate to each other correctly. The aesthetic problem is almost always relational rather than individual. This guide identifies the ten most common ear curation mistakes, what they look like, and how to fix them. Most of them are reversible bad jewellery choices can be swapped, bad placement choices can sometimes be addressed by adding compensating pieces, and even seemingly committed mistakes (like a...