I am getting the top of my ear pierced, like on the side in the cartilage. I was wondering how much it will hurt if it is being done with a needle (not a gun) and how high chance it is for infection. I know that it takes alot longer than a hole in your earlobe to heal, about a few months?

vrock131

Im 11 and im getting my cartalige pierced! and i want to know wat hurts more needle or gun? and what gets more infecteed a needle or gun! im getting it done before school starts! im excited but scared to. i just donw want it to get infected. and im kinda scared about my cartalige shattering wat ever that means! any adivice?

anonynonymous

I read up a lot about cartilage piercings before I got mine on blogs just to see how much it hurt, etc. and decided that neither the gun or the needle really came out on top when it comes to safety or pain. I went to claire's where they do gun piercings and found out it hurt less than getting my lobes done and I almost threw up when I got them done. (I have a low tolerance for pain.) Take your hand and apply pressure to the top of your ear, as much as you can... It hurt less than that. The after pain hurts a little bit for a while. If you touch it or swipe it the pain comes as fast as it goes. i would not caution against it for pain reasons. Hope I helped.

rosanna-hope

the chance of your helix peircing getting infected is minimal so long as you keep it clean and dont fiddle with it too much unless its to twist the jewellery to make sure it doesnt crust up, trust me, you do not want to get this piercing infected!

vrock131

well i just got it a mystic place and they did a needle it didnt hurt and the guy said to NEVER use a gun or itll shatter ur cartalige

babeygurl_08

I pierced my cartlidge myself it doesnt hurt and all you hear is a crunch, and as for cleaning it i never really did just peroxide here and there but other than that it healed on its own, and i would say just stay away from sleeping on that side for the first week cause it is painful afterwards, but it should heal just fine, and normally infections only occur if you change the earing to early or try to change the gauge of the earing.

sk8ordie7544

ive just got my cartlige peirced yesterday and i got it by my friends mom and she really had no experience but although she did do a good job but the eiring i gave her was thicker then the needle so i wasnt too happy when she told me that and i didnt have any other ones so she put in this little string for now so the next day i went to the mall and bought a hoop and i was pretty sure that was my size so when i got home i took the string out and tried putting it in and it was too big and i even asked the women and she said it would fit so i had to get the needle put it throught again and put a new string but the needle didnt wanna go through and it hurt sooo much trying to force it and i didnt wanna hit a vane and plus i never told my parents about this so i couldnt afford for annything to go wrong so i jus left it alone and let it close but i was really mad though cause i went through alot of pain to get it bu im gonna get it peirced proffesionlly done next time

sk8ordie7544

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sk8ordie7544

stupid niggers!

Bballin

Well, I got mine done, with the earing, i think its a special piercing earring, so the guy just pushed right through and but the backing on, it didnt hurt AT ALL. So im guessing its the same feeling as a needle... and mine didn't hurt at all, ever... except for when you try to sleep on it , so yeah keep it in for 3 months, or so and you should be fine! = D

DianaDjor

I got mine done about 3 days ago at a tattoo shop with a needle. Getting it done did not hurt that bad, a little pinch and a popping sound and it was done! I think getting my nose pierced hurt worse......but 3 days later my ear has been throbbing all freakin day!! It was fine the first two days...I think I kept bumping it in my sleep or something, but i'm definitly going to take a motrin now and hope it helps the throbbing!!