December 6, 2011
Triple Forward Helix
We put this up a while ago on our Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter pages. Seems like this would be a good place for it too.
triple forward helix done by Derek
UPDATE
We’ve been getting a lot of emails and questions about whether these are “dermals”, microdermals or some kind of surface piercing. No. These are just standard forward helix piercings done with standard piercing jewelry.
While we don’t wish to speak ill of anyone, if you consult a piercer about these piercings, and they tell you that they are some sort of dermal anchor piercing, or that the jewelry to do these as a regular piercing doesn’t exist or something similar, we would strongly encourage to find another piercer. While this particular configuration of piercings has recently become very popular, it isn’t “brand new” or overly advanced. If a piercer can’t figure out what is going on by simply looking at the picture, it probably says something about their experience and/or understanding of basic body piercing.
Sally said,
December 18, 2011 @ 10:40 pm
How badly would this hurt?
ashlyn said,
January 2, 2012 @ 12:47 pm
Hey i have gone and got the triple helix but the piercer in my town doesn’t have the jewelry. Where can i find the three different diamonds??
Saint Sabrina's said,
January 5, 2012 @ 10:41 am
Sally: That question is nearly impossible to answer. Pain is different for each piercing, for each person. What one person might think hurts quite a bit, another person may think is no big deal. However, there are a couple of things we can tell you about the pain:
1) If the piercings are done correctly, by an experienced professional piercer, they will be over very quickly. Each of the piercings should take less than a second to do, with perhaps a few more seconds for putting in the jewelry.
2) With any piercing, the anticipation of what is going to happen is almost always worse than what actually happens. Most people are nervous to get a piercing done, but then once it’s over with, they usually say something like, “Wow. That wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be.”
3) With three piercings like this in a close area, there will be a bit more pain than if you just had one done, but it’s still going to be very tolerable..
4) Don’t fight the pain. Many people think they just need to “tough” there way through it. The opposite is actually true. Piercing are much easier to deal with if you just relax your body and let it happen. Accept the fact that it’s going to hurt a bit instead of trying to fight it.
Hopefully this helps a bit. Best of luck if you decide to get them done! They are really beautiful piercings.
Saint Sabrina's said,
January 5, 2012 @ 10:45 am
Ashlyn: We can’t really tell you where you can find the jewelry, as we don’t deal with any companies that sell this type of jewelry to the public. We purchase all of our jewelry from companies that specialize in high-quality jewelry and they only sell directly to piercing studios. The jewelry should be very easy for an experienced professional piercer to find from one of their suppliers. In this photo, the gems are 2.5mm, 2mm and 1.5mm in size.
Hopefully this helps a bit!
Astra said,
January 9, 2012 @ 9:18 pm
Looks great! I got this done but I cannot find the gems anywhere? Are they labrets? Will you sell them and ship them? Thanks!
m said,
January 19, 2012 @ 6:19 pm
Those are just regular piercings right? Not dermals or piercings of that nature?
Echser said,
January 23, 2012 @ 3:24 pm
I saw a pic of this a while ago and have been drooling over it ever since.
How much does something like this cost? And can your shop do it with the same jewelry? I’m assuming you’d need time to order it right?
Saint Sabrina's said,
January 23, 2012 @ 4:14 pm
Hey Eschser: We can definitely do this piercing. We posted this same picture to our Tumblr blog about 7 months ago, which is when the piercing started to get a lot of recognition. The picture going around now on Pintrest (which is where most people seem to see it these days) was done by a friend of ours in Oregon.
We have jewelry for this piercing in-stock pretty much all the time. There are lots of other jewelry options you can do as well that look really nice. As for the cost, that depends upon the specific pieces of jewelry you choose. If you come in to the studio we can go over all your jewelry options and we will then be able to give you a much more accurate price.
Hopefully this helps!
Saint Sabrina's said,
January 23, 2012 @ 4:30 pm
That is correct. They are just “regular” forward helix piercing, not dermal anchors or anything like that.
Saint Sabrina's said,
January 23, 2012 @ 4:41 pm
Hey Astra: Congrats on getting your piercing done. We can sell jewelry to you. Keep in mind however, there is no way to guarantee we would be selling you the exact size you need since we can’t see, and measure, your piercings. We can generally get something that will work, we just can’t guarantee it would be the ideal fit. If you are interested in getting something, send us an email to: jewelry@saintsabrinas.com
Take care!
Dalenna said,
January 25, 2012 @ 2:35 pm
I was wondering if this piercing is done on both ears or just one. Thanks!
Saint Sabrina's said,
January 25, 2012 @ 10:46 pm
Dalenna: This particular piercing isn’t done on both ears, but there is no reason it couldn’t be. Although, we would definitely suggest doing them at different times. Trying to healing 6 cartilage piercings at once could be very challenging, not to mention you wouldn’t be leaving yourself a “good” side for sleeping, using the telephone etc.
Jay said,
January 27, 2012 @ 9:01 pm
So for the triple helix would the price be starting at $90, then the cost of jewelry? Beautiful work by the way!
Saint Sabrina's said,
January 28, 2012 @ 11:45 am
Jay: If you are getting all 3 done at once, we give you a $20 discount on the piercing fees, so they would be a total of $70. Then, the cost of jewelry. Generally speaking, for the same jewelry that is in the picture, or something similar, the total is around $170.
Hope that helps!
Nat said,
January 29, 2012 @ 2:38 pm
Hi! I’m having so much trouble finding jewelry for this! Looked everywhere and no one has what I need. Thank you for posting the stud size cuz I almost bought a huge one accidently lol. Can you let me know the length of the earring? My piercer told me to get 3/8 and another told me to get 1/4. Which is best? Thanks!
Saint Sabrina's said,
February 1, 2012 @ 7:01 pm
Nat: Unfortunately, we can’t tell you what size you are going to need for your ear, because there is a lot of variation in how thick that part of the ear is. We very commonly use 1/4″ posts for this piercing, but it’s also common for us to 9/32″ or 5/16″. It all depends upon the person’s specific anatomy. While 3/8″ wouldn’t be very common, it might be necessary in some cases.
Also keep in mind that while a slightly longer post might be necessary initially to accommodate for swelling, it may be possible to downsize to a shorter piece of jewelry once the swelling has subsided and the piercing has healed up a bit.
Shae said,
February 20, 2012 @ 2:35 pm
I got mine done like 2 days ago. It didn’t really hurt. On a scale of one to ten it hurt as a four or five. But they said from 4 to 6 months I can’t change out the jewelery. That picture is a fully healed one. You can’t change for a few months. But it still looks good healed or not healed(:
Shelia said,
February 21, 2012 @ 11:14 pm
I have been wanting this for sooooo long!! I know this is an off the wall question but by any chance, is there a place around the Dallas, TX area that you would recommend I go to to get this done??