Cost: £25-40. Pain Threshold: 4/10. A forward helix piercing is made in the outer rim of your ear (the helix) at the top of the rim just above the tragus, it can often be quite painful as it is ...

Starting at the side of your face, locate the curve of your cartilage that forms the top of your ear (i.e. right above the tragus ... of pain was probably more intense than the actual piercing ...