Titanium Cartilage Flat-Back 3 mm, photographed as a single piece

Sealed for hygiene — cannot be returned once opened

This piece goes through a piercing, so it is sent in a sealed pack with a tamper-evident seal. Once that seal is broken it cannot be returned for hygiene and health reasons. Unopened, it still carries the full 14-day right to cancel. Faults and wrong items are always put right. Read the returns policy.

Huggies & second holes

Titanium Cartilage Flat-Back 3 mm

Name: Titanium Cartilage Flat-Back 3 mm
Brand: Lobe
Price: 85.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

The cartilage flat-back in ASTM F-136 titanium, 0.9 mm post, 0.3 g per piece.

£85.00inc. VAT · delivery from £3.95

What actually touches you

The specification of the part in contact with your ear.

Post material: Titanium, ASTM F-136 grade
Nickel release: ≤ 0.2 µg/cm²/week (piercing limit)Tested to BS EN 1811
Post diameter: 0.9 mmA piercing heals around a diameter. Going up a gauge hurts.
Post length: 6.0 mm
Back type: Push-fit flat backThe front press-fits into the post. Sits level against the skin behind the ear and has no thread running through the piercing.
Weight, one piece: 0.3 gWeighed singly, because one lobe carries one earring.

Positions it is sized for

Suitable during healingYesRecorded as suitable on the basis of its material and construction.

We do not give medical advice. Questions about piercing, healing or aftercare belong with a professional piercer or a healthcare professional. Everything on this page describes materials and construction only.

Nickel and reactions

Nickel-safe — tested to UK REACH limits (BS EN 1811).

Meeting the nickel release limit is not a promise that nobody will react. Some people react to other metals or materials — cobalt, chromium, resins and platings among them. If your ears are sensitive, wear a new piece for a short period first and see how it settles.

How we test, and what the limits do and do not mean

Metal and hallmark

Purity: Titanium ASTM F-136
Weight, one piece: 0.3 g
Plating: None — solid throughout
Hallmark: Not required

Not a precious metal — hallmarking does not apply. The purity stated is still exactly what the piece is.

How to read a UK hallmark

Which position is this for?

HelixCartilage

Single piece or a pair?

Every specification on this page is for one piece. Pieces are sold singly so you can build across more than one piercing.

A pairLeft ear onlyRight ear only

Delivery. UK standard £3.95, tracked £5.95. Free UK delivery over £60. Europe and worldwide tracked. Details

Returns. 14 days from delivery while the hygiene seal is intact. Once opened, this piece cannot be returned. Policy

In detail

Threadless push-fit construction in ASTM F-136 titanium with a flat back. Titanium is the material most often fitted at the time of a cartilage piercing, and this piece uses the same construction: no screw thread running through the channel, a flat back sitting level against the skin, and 0.3 g of weight. Post is 0.9 mm across and 6 mm long.