+Marielle L (CocoLateAngel) I would just wait a month or two before getting the second piercing if you don't think you can sleep on your back because it's the weight of your head will irritate the piercing make you get an infection and take longer to heal
AFTER CARE: 4 teaspoons of non-iodized sea salt poured into 1 gallon of distilled water. Pour solution into a coffee cup, microwave for a few seconds, and soak ear into solution for 10-15 min.
As someone with 9 piercings in total (Lobes, doubles, Helix, Rook, Conch, Belly button and Daith) here is how I’ve taken care of them: Even though some cartilage can take about 3 months to heal, it won’t be fully matured, so even though it’s a pain in the ass, still continue to wash/soak every piercing in saline solution every day. A good little trick is to buy a travel sized spray bottle and make your own ‘on the go’ salt spray with a few drops of tea tree oil and spray your piercings a few times a day. If you did an oopsie like me and got piercings on both ears and now have trouble sleeping, do yourself and your sleep schedule a favour and buy an airplane pillow, this allows you to sleep on your side with your ear fully secured away in the hole in the middle.
@@yetzyreyes9921 Just pat it dry, the few drops of tea tree oil mixed in with the spray solution helps keep the piercing sight moisturised and is an antibacterial so just pat off the excess water and you should be good :)
@@Esalem81 The only reason to use sea salt over TS is due to TS usually containing Dextrose, sugar, which can cause a yeast infection. Still, the amount of Dextrose is so small that it doesn't truly matter.
I got my cartilage pierced in both ears yesterday and a tip I learned for those of us who can only sleep on our sides is to either get a travel pillow or to get a clean towel, roll it up and place it in a upside down U shape on your pillow it’s super comfortable and keeps you off the piercings :)
What I do is I put my hand under my head but put my ear between my thumb and index finger so my ear is not touching anything. It has worked for me I hope it helps someone else :)
@@In_Charge712 I do something similar! I sleep on my arm and let my ear sorta hang in that space between my arm and my pillow so that I don't lean on it
I got two made by a pro. No bleeding, no swelling, no liquids, no pain, nothing. A month in now. It's only a bit tender when it gets twisted by accident. I just shower it a min or 2 daily, that's basically it.
Makayla Jackson So long as you don't mess with it AT ALL and treat it like a newborn child while cleaning it then you're chances of developing a keloid are low. Some people (like myself) are more prone to all different types of keloids, but that's just all the more reason to baby it until there's absolutely no pain.
Right. Keloids are due to a genetic thing and are rare and can only be removed with surgery. Irritation bumps are bumps that come up with irritation in the piercing, and they can go away after a cleaning, etc. Just try not to irritate your piercing and you'll be fine. :)
I got a triple flat helix last week and I feel like all my energy and my immune system is focused on healing the cartilage. I’ve become a wimp lol so I’ve been sleeping earlier and I’ve been getting tired easily because of the piercings. My hair does get caught on the back and it hurts! But I love it! I’m a wait until it’s fully healed then I’ll get the next ear done! 😂
I heard people say while cleaning it you should move it a little so the cleaning solution gets into the piercing and also so it doesn't heal stuck but I've heard that that's bad, should I move it while cleaning it??
Thank you. This was really informative. I'm thinking about getting my helix done shortly but I'm worried because of sleeping as I toss and turn at night without being aware of it. Is it worth getting done or is it too much of a risk?
can you do a video on the bumps on piercing? I've had a daith for almost 2 months and it seems irritates now and has a small bump on each side of the piercing
My sister got her cartilage pierced then took the earring in and out literally every day starting from the DAY AFTER she got it, because she couldn’t have piercings with her sport. It’s been 7 months and it’s healed with no problems. I got mine, never took it out and clean it regularly with salt water. It’s been 3 months and mine is so irritated, red, and sore to the touch. Why?!?!?
Kissland Angelic' It did hurt less than I expected actually. I would say 2/10 when the needle pierced the cartilage. Then my ear was swollen and numb for about a week. Pain is subjective. I usually don't bear well the pain but it was manageable.
I've had my cartilage piercings for 3 years now and they never healed... my piercer used a curved barbell and it ended up angling the piercing, caused hypertrophic scarring from irritation. My piercer also never told me I should downsize jewelry after the initial healing period; to top it all off, I turned out to be allergic to surgical steel (it DOES have nickel) and once again, when I brought this up with my piercer years ago, he insisted that it was the BEST material I can get and didn't let me switch it for something else. He said I was having problems bc I was messing with them too much... And the only reason I even found all of this out was because the tiny af barbell he put in got loose and the front slipped off, and I ended up visiting the nearby piercing studio where I'm currently at. The first thing that piercer told me was there's absolutely no way I can ever wear a hoop in that piercing bc of how much it's angled and suggested that it'd be best for me to let them close and re-pierce. The piercing studio (old) was recommended to me by tons of people and had a great reputation. Shows that you shouldn't trust a studio just because of their rep - at the time, I wasn't aware of the big 3 brands of body jewelry so I assumed he knew best, but if I'd known that surgical steel isn't always the best, I would've gone to a different piercer.
here because my piercer accidently pierced cartilage for my 3rd hole on my ears :') rip me update: that one hole still hasn't healed and has a large keyloid on it now. Every time i take that earing out and put it back in im poking the back through. Kinda thinking about taking it out, letting it heal up, and then getting it pierced again. triple rip me
Mary h I just did this today and dang I did not know what I was getting myself into. It’s been a whole day and it’s still kinda hurting. My hair keeps getting stuck in it and it hurts like a bitch to pull it out
I got mine done yesterday and I've got glasses, i asked the piercer where she thought best to put it considering my glasses so she made sure the area wasnt where my glasses would bump it. and you just gotta be careful putting on and taking off ur glasses, its pretty annoying but its worth it
Would you recommend a captive bead ring or a barbell? I've heard rings are more prone to infections and uneven healing but I'm not sure if that's true... I think a ring looks prettier but if it's higher risk I will take a barbell for sure
WOULD ANYONE KNOW what's happening to my piercing? i got a double helix last week. The second one (lower piercing) has a line around me ear, going to the back of the pricing.
Hey! I have a question, after making the saline solution, how long is it good for? Does it have to be stored in room temperature or can I store it in the fridge?
I got two cartilage piercings about 7 months ago and they just finished healing completely. It took a while and a lot of patience and theyre finally at a point where they dont hurt at all anymore, and I'm looking to put a small ring in one of them, but I'm concerned about the ring getting caught on stuff more easily than the stud I have in right now. Anyone have any experience with this?
I did my cartilage piercing like 1 week ago and today my ear started to swollen .. is a bit red and when u touch that part it’s “ burning “ ( probably today I’ve touched it as well a lot without realizing and my hand was dirty ) ... - sadly Anyway , betadine I think will be enough to clean it .. Any suggestions?
Just got my cartilage piercing 4 days ago and there's a lot of dried blood stuck at the back. Should I get rid of it using a Q tip with solution? Or just let it be?
Got a helix along with 2 upper lobes yesterday. Hurt like hell and bled a shit ton, but the bleeding stopped and I’m feeling great! The needle scared me a bit, but I’m the only one in my school with stretched ears & a cartilage piercing. I love sticking out lol!
I had my helix done 2 weeks ago, it didn’t hurt when it was pierced and didn’t hurt after and still doesn’t hurt. Feels like it’s healed, no problems at all with it.
Please can I get some advice...So today I got my tragus pierced but school wont let me have it in, I go back in about a month. Do you think it would be ok to change it into a retainer then and leave it in until its completely healed?
ok this response isnt useful anymore but to anyone else with the same issue go to the nurse and ask for a medical excuse saying that u cant take it out or it will get infected.. if she doesnt comply get a doctors note
As of now (Feb 2021) I got mine last July....it's still kind of not healed. Idk how to describe it but I think the back is still tender, and leaving it completely alone but cleaning actually made it really horrible, so I started to remove the butterfly back to clean it. Now that it's a lot better than before I sometimes take out the whole earring for easier cleaning but....I think it might have 2 exits? When I put it back I keep feeling like I could re pierce out through tender skin and have to find the really slanted exit. What is happening to me? Am I a separate case????
I got my helix piercing a week ago and I'm using isopropyl alcohol to heal it, but a lot of people say that I should avoid using alcohol to heal the piercing because it dries it out. so should I stop using alcohol or not?
Do you have any tips on how to fully clean a cartilage piercing with a butterfly back (sigh) & small sized? I think it's a 5/16 mm so it's hard for it to breathe a little :/
Just wanna know is it ok to have small bump on it? I got my helix piercing last November 2019, whenver i clean it, whenever i oress the bump, it releases blood, is it ok? I got gun piercing (coz i dont know that i should go to a proffesional, i only find out after i got pierced)
3 days ago i got my cartlidge peircing, its is still normal for it to still be painful, red, and swollen. I took it out but i want to put it back in. I don't know what to do.
I need a little help... I’m gonna be honest I stupidly thought cartilage piercing were like lobe piercings but took longer to heal so... again stupidly I got my cartilage pierced with a gun (to which I’m freaking out now) and like my other (lobe) piercings I took it out to clean it and the ear the second day and again today (3rd day)... it hurt a little but it wasn’t anything bad and now it’s just a little swollen, red and hurts a little if I touch it, should I be worried?? (I’m gonna take care properly now)
I just got a double helix on my right side yesterday. Soooo glad I chose to only get one side done because I also got my second lobes done and it was already hard to sleep on the one (I’m a side sleeper). I think I need to get a travel pillow.
Hi, I went to a piercing shop to get my Helix pierced, he used the stainless steel needle but he put in a regular piercing earring with the butterfly backing in my ear. It's been 2 months since I had it done, I want to know should I take it out and replace it with surgical steel hoop ring. I have done the sea salt soak like you said it's healing pretty good, so I just need to know should I leave it in for another month or exchange it? I think you for your videos they are helping me a lot with my piercings.
Plz does someone know this!!!!!I got my midway helix pierced 4 months ago, but now I realized that ur supposed to pierce cartilage with a hoop or straight barbell, but my piercer put in a curved barbell, is that ok?
It took me a year to fully heal my first cartilage piercing. I just got a second one on the same side, sometimes if I really feel like I have to lay on the side that is healing them I use a U shaped neck pillow and put my ear in the hole and the round curve of the pillow supports my head.
Recently got my helix piercing with a piercing gun (yeah, now I know :\). Does anyone have info about re-piercing the holes with a needle or is it best to just leave it alone? I still have the original earrings in.
i got my cartilage pierced about 2 and half or 3 weeks ago and it doesnt hurt anymore bu t the hoop ring they gave me is really annoying because my hair gets tangled with it. can i change it to a stud or is it too soon?
feeer24 I was told after 6-8 weeks you can change jewellery but they recommend going in their to change because it can close within 30 seconds, I would probably just change once it’s fully healed at 3-6 months
@myragrayy Hi. I just got mine today. And im wondering if it's okay to take a shower and put shampoo bc im afraid that my cartilage pierce will irritate by the shampoo... but of corse i have to use shampoos hahaha is it fine and just clean it after or there's other way to take a shower after getting cartilage pierce?
So I got my helix pierced on Saturday and I had it done by a professional piercer. I was a bit confused however when she told me not to clean it unless it developed crust. Should I be cleaning it more often?
I got a industrial piercing about 3 weeks ago and my skin around the piercing is really dry :( I clean it twice a day so i don't know if thats the reason why my skin is drying out. Should i put something like coconut oil on it to help because it's starting to look really crusty.
I got a double helix and my top helix is not swollen, but my bottom one is really swollen, red and its throbbing on day 3 of me having it, I got it 5 days ago. I've been cleaning it 3 times a day and it doesn't seem like its going down. Should i be worried?? Feedback would be helpful.
i did my double helix about 1 week ago. It stopped hurting too bad and the swelling went down after the first few days but now it’s swelling up bad and looks very irritated but i don’t see any signs of infection...i did what my piercer told me(clean twice a day with q-tips with salt water and dont move it) so i seriously have no idea what’s wrong with it😭😭😭
Someone please help and reply I’ve had my cartilage done well over a year and I would twist it now and then so it doesn’t get stuck anyway it started to get a bump but I have sorted that out now and it’s going down but do I need to twist my cartilage piercing like ever? Will if ever get stuck I don’t know what to do
jungllekook Do not twist your piercings!! Twisting your piercings will damage the tissue inside, even though it’s been a year you should still clean your piercing with lukewarm saline solution, the warm salt water will make sure your piercing doesn’t get stuck, also try not to touch your piercing so much as that will agitate it. Clean your piercing with cotton buds and clean hands. Also those ‘bumps’ are called keloids and they can be reduced with diluted tea tree oil. Currently I have lobes, double lobes, Helix, Rook, Conch, Navel & Daith and I’ve found my piercings do best when not twisted or moved and cleaned every day despite some of my piercings being over 5 years old. Hope that clears some stuff up :)
Can someone please help me? I had my industrial piercing about a month and a half i noticed to have two bumps one small one on the lower part and one bigger on the upper piercing . The thing is i cant find non iodized sea salt in lebanon so i went to a pharmacist and she gave me fucidin ( anti biotic cream) the bumps are slowly getting smaller but is this normal? And is there other way than sea salt to heal those bumps ? It's my first piercing i guess thats why im freaking out 😂
I got a triple helix last week. It wasn't swollen or painful for the first week, but now it's getting swollen and throbbing. Is that normal. Did it get infected? I accidentally rolled over in my sleep a few times. Been cleaning twice a day.
do you have to move your cartilage piercing for it not to stick? like i just did a helix and my friends told me to play with it and turn it around, I think im not supposed to touch it for 2 months and like only clean it and stuff am i right?
I want to change the initial earring stud I was pierced with for a hoop, but do I have to wait 2-3 months until I'm able to change the initial piercing?
i had a cartalidge percing years ago and it was done with a gun i feel the broken scar tissue back their is their a way i could get it redone in the same spot and that scar tissue be pushed out with the hallow tip needle? I had my tragus done correctly no issues i never even had a heal time i slept on it the same night. I feel like my ears heal fast this was just a percing done completly wrong.
My daughter sails and is always on the water. She wants to get a few cartilage piercings. Should she wait for winter when she is not in the water for her to get them so they don’t get infected. Or can she get them and she just has to clean it very good and a lot
a few days ago I got a rook on my left and a helix on my right.. which side should I sleep on? also, they are both really sore and hurting, is that normal?
My piercer didn’t leave swelling room and so it swelled bad i reactions to cleaning solution and now over a month in he and still have an eyebrow piercing in my cartilage. I’m still scared of downsizing since it’s still a bit swollen but I guess I’ll do it at two months if that’s right?
Does a conch piercing fall under this category’s for you have a separate video for that? I also wear glasses and notice it bumps my upper ear piercing when they slip down my note. Do you have any tips for that? I am hoping it doesn’t cause issues but I do clean my glasses so it doesn’t transfer any bacteria. I try my best to make sure it doesn’t fit but i can’t do much about it. Thank you for all your videos. They are very helpful! I plan to get my Daith this winter 😬
I got mine done today it's painful and my right side is the best side I sleep on and I have to sleep on my left 😭 I have a small bar in my right ear! And yes there is room for it to swell
I got an ear cartilage piercing about a year ago. After 6 months I took it out because it just wasn't healing. It wasn't infected either though. Someone told me it was because they used a piercing gun instead of a needle. Maybe my cartilage was shattered? I'd like to get one again but I'm not sure that I'm up for it again.
I got mine pierced with a gun, big mistake. It took a whole year to heal and was incredibly painful. Got another one pierced with a needle and its great. Like night and day. It's a little swollen but thats it, no pain or anything.
Hi, I wanted to ask a question, does the snug piercing pass through the back of the rear, where you can see the jewellery? or is it all under the skin?
I got my helix piercing at a jelwery. They just "pierced" it with a pistol they use for normal ear piercings. I have my helix for a year, and I think it is stil infected or something. It hurts, and at the back, its swollen. Should I just take it out, wait untill its healed and let it pierce in a good way? Can I do it at the Same place? I don't want it at my other ear, and I really don't like to walk around without a helix. Can somebody help me? (Im from Holland, and my english is not reaaaally good, so I hope you understand What I mean! Thankyou!
Myrthe Kooyinga I'm no professional but if it's not infected, I'd take it out, let it close up, and get it repierced by a reputable piercer who actually uses needles. Guns are only meant for lobes, never cartilage, and even then you're taking a risk. When in doubt, find a reputable piercer and ask for advice.
sleep with a travel pillow. The one that looks like a "U". If you sleep with that you can lay the piercing side down into that so your piercing doesn't get compressed.
i pierced my ear myself... and its not infected or anything but the area of the piercing hurts like if there is a bruise. is there anything that will help that? there isn't a bump tho
I had mine pierced and it only lasted three days because it got bumped on the second day and keloid formed right after that. Still have a bump like two months later. How long should I wait to repierce it?
My aunt used to be a piercer and pierced my flat but i was stubborn and got a hoop ring but it didnt fit and it closed as a little scab am I going to get a keloid?
Have two questions: I'm a swimmer and I really really want this done, but to swim I have to wear my swimming hat, will the tight silicone hurt/infect it? Also, I live next to the sea and go on kayaks, paddles everyday, just wanted to know if the sea water is still good for the ear Thank yoy
Lara Hosking you can't swim for at least 2 week, I personally wouldn't get it on sea water until it heals, and actually you shouldn't put any pressure on it, so no caps or hats or anything. :)
Lara Hosking same im a swimmer too! 10days a week training. I got my seconds done last Friday and I've just been cleaning straight after training and it's been fine
skltn_ hc I’m a swimmer too and it will hurt if it is a fresh piercing but if it is about 3 weeks you will get use to it and you will be fine:) I have my helix too
I rlly want one but I dive 2x a week and have swim practice 2x a week and from what I’ve heard u can’t go swimming with a healing cartilage. But I have heard that the water doesn’t do anything so is y true u can’t go swimming
I love the way he says okay a lot for some reason it’s really comforting
Sixx Vasile his voice is really reassuring
Lol, me too
Ok
i made the mistake of getting one on each ear so i have to sleep on my back now :'-))
crybap I am getting one on each ear as well I going to put salon ear protectors so it doesn't get infected
+Marielle L (CocoLateAngel) I would just wait a month or two before getting the second piercing if you don't think you can sleep on your back because it's the weight of your head will irritate the piercing make you get an infection and take longer to heal
Toni Sutton I have like 20 pillows on my bed so I'm elevated enough where I just fell asleep on my back without issues.
This is soooooo funny lmaoooo sorry :(
kokohai ohh
AFTER CARE: 4 teaspoons of non-iodized sea salt poured into 1 gallon of distilled water.
Pour solution into a coffee cup, microwave for a few seconds, and soak ear into solution for 10-15 min.
Can I soak it in rubbing alcohol
Justine Brijmohan no definitely not
adrian flores ya smaller proportions you can make it at 1/2 tsp per 1 cup. this is called saline for anyone who is wondering
Justine Brijmohan this dries out your piercing and makes you vulnerable to infection- bad idea too harsh
adrian flores thanks!
As someone with 9 piercings in total (Lobes, doubles, Helix, Rook, Conch, Belly button and Daith) here is how I’ve taken care of them:
Even though some cartilage can take about 3 months to heal, it won’t be fully matured, so even though it’s a pain in the ass, still continue to wash/soak every piercing in saline solution every day. A good little trick is to buy a travel sized spray bottle and make your own ‘on the go’ salt spray with a few drops of tea tree oil and spray your piercings a few times a day. If you did an oopsie like me and got piercings on both ears and now have trouble sleeping, do yourself and your sleep schedule a favour and buy an airplane pillow, this allows you to sleep on your side with your ear fully secured away in the hole in the middle.
Winwin could step on me & I’d thank him so you have to wash out the sea salt solution after or just pay dry it?
@@yetzyreyes9921 Just pat it dry, the few drops of tea tree oil mixed in with the spray solution helps keep the piercing sight moisturised and is an antibacterial so just pat off the excess water and you should be good :)
Winwin could step on me & I’d thank him thank you!
Tea tree oil isnt nessacery it can irritate your ear
I know I can trust you because of your username
Cartilage piercing healing in two months... Hmm this is the shortest I've heard
1msnicky that's if you get it done by a pro
I got mine done almost 4 months ago and still hurts to even touch it
Mine healed within two months, it really depends on how fast your body heals
I've had my industrial for 7 months now and it recently got infected and hurts like hell
Shemanta Banik got mine done last week, was saying it doesn't hurt and no hurts like a bitch 😩
I'm so confused. One side is saying don't do this, another is saying don't do that. I don't know what to do
Right? Some were saying use sea salt and others say use table salt and not sea salt! Which is it?
@@Esalem81 sea salt for sure!!! table salt has sometimes other components which are bad for your piercing
@@Esalem81 The only reason to use sea salt over TS is due to TS usually containing Dextrose, sugar, which can cause a yeast infection. Still, the amount of Dextrose is so small that it doesn't truly matter.
I got my cartilage pierced in both ears yesterday and a tip I learned for those of us who can only sleep on our sides is to either get a travel pillow or to get a clean towel, roll it up and place it in a upside down U shape on your pillow it’s super comfortable and keeps you off the piercings :)
im here becoz i got cartilage piercing on both my ears..and i sleep sideways . im not a back sleeper human..this is hard
NotSoSavvyy Channel HOWD U DO SLEEPING ON UR BACK PLS SHARE UR TIPSSSS
What I do is I put my hand under my head but put my ear between my thumb and index finger so my ear is not touching anything. It has worked for me I hope it helps someone else :)
@@In_Charge712 I do something similar! I sleep on my arm and let my ear sorta hang in that space between my arm and my pillow so that I don't lean on it
u might wanna try using travel pillows, the c shaped ones. it'll be easier to sleep sideways.
I really want a helix piercing but I INCREDIBLY afraid of keloids! Is this something to be that worried about?
Makayla Jackson answer please
I got two made by a pro. No bleeding, no swelling, no liquids, no pain, nothing. A month in now. It's only a bit tender when it gets twisted by accident.
I just shower it a min or 2 daily, that's basically it.
Makayla Jackson So long as you don't mess with it AT ALL and treat it like a newborn child while cleaning it then you're chances of developing a keloid are low. Some people (like myself) are more prone to all different types of keloids, but that's just all the more reason to baby it until there's absolutely no pain.
Right. Keloids are due to a genetic thing and are rare and can only be removed with surgery. Irritation bumps are bumps that come up with irritation in the piercing, and they can go away after a cleaning, etc. Just try not to irritate your piercing and you'll be fine. :)
I'm afraid of that too.
I just got my first yesterday, it really didn’t hurt that bad when I had it done but it’s still pretty sore.
Is it healed now?
I got a triple flat helix last week and I feel like all my energy and my immune system is focused on healing the cartilage. I’ve become a wimp lol so I’ve been sleeping earlier and I’ve been getting tired easily because of the piercings. My hair does get caught on the back and it hurts! But I love it! I’m a wait until it’s fully healed then I’ll get the next ear done! 😂
Should I wait 24-36 hours for the first cleaning? Is a salt soak the best first cleaning?
I heard people say while cleaning it you should move it a little so the cleaning solution gets into the piercing and also so it doesn't heal stuck but I've heard that that's bad, should I move it while cleaning it??
kaitlyn buckland i was told to have your finger tips on both ends & move it back & forward no twisting
kaitlyn buckland // as long as the piercing is wet, you can move it but if it's dry, don't twist it! so yes that should be fine
DO NOT MOVE IT WHILE CLEANING.
@@TheHPExperiment WHO DO I BELIEVE?!!
I’ve heard both as well
Got my rook pierced yesterday and I love it! The only thing I'm confused about is if I'm supposed to move it or not while cleaning.
I just got mine today and I’m confused how to clean it. Did you ever figure it out?
Thank you. This was really informative.
I'm thinking about getting my helix done shortly but I'm worried because of sleeping as I toss and turn at night without being aware of it.
Is it worth getting done or is it too much of a risk?
Katharine Duff I wouldn't recommend it because it's extremely painful to lay on and it will keep u from sleeping
I think it's worth it. Sorry this is late!
I got my helix pierced yesterday. I toss and turn a lot, but it hurts a lot to lay on it, so you’ll probably wake up.
I got my helix pierced like a year ago, I toss and turn, and ibuprofen was my best friend
can you do a video on the bumps on piercing? I've had a daith for almost 2 months and it seems irritates now and has a small bump on each side of the piercing
please respond, i'm going through the same with the same piercing, idk what to do!
Tea Tree Oil
Tee tree oil xx
Mix salt with tree tea oil it help me with mine
Corianne Elizabeth they can take nearly a year and a half to heal and also try peppermint or tea tree oil with salt
My sister got her cartilage pierced then took the earring in and out literally every day starting from the DAY AFTER she got it, because she couldn’t have piercings with her sport. It’s been 7 months and it’s healed with no problems.
I got mine, never took it out and clean it regularly with salt water. It’s been 3 months and mine is so irritated, red, and sore to the touch. Why?!?!?
people’s bodies are just different
you are probably allergic to the earring
E Ray you’re not allergic to the earring you’re allergic to the type of metal
lol no so that means they are allergic to the earring........
Just got my conch pierced. Deff going to do that sea salt soak technique. Thanks for the good advice.
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car0libus _ did it hurt when you got it peirced?
Kissland Angelic' It did hurt less than I expected actually. I would say 2/10 when the needle pierced the cartilage. Then my ear was swollen and numb for about a week. Pain is subjective. I usually don't bear well the pain but it was manageable.
car0libus _ how is it holding up for you?
Kissland Angelic' do you mean healing ?
car0libus _ yes, like did you run into any issues? and can you wear headphones with it in?
I have a cartilage piercing with the ball screwed on and I was wondering how do you take it out because mine is stuck
I've had my cartilage piercings for 3 years now and they never healed... my piercer used a curved barbell and it ended up angling the piercing, caused hypertrophic scarring from irritation. My piercer also never told me I should downsize jewelry after the initial healing period; to top it all off, I turned out to be allergic to surgical steel (it DOES have nickel) and once again, when I brought this up with my piercer years ago, he insisted that it was the BEST material I can get and didn't let me switch it for something else. He said I was having problems bc I was messing with them too much...
And the only reason I even found all of this out was because the tiny af barbell he put in got loose and the front slipped off, and I ended up visiting the nearby piercing studio where I'm currently at. The first thing that piercer told me was there's absolutely no way I can ever wear a hoop in that piercing bc of how much it's angled and suggested that it'd be best for me to let them close and re-pierce.
The piercing studio (old) was recommended to me by tons of people and had a great reputation. Shows that you shouldn't trust a studio just because of their rep - at the time, I wasn't aware of the big 3 brands of body jewelry so I assumed he knew best, but if I'd known that surgical steel isn't always the best, I would've gone to a different piercer.
Aw sorry to hear about this. What jewellery did you eventually change to?
I’ve had my helix done 5 day a go I’ve been in pain all day and it’s hot to the touch is this to be something worried about xx
here because my piercer accidently pierced cartilage for my 3rd hole on my ears :') rip me
update: that one hole still hasn't healed and has a large keyloid on it now. Every time i take that earing out and put it back in im poking the back through. Kinda thinking about taking it out, letting it heal up, and then getting it pierced again. triple rip me
I’m getting my helix pierced this week, wish me luck!!! (I am getting it done with a needle☺️)
mine took almost a year to heal. fyi. i got double cartlidge done at the same time.
Mary h I just did this today and dang I did not know what I was getting myself into. It’s been a whole day and it’s still kinda hurting. My hair keeps getting stuck in it and it hurts like a bitch to pull it out
It will hurt anywhere from the first two days to first week
Maya Holt same
I did it too, but my piercing won’t stop bleeding hbu ?
I got mine done 3 days ago and this healing process is the most painful ive ever endured. its very swollen and incredibly sore
Sara Mic same with me :/
OMG Thank you! I like how you keep everything simple and get straight to the point! I just subscribed.
What do you do if you wear glasses? Should I try to not let the back of my glasses touch the piercing?
Thandiwe Croke i wear glasses and I pierced both sides today. It doesn’t touch em.
I got mine done yesterday and I've got glasses, i asked the piercer where she thought best to put it considering my glasses so she made sure the area wasnt where my glasses would bump it.
and you just gotta be careful putting on and taking off ur glasses, its pretty annoying but its worth it
When I take off am spit on my glasses, I grab my ear (not the piercing) and push it forward before putting my glasses on so it doesn’t bump.
Would you recommend a captive bead ring or a barbell? I've heard rings are more prone to infections and uneven healing but I'm not sure if that's true... I think a ring looks prettier but if it's higher risk I will take a barbell for sure
WOULD ANYONE KNOW what's happening to my piercing?
i got a double helix last week. The second one (lower piercing) has a line around me ear, going to the back of the pricing.
Hey! I have a question, after making the saline solution, how long is it good for? Does it have to be stored in room temperature or can I store it in the fridge?
I gotten my cartilage pierced at 14...Its still sore after getting it on Wednesday... This video is very helpful
Got my helix pierced yesterday and I love it!
I got two cartilage piercings about 7 months ago and they just finished healing completely. It took a while and a lot of patience and theyre finally at a point where they dont hurt at all anymore, and I'm looking to put a small ring in one of them, but I'm concerned about the ring getting caught on stuff more easily than the stud I have in right now. Anyone have any experience with this?
I did my cartilage piercing like 1 week ago and today my ear started to swollen .. is a bit red and when u touch that part it’s “ burning “ ( probably today I’ve touched it as well a lot without realizing and my hand was dirty ) ... - sadly
Anyway , betadine I think will be enough to clean it ..
Any suggestions?
I wasn’t even told what gauge my piercing was... how do I find out
Just got my cartilage piercing 4 days ago and there's a lot of dried blood stuck at the back. Should I get rid of it using a Q tip with solution? Or just let it be?
Got a helix along with 2 upper lobes yesterday. Hurt like hell and bled a shit ton, but the bleeding stopped and I’m feeling great! The needle scared me a bit, but I’m the only one in my school with stretched ears & a cartilage piercing. I love sticking out lol!
I had my helix done 2 weeks ago, it didn’t hurt when it was pierced and didn’t hurt after and still doesn’t hurt. Feels like it’s healed, no problems at all with it.
Please can I get some advice...So today I got my tragus pierced but school wont let me have it in, I go back in about a month. Do you think it would be ok to change it into a retainer then and leave it in until its completely healed?
Llama-sorus- rex allen I have mine for a while leave it be. Taking it out can anger it. If you can try and leave your hair down to cover it
ok this response isnt useful anymore but to anyone else with the same issue go to the nurse and ask for a medical excuse saying that u cant take it out or it will get infected.. if she doesnt comply get a doctors note
i soak my piercing in salt water twice a day.. how long should i continue doing this? til it heals in 2-3 months?
I got mine the last week and the person that did it to me told me only for 10 days
Joe TEN?
As of now (Feb 2021) I got mine last July....it's still kind of not healed. Idk how to describe it but I think the back is still tender, and leaving it completely alone but cleaning actually made it really horrible, so I started to remove the butterfly back to clean it. Now that it's a lot better than before I sometimes take out the whole earring for easier cleaning but....I think it might have 2 exits? When I put it back I keep feeling like I could re pierce out through tender skin and have to find the really slanted exit. What is happening to me? Am I a separate case????
I got my helix piercing a week ago and I'm using isopropyl alcohol to heal it, but a lot of people say that I should avoid using alcohol to heal the piercing because it dries it out. so should I stop using alcohol or not?
Do you have any tips on how to fully clean a cartilage piercing with a butterfly back (sigh) & small sized? I think it's a 5/16 mm so it's hard for it to breathe a little :/
Just wanna know is it ok to have small bump on it? I got my helix piercing last November 2019, whenver i clean it, whenever i oress the bump, it releases blood, is it ok? I got gun piercing (coz i dont know that i should go to a proffesional, i only find out after i got pierced)
for sleeping on the right size I suggest a body pillow. I already had one and it helps me stay asleep on the right side by just hugging it all night
its been 7 months, i feel like i still have to treat it really gentile.... I'm terrified of changing the piercing
Claudia Bolanos ahh me too I still baby mine and it always turns red if the area is touched even a bit
3 days ago i got my cartlidge peircing, its is still normal for it to still be painful, red, and swollen. I took it out but i want to put it back in. I don't know what to do.
I need a little help... I’m gonna be honest I stupidly thought cartilage piercing were like lobe piercings but took longer to heal so... again stupidly I got my cartilage pierced with a gun (to which I’m freaking out now) and like my other (lobe) piercings I took it out to clean it and the ear the second day and again today (3rd day)... it hurt a little but it wasn’t anything bad and now it’s just a little swollen, red and hurts a little if I touch it, should I be worried?? (I’m gonna take care properly now)
I just got a double helix on my right side yesterday. Soooo glad I chose to only get one side done because I also got my second lobes done and it was already hard to sleep on the one (I’m a side sleeper). I think I need to get a travel pillow.
I got my double helix and triples done at the same time
What should I do if my job requires me to be in the water? By the time my job starts, it will be about 6 months since getting it pierced.
Hi, I went to a piercing shop to get my Helix pierced, he used the stainless steel needle but he put in a regular piercing earring with the butterfly backing in my ear. It's been 2 months since I had it done, I want to know should I take it out and replace it with surgical steel hoop ring. I have done the sea salt soak like you said it's healing pretty good, so I just need to know should I leave it in for another month or exchange it? I think you for your videos they are helping me a lot with my piercings.
Plz does someone know this!!!!!I got my midway helix pierced 4 months ago, but now I realized that ur supposed to pierce cartilage with a hoop or straight barbell, but my piercer put in a curved barbell, is that ok?
It took me a year to fully heal my first cartilage piercing. I just got a second one on the same side, sometimes if I really feel like I have to lay on the side that is healing them I use a U shaped neck pillow and put my ear in the hole and the round curve of the pillow supports my head.
Recently got my helix piercing with a piercing gun (yeah, now I know :\). Does anyone have info about re-piercing the holes with a needle or is it best to just leave it alone? I still have the original earrings in.
I got mine 5 months ago and I just switched it today and now the puncture is turning white is that infected please help
i just got a double helix, and they put normal earnings.... like ones you would wear on your lobe piercing. is that okay?
i got my cartilage pierced about 2 and half or 3 weeks ago and it doesnt hurt anymore bu t the hoop ring they gave me is really annoying because my hair gets tangled with it. can i change it to a stud or is it too soon?
I have a stud for my cartilage, it’ll still get stuck in your hair
feeer24 yeah I have a stud and my hair gets stuck on it too
feeer24 I was told after 6-8 weeks you can change jewellery but they recommend going in their to change because it can close within 30 seconds, I would probably just change once it’s fully healed at 3-6 months
@myragrayy Hi. I just got mine today. And im wondering if it's okay to take a shower and put shampoo bc im afraid that my cartilage pierce will irritate by the shampoo... but of corse i have to use shampoos hahaha is it fine and just clean it after or there's other way to take a shower after getting cartilage pierce?
@myragrayy Thank yo so much
So I got my helix pierced on Saturday and I had it done by a professional piercer. I was a bit confused however when she told me not to clean it unless it developed crust. Should I be cleaning it more often?
Every day with sea salt solution
I got a industrial piercing about 3 weeks ago and my skin around the piercing is really dry :( I clean it twice a day so i don't know if thats the reason why my skin is drying out. Should i put something like coconut oil on it to help because it's starting to look really crusty.
I got a double helix and my top helix is not swollen, but my bottom one is really swollen, red and its throbbing on day 3 of me having it, I got it 5 days ago. I've been cleaning it 3 times a day and it doesn't seem like its going down. Should i be worried??
Feedback would be helpful.
i did my double helix about 1 week ago. It stopped hurting too bad and the swelling went down after the first few days but now it’s swelling up bad and looks very irritated but i don’t see any signs of infection...i did what my piercer told me(clean twice a day with q-tips with salt water and dont move it) so i seriously have no idea what’s wrong with it😭😭😭
Someone please help and reply
I’ve had my cartilage done well over a year and I would twist it now and then so it doesn’t get stuck anyway it started to get a bump but I have sorted that out now and it’s going down but do I need to twist my cartilage piercing like ever? Will if ever get stuck I don’t know what to do
jungllekook Do not twist your piercings!! Twisting your piercings will damage the tissue inside, even though it’s been a year you should still clean your piercing with lukewarm saline solution, the warm salt water will make sure your piercing doesn’t get stuck, also try not to touch your piercing so much as that will agitate it. Clean your piercing with cotton buds and clean hands. Also those ‘bumps’ are called keloids and they can be reduced with diluted tea tree oil. Currently I have lobes, double lobes, Helix, Rook, Conch, Navel & Daith and I’ve found my piercings do best when not twisted or moved and cleaned every day despite some of my piercings being over 5 years old. Hope that clears some stuff up :)
Can someone please help me? I had my industrial piercing about a month and a half i noticed to have two bumps one small one on the lower part and one bigger on the upper piercing . The thing is i cant find non iodized sea salt in lebanon so i went to a pharmacist and she gave me fucidin ( anti biotic cream) the bumps are slowly getting smaller but is this normal? And is there other way than sea salt to heal those bumps ? It's my first piercing i guess thats why im freaking out 😂
I got a triple helix last week. It wasn't swollen or painful for the first week, but now it's getting swollen and throbbing. Is that normal. Did it get infected? I accidentally rolled over in my sleep a few times. Been cleaning twice a day.
do you have to move your cartilage piercing for it not to stick? like i just did a helix and my friends told me to play with it and turn it around, I think im not supposed to touch it for 2 months and like only clean it and stuff am i right?
I wanna have helix piercing very bad but I play boxing and bjj and I don't know if I'll have a problem with it. what do you think?
Hi I got a helix piercing roughly 2-3 months ago. It got pulled at work and there is now a lump a tress bump I think how do I get rid of this?
I want to change the initial earring stud I was pierced with for a hoop, but do I have to wait 2-3 months until I'm able to change the initial piercing?
i had a cartalidge percing years ago and it was done with a gun i feel the broken scar tissue back their is their a way i could get it redone in the same spot and that scar tissue be pushed out with the hallow tip needle? I had my tragus done correctly no issues i never even had a heal time i slept on it the same night. I feel like my ears heal fast this was just a percing done completly wrong.
Question: the back of my helix appears to have moved 2mm towards the outside of my ear, how big of a problem could that be?
Can a forward helix migrate? I feel like mine has moved and I don't know if I should get it redone or if it's just my mind playing tricks on me 😐
My cartilage has a stud in it currently, I got it pierced yesterday. Is this unsafe? I wasn't given the option of a barbell
My daughter sails and is always on the water. She wants to get a few cartilage piercings. Should she wait for winter when she is not in the water for her to get them so they don’t get infected. Or can she get them and she just has to clean it very good and a lot
a few days ago I got a rook on my left and a helix on my right.. which side should I sleep on? also, they are both really sore and hurting, is that normal?
My piercer didn’t leave swelling room and so it swelled bad i reactions to cleaning solution and now over a month in he and still have an eyebrow piercing in my cartilage. I’m still scared of downsizing since it’s still a bit swollen but I guess I’ll do it at two months if that’s right?
I had my cartilage piercing three weeks ago. But it keeps swelling with water. I dont even know what to clean with. Any help?
Does a conch piercing fall under this category’s for you have a separate video for that? I also wear glasses and notice it bumps my upper ear piercing when they slip down my note. Do you have any tips for that? I am hoping it doesn’t cause issues but I do clean my glasses so it doesn’t transfer any bacteria. I try my best to make sure it doesn’t fit but i can’t do much about it.
Thank you for all your videos. They are very helpful! I plan to get my Daith this winter 😬
I got mine done today it's painful and my right side is the best side I sleep on and I have to sleep on my left 😭 I have a small bar in my right ear! And yes there is room for it to swell
I got daith done yesterday should I turn it are just clean it and that's it? Also is it OK to still wash my hair with my shampoo are will it hurt it?
K thanx so much ;)
I got an ear cartilage piercing about a year ago. After 6 months I took it out because it just wasn't healing. It wasn't infected either though. Someone told me it was because they used a piercing gun instead of a needle. Maybe my cartilage was shattered? I'd like to get one again but I'm not sure that I'm up for it again.
Yeah you're not supposed to use a piercing gun on cartilage. with a needle it should heal in 2 months.
Yeah your right. I went back 7 weeks ago I got it done by a professional with a needle so far so good : )
did it heal over when you took it out?
shit...
I got mine pierced with a gun, big mistake. It took a whole year to heal and was incredibly painful. Got another one pierced with a needle and its great. Like night and day. It's a little swollen but thats it, no pain or anything.
I’ve had a bump around my helix piercing for about 3 months. Will a sea salt soak help it?
Hi, I wanted to ask a question, does the snug piercing pass through the back of the rear, where you can see the jewellery? or is it all under the skin?
I got my helix piercing at a jelwery. They just "pierced" it with a pistol they use for normal ear piercings. I have my helix for a year, and I think it is stil infected or something. It hurts, and at the back, its swollen. Should I just take it out, wait untill its healed and let it pierce in a good way? Can I do it at the Same place? I don't want it at my other ear, and I really don't like to walk around without a helix. Can somebody help me? (Im from Holland, and my english is not reaaaally good, so I hope you understand What I mean! Thankyou!
Myrthe Kooyinga I'm no professional but if it's not infected, I'd take it out, let it close up, and get it repierced by a reputable piercer who actually uses needles. Guns are only meant for lobes, never cartilage, and even then you're taking a risk. When in doubt, find a reputable piercer and ask for advice.
i used iodized salt 2 times by mistake will it be okay if i switch to recular now? or did i just mess it up
@urbanbodyjewelry how can I wash my hair with it affecting my helix piercing??
Are you able to have a stud then switch to a ring like back and forth or if you pierce and have a stud can you only have studs?
Tea tree oil with coconut oil helped me with those stubborn piercing bumps :)
Should you move the jewelry when cleaning it ? I have a conch and a daith
Can you use a pad for cover the piercing and sleep?
sleep with a travel pillow. The one that looks like a "U". If you sleep with that you can lay the piercing side down into that so your piercing doesn't get compressed.
i pierced my ear myself... and its not infected or anything but the area of the piercing hurts like if there is a bruise. is there anything that will help that? there isn't a bump tho
I got my cartilage piercing a month ago,if i was to take the piercing out how long would ut take for the hole to fully close HLP PLS
I had mine pierced and it only lasted three days because it got bumped on the second day and keloid formed right after that. Still have a bump like two months later. How long should I wait to repierce it?
My aunt used to be a piercer and pierced my flat but i was stubborn and got a hoop ring but it didnt fit and it closed as a little scab am I going to get a keloid?
Have two questions:
I'm a swimmer and I really really want this done, but to swim I have to wear my swimming hat, will the tight silicone hurt/infect it?
Also, I live next to the sea and go on kayaks, paddles everyday, just wanted to know if the sea water is still good for the ear
Thank yoy
Lara Hosking you can't swim for at least 2 week, I personally wouldn't get it on sea water until it heals, and actually you shouldn't put any pressure on it, so no caps or hats or anything. :)
Lara Hosking same im a swimmer too! 10days a week training. I got my seconds done last Friday and I've just been cleaning straight after training and it's been fine
skltn_ hc I’m a swimmer too and it will hurt if it is a fresh piercing but if it is about 3 weeks you will get use to it and you will be fine:) I have my helix too
I just got my industrial done. Tomorrow will be a week. I soak mines 4 times a day for 15 min is that too much or is 4 times a day ok?
So when can i basicly take a shower with new piercings, mine are 3-5 days old.
How many weeks will I need to clean my helix piercing for? Thanks
I rlly want one but I dive 2x a week and have swim practice 2x a week and from what I’ve heard u can’t go swimming with a healing cartilage. But I have heard that the water doesn’t do anything so is y true u can’t go swimming
So after the piercing can I take Tylenol to get rid of the pain? I am trying to learn as much as I can before I get the piercing so I can be ready