I'm 14 and I know it had to be one of the stupidest things ever but yes I did let my friend pierce my cartilage 5 days ago. I didn't hurt at all when I did it. We iced it, they marked the spot with a pin, andd they stuck the ear ring through. That night and the next day I was fine, but now it's starting to really hurt at night. For the past two nights I've woken up at around 2 and I just can't go back to sleep because the pain is so bad. Is it normal to hurt that long? It's not infected because I got my second holes in my lobes done professionaly and that I know is infected only because I'm a competitive cheerleader and my top has a really bad habbit of puling on my earing. I've been reading up about cartilage piercing and to tell you the truth I'm really scared about what I've been hearing.
HELP ME!!!!

WARNING: I encourage NO ONE to pierce their own ear. My mom refused to let me get mine done, and with out parent consent I couldn't so that's why I did mine. But if you want it bad enough you can do what you want
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chukieanbride

hun, u need to be bathing your ear in surgical sprit, that will keep any infection away, at least 3 times a day, silly girl huh, lol

macksmom

You need to take the piercing out. It is very unsafe to pierce your own ears....let alone your cartilage! Although you may have thought the tools you were using were clean, you are not a professional. The tools could have been contaminated, causing baterica to get right in there when you pierced it.

My advice would be to take it out asap, continue to clean the area until its healed. Once its heal...go to a professional to have it done.