These were tinier than I expected. Difficult to place, hard to keep ahold of the tiny jewel while you screw on to the post. They are shorter than I expected, I planned to have for my helix piercing but I think I need a longer post for mine. Beautiful piece of jewelry though if you don't run into any of these issues. Simply a matter of being a newbie to cartilage piercings and not knowing what to get for my particular helix piercing. The earrings seemed good quality.