Rook (piercing)

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Rook
Location	Antihelix
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A rook is the name for a piercing on the antihelix of the ear. The rook piercing tends to be much more painful due to the large amounts of cartilage tissue (soft spot) through which the needle passes. It shall normally migrate a bit, as every piercing eventually does, before settling down.

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