How to Install Bar Piercing

Bar piercing most commonly refers to an industrial piercing, in which two or more piercings are joined by a single barbell. The most popular kind of industrial piercing is a pair of helix piercings in the upper cartilage of the ear, joined by a straight barbell on the diagonal. Piercers install the initial jewelry right away when they do your piercings, but later, you may decide to change out your bar for a new one on your own.

Instructions

1. • 1

     Wash your hands.

   • 2

     Remove your old jewelry from your healed industrial piercing.

   • 3

     Unscrew one ball from your new barbell counterclockwise and set it aside on a clean surface.

   • 4

     Insert the end of the barbell into the lower piercing, starting from the outside of your ear, then the upper piercing, starting from the inside of the ear.

   • 5

     Screw the ball back onto the barbell clockwise, holding the ball in one hand and the bar with the other hand in the gap between the piercings.