Whichever jewelry you ultimately want, it’s better to heal with a straight or slightly curved bar initially regardless. Your piercer will measure to work out the best bar length for you. You can then put a gem stud on the outer side of the bar, and a flat back on the inside, just like you would for a labret piercing.

You might have to buy a smaller bar once the initial swelling has gone to give a snug fit, especially if you use earphones.

A tip for fast healing of any cartilage piercing: find a piercer who can do the piercing with a dermal/biopsy punch. This removes the cartilage altogether rather than pushing out on it, and means your piercing should heal in a fraction of the time - perhaps a 3-4 months rather than close to a year. There will also be less pain both during and after the procedure.

Note that if you’re in Florida (and perhaps certain other places of the world), you have no choice but to have a traditional needle piercing as biopsy punches are regarded as controlled medical tools. Lost In The Aether

For the tragus, you could probably either get a tiny curved barbel (like they’d put in an eyebrow piercing) or a labret style stud. A stud will be more comfortable for healing anyway; less movement. crazzy_nascar_chick