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cartilage piercing questions
I have a couple of questions regarding cartilage piercings.
#1- what is the best way to take care of the piercing for faster healing and no infections?
#2- I used a gun that I purchased sterilized at a store. When can I change the stud to something smaller?
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I have 15 Cartilage piercings myself, and they can take up to a year to fully heal!!! The main problem is if you have long hair (which i do) you must always keep you hair off the pericings which can be hard. I also adivse you put a clean pillow cover on every night as this is one way dirty and infection can rub on youe pericing. The fact you used a gun was a bad idea you might have shatterd the cartilage and caused seriors damge? If you are lucky look after it well and do not remover the earing for at least six months, i would expect you ear to be sore for a long time and made some swelling at the back depending on you indervdually, the main thing id top sick with it, as long as their is no puss ans their not given of heat you should be fine.
(Did you no that there the one peircing that takes to longesty to heals, abnd casue the most trouble) x
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I just got another cartilage piercing 3 weeks ago.
1. DO NOT put anything antibacterial on your fresh piercing, or rubbing alcohol etc. It might seem like a good idea, but it can clog it up, make it go dry and give you an infection. ALL you need to do for the next 3 months is clean it with warm water and salt twice a day. When you get up and before you go to bed. DO NOT touch it at any other time.
2. Okay, the gun was a bad idea. but what's done is done.
Cartilage piercings take about 3 months to heal - maybe longer.
I was advised to change mine when the 3 months is up. You should do the same.
Happy healing. :)
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#1 : Witch Hazel, distilled, works wonders I used it on my cartilage and I use it on my other piercings too. Take a cotton pad, not a ball but a pad, and soak it with the Witch Hazel and hold it to the piercing.
Also use a mixture of sea salt, or Epsom salts, with warm water in a glass and hold it to your ear for 10 minutes or so, to get rid of crusties.
#2 : Also I wouldn't have recommended the gun since it is usually not a good idea, it crushes the surrounding tissue and.. well big mess. Changing it to a smaller stud would work after about 12 to 16 weeks. As long at there isn't any redness or infection or anything like that.
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And another idea. Don't use alcohol, it kills the surrounding cells and makes for nasty healing most of the time.
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#1. i just cleaned mine with alcohol for about 4 months, and quit when i knew it was completely healed. i knew it was completely healed when i had no redness, and it didn't hurt at all no matter how i twisted and turned it.
#2. the person who did mine said about 12 weeks, but I didn't want want to do it untill I first changed mine at about 5 months, but I think it would have been fine in as little as two, as long as it heals perfectly and never gets infected, (which adds time you need to wait before changing it.)
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#1 - rubbing alcohol for the first week. take some drip it on your fingers and rub in between, twist the earing so the alcohol get inside twice a day. for the next 3 months after that do the same thing with antibacterial soap.
idk the answer to the second, i got mine hand done.
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