Yes you are exactly right! It allows the tissue to form more of a shelf or ridge like shape making it more stable for piercing!

I'm hoping to get my first actual piercing soon! I unfortunately got my ears pierced with a gun as a kid, but never wear jewelry in them anymore. I am hoping to get my septum pierced :)

These are all good points but not all entirely accurate. Many folks with the right jewelry and technique. can still stand with a PA. And unless your conch jewelry is massive and your anatomy more tight headphones usually aren’t an issue with conches. I have a 2g conch with a huge decorative gemmed piece from bvla and I wear all kinds of earphones just fine. :)

@@Lynn_Loheide lynn, don't give me ideas hahahahahaha, I love conch piercings and you're making a great point get them, the reason why I don't have conch piercings and conch to conch industrial is because I don't want to guve listening to music with earphones, most namely, 7hz saltnotes zeros are the earphones I use and I'll be fine using something like a 3mm titanium disk anodized in some kind of blue

@@Lynn_Loheide can you wear airpods while a conch is healing? I had mine done several years ago but due to a bunch of crap happening in my life I had to take it out. I really want to get it redone, but I'm not sure if I should yet bc 1: I get seborrhic dermatitis in my ears in addition to my scalp, plus it seems like my skin regenerates quickly, possibly due to my hEDS (gonna see a dermatologist soon), and 2: need to be able to wear airpods for noise cancelling for my sanity (my over ear ones don't do shit)

​@@999samus7 Someone with both a conch and a conch-to-conch industrial here, I actually can wear both earbuds and over-ear headphones with mine. This is anatomy specific, so it will not work for everyone, but it is possible. I was SURE I was going to have to give up earbuds with my industrial, but surprisingly still works okay for me. Granted, earbuds do not fit as well on that ear, they will fall with excess movement. Personally, I don't find that an issue since I use over-ear headphones the majority of the time. I wouldn't worry about the conch in the long run, but you would want to be careful while healing. If you do want a specific piercing like a conch-to-conch industrial however, there is the option of doing a consult with a piercer to see what works best for you. They may be able to adjust placement to work for your needs, see if any lifestyle changes may help/fix your issues with getting it, or recommend a similar piercing you may like. (I've seen people use chains in them before, if that's your style, it may be a good alternative to the typical bar with your earbuds.)

@@adrianv2604 thank you very much for your answer, I really appreciate it, that's the thing, I prefer to use in ear headphones and maybe something like a disk in my conch wouldn't be a problem, but I'm in a point of my life where I don't want to spend money in a piercing just to see if it's possible to use earbuds and then retire it because as you said, they will fall with excessive movement

It’s a one off design I made with music city creative!