Cartilage piercing help please?
Even though you sterilized it does not mean it was done properly. Try salt water soaks (it sounds like it wouldn't do anything but trust me, they help a lot) for about a week and if there is no improvement, you may have to take it out to heal. Keep your hair out of it for awhile too.
Ball thing in left ear cartilage?
right by where my ear is pierced i have like a little ball thing im sure its not a keloid and i had my ears pierced since i was 3 months old. do you think its like a pimple or something i feel something when i touch it, i wouldnt say it hurts but yah
Ball feeling in ear cartilage?
I have a feeling on the bottom of my right ear cartilage that feels like a BB. I just noticed it today and am not sure if it is a cyst or calcium deposit or what. I dont have a piercing on the ear, so that isn't the problem, but im seeing that it could be something serious and i want to make sure that it is not. Thanks
Is my cartilage piercing infected ? :S?
It sounds normal. Did you get it pierced with a gun? When a blunt object is forced through cartilage, it can cause an excessive burning feeling. If not, its because its being knocked around too much which irritates the piercing. Holding ice onto the piercing can help the burning feel. Clean your piercing 2-3 times a day with sea salt solution. (1/8-1/4 tsp non-iodized sea salt dissolved in 8 oz distilled or bottled water)
Hard lump inside cartilage piercing?
About six weeks ago, I got my cartilage pierced at a tattoo shop with a needle. Today, I decided to take out the piercing since it wasn't hurting anymore and give it a good cleaning. I noticed that the area around the piercing appeared darker than the rest of my skin, and when I feel my piercing it's almost as if something hard is inside my skin surrounding the hole. I've been good about keeping it clean and everything.. what could this be?
My cartilage piercing is throbbing and it has swollen and it really hurts , is is infected ?
Do not continue use of salt water. This is only drying out your skin around the area and will cause you even more pain/swelling. Use a little antibacterial soap mixed in distilled water and lightly wash the area. Then everynight, before bed crush an ASPIRIN TABLET(the cheap chalky white pills) and mix with distilled water to form a paste. Using a cue-tip(not your finger) apply generously to the area. Then cover this part of your ear with a bandaid (totally awkward. I know) This will prevent infection and chafing while you sleep(pillows- even washed are covered in bacteria). The aspirin paste will reduce the inflammation (hot pulsing feeling), and the redness. Wash this off every morning. Make sure after you do the anitbacterial soap/water mix, that you rinse again with just water. Any antibacterial soap residue will cause too much drying of the area. The swelling will go down, and you should have no scarring bump and a lovely piercing. If it gets worse, and the blood/pus from the area begins to turn yellow/green, and the area looks bruised- see a DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY. Also try to touch it as little as possible and do not use neosporin, hyrdrogen peroxide or alcohol as these will dry out the area and cause you even more issues. I've had many cartilage piercings- I always get the swollen red bump thing, and this has ALWAYS worked, never fail 100%. My friend who works at a tattoo and piercing parlour was the one who taught me this technique.
If my cartilage piercings are throbbing and swelling, do I have to take them out?
I got two ear cartilage piercings at Claire's (with the gun) on Tuesday. They were fine until Thursday or Friday...then the cartilage around the piercings (they're pretty close together on the same ear) started to bruise, then swell and throb. A lot. The studs are 3mm surgical steel balls. The backs are as loose as they'll go. The balls are starting to look a little sunken into the ear flesh. Icing the area gets the swelling down a little, but it's getting really hard for me to turn the piercings...when I do, they bleed a little. I have a moderate pain tolerance, but these piercings hurt so badly it makes me a little bit nauseous at times... My main question is...will this pain and swelling pass and will I be able to have healthy piercings? Or is there a big risk of the piercings getting ingrown and should I take them out right now?
Is it normal for my ear cartilage piercing to get irritated after having it for six months?
Thanks for the A2A. The problem with cartilage piercings is that they're a little finicky in healing. It can take a cartilage piercing anywhere from 4 months to 12 months to heal, sometimes even longer.As said by Paige Lauren , check your piercing for any signs of infection. Infections there really do have the potential to get really nasty really quickly.Aside from this, what kind of jewelry are you wearing? Is it a labret/barbell or a ring? Most of the times, piercings that are healed with a ring tend to take a little longer to heal, as the ring can move around a lot and cause irritation. (In this case, it might be a good idea to switch to a labret or barbell stud)The initial jewelry that comes with a piercing is often not that good. Did you resize (switch to a shorter stud) yet? If not, you might want to get it resized. A bar that is too long moves around in the piercing and is easily knocked around etc, which will also upset your piercing. If you can, get yourself some body jewelry made of implant-grade titanium or surgical steel. Some good brands are Anatometal, Industrial Strength and Neometal.Also, some people say that cleaning 2-3 times a day is way too much for a piercing that's several months old already. See if lessening it to a sea salt soak or a shower a day works. (My cartilage piercing at 4 months old only got a daily shower and its mostly healed now!)Good luck!