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The little fold above your ear canal that makes a ring fall so beautifully. What to know before you get it, and after.
A daith piercing goes through the firm fold of cartilage just above the entrance to your ear canal. The piercing itself takes a few seconds and mostly feels like pressure. Cartilage heals slowly: count on six to twelve months. There is no scientific evidence that a daith helps against migraine. Once it's healed, you usually wear a small hoop in it.
Follow the rim of your ear inwards, to where it becomes a firm little fold just above your ear canal. That's the daith. Because it sits so deep in the ear, a hoop falls neatly around it, like a small golden arch in the middle of your ear.
The name is younger than you'd think: piercer Erik Dakota came up with it in the early nineties, after the Hebrew word for knowledge.
Everyone feels it differently, but most people describe it as firm pressure for a few seconds. The cartilage is thick there, so your piercer works calmly and precisely. Afterwards, your ear feels warm and tender for a few days.
Cartilage heals more slowly than your earlobe. Count on six to twelve months, sometimes longer. A few things help:
Wear in-ear headphones? They sometimes press right against a daith. In the first months, use over-ear headphones or the other side.
Honest answer: there is no scientific evidence for it. The idea comes from stories of people who had fewer headaches, and we'd wish that on anyone. But research shows no clear effect. If you have migraines, talk to your doctor. And get a daith because you love how it looks. That's reason enough.
In a healed daith, you usually wear a small daith hoop that clicks shut. It follows the shape of your ear and stays neatly in place. Two sizes matter:
| What | What it means | TOV daith hoops |
|---|---|---|
| Outer diameter | How big the hoop looks | 10 or 13 mm |
| Inner diameter | How much room your daith has | 7.2 to 10 mm |
| Thickness | How bold the hoop looks | 1.2 to 1.85 mm |
Piercers usually talk about the inner diameter. We put the outer size in the name and the inner size in the specifications of every hoop. Not sure? Ask your piercer to measure your daith: it takes ten seconds.
Choose real gold. All our daith hoops are 14 karat gold, nickel-free and suitable for sensitive skin. You buy them individually, because a daith is often worn on one side.
The diamonds are natural, with F-G colour and SI clarity: bright white, with a sparkle you can see from across the room. The same goes for all our diamond piercings.
A daith is already a statement, so keep the rest of your ear stack calm. A small stud in your helix and a huggie in your lobe finish the look. Two sparkling hoops side by side is often too much: pick one star.
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Most daiths fit a hoop with an inner diameter of about 7 to 10 mm. It depends on your ear: your piercer can measure it in seconds.
Your first jewellery is chosen by your piercer, because it has to suit a fresh piercing. Once your daith has healed, switch to your TOV hoop.
There is no scientific evidence for it. Some people say they have fewer headaches, but research shows no clear effect. If you have migraines, ask your doctor for advice.
Usually six to twelve months, sometimes longer. Cartilage heals more slowly than your earlobe.
Individually. A daith is often worn on one side, so you only pay for what you wear.
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