Hi I recently have had my cartilage pierced on my right ear only and it does not hurt at all right now and most of the time it doesn't hurt at all but it is sore when I touch it and it is too painful to spin the studs so I just leave them alone and try to clean them as much as I can with the anticeptic and I have to be gentle. Sometimes my ear will itch during the day and it will sometimes be sore for a little while after cleaning them and then everything is fine. Also when laying on the ears they are a little sore but again not bad. How long will this pain last? I only got the piercing 6 days ago. I am not going to remove the earrings yet but when I am able to remove them I want to know if I am going to have a LOT of pain trying to get the back off. I had my ears pierced at Claires and they use a stud and it has a lock backing which is so hard to get off without tugging at the ears. Ouch!! Will I eventually be able to touch my earrrings without pain, will I always have pain when laying on the side of my cartialage piercing? Thanks and I will be looking for your responce..

1badchoice

Cartilage piercing seems to be more painful and take more time to heal. I've had mine pierced several times. It does get less painful. I know it's painful but you should turn the earring anyway. Later you might try small hoops to make it less painful to lay on. You shouldn't change the earring for about 6-8 wks. If you notice redness, swelling, or discharge you should see a doctor. Otherwise, be patient. :O)

brandy681

Thanks for your responce. I am able to spin the back of the earrings with little pain but the fronts are too painful to even touch. I rub the front and backs very gently with a cutip nd there is not much pain but as I try to spin the studs in the front it feels tight and hurts to the point where I wont even try to turn them at all. The pain is less today and it doesn't hurt much at all, I may try to turn them in a little while.. My ear has not been itching and I have no pain, redness, swelling etc. I laid on my ear some last night and it did not hurt either but I try not to lay on it as much as I can't help because I don't want to irritate the piercing. Thanks for your responce..

bilobang2

well i just pierced my own cartilage yesterday. maybe the reason i dont feel this one at all, is because clairs pierced another spot on my ear, and now i have a really bad infection. haha<--really not funny. um i'd say to either use poroxide or sea salts to clean the piercing, sea salts tend to speed healing. even though it hurts, you should spin it a few times a day because your skin can begin to attach to the piercing, which will only make it worse. i'd look up signs of infection if the pain doesnt go away soon. total healing time (this doesnt mean pain at all) of a cartilage piercing is about 6 months.

good luck with it!!

oh! also, remember NOT to use like metals or anything in there for the first month or so. make sure its gold plated.

brandy681

The pain is less when I sleep on it now and I really can't feel it as much.. It never was that painful but just a tiny sore when I touch it and more when I try to wiggle it. Without touching it I wouldn't know that I had it the piercing at all. It seems to not hurt as much when I touch it though but a try not to touch it a lot. I had little brown crusts around the piercings for the past few days and I clean them off, its annoying.. but my mom who got her cartilage pierced the same day I did doesn't have any crusts building on or around her piercing I wonder why. I have been cleaning it really well and I hope that it does not get infected, I don't see any puss, blood or anything like that yet so maybe I wont get infected. I clean the ears with unscented antibacerial soap and then I use the Claires antiseptic. I read that sea salt patches help to heal the wound well but I have no tried that yet.

miklovein

um ya i got my cartilage peirced yesterday with a needle and yes it hurt for about 5 secs.its swallon and it hurts when i clean it but hey its a hole in your body thts not sapposed to be there.yes it will be sore for a bit i guess i got to clean it for six days but after tht im in the clear hope i dont get an infection thts the only thing im worried about ty.

eveieee

HEYY! yeah i got my cartilage peirced 4 times on each side. your pain is normal. itll go away in like a weeks or so. and it will somwat ache when u take the earing out. its all good.

hazel-blaze

ok this is just my experience, i have 3 piercing on my right ear 2 on the cartilage and lobe.
with the cartilage the first couple of weeks it was pierced it was really sore and painful to touch or spin. no discharge or lump just sore and maybe red. suggestion: just clean and dont touchor itch it with ur dirty hands. dont change earing for about 2months. for me it took about 4months to completely heal cause on the 2nd month i changed the earing and it got infected. when u change it i suggested titanium earing or gold cause some ppl get allergic reactions to cheap and crap 2 dollar stuff.

dino_chan

I think the sadist thing about piercings is that most people don't know the worst way to get your ear pierced is by a gun, which is used my many places such as Claire's, Wal-Mart, and other places that only do lobe or helix (aka cartilage) piercings.
Healing time will of course take a good bit longer then regular lobe piercings since the cartilage is harder to heal. Also, it takes different amount of times for different people to heal. I've just got a snug, and its going to take between 8-12 months to heal. When it feels painless, and you can move it with no problems then its healed. Remember though, they heal from the outside in. So it could look fine, but still take care of it and baby it, until its painless. But the recommended time before changing it is around 2 months.
If you think its infected DO NOT TAKE IT OUT. Go see your doctor, and get some anti-biotic, or salves for your ear. If you take out the earring, your risk the chance of getting the infection stuck in your ear.
Also, you may be having more problems with your ear because you could be allergic to the metal. The best type to use would be titanium which is completely hypo-allergenic.
Hope this helped in some way.

waningmoth

i haven't had my cartilage pierced (getting it done tommorow at 16gauge)
but id guess its the fact that you got them pierced with a gun thats making it worse, the stud is a blunt object that is litterally forced through your ear.

the stud probarbly doesnt have enough room to allow for any swelling so the pain could be caused by pressure.

maby pop into a proper piercing place, tell them you got it pierced with a gun and ask if they can change the stud to a steel, titanium or PTFE cbr (captive bead ring)

PTFE would maby help your jewellery from sticking

even if they can't change the jewellery they will know what you can do

btw if you are using ear care solution STOP imediatly it will irritate your piercing, instead remove crusties with a cotton bud and warm water use a mild antibactiral soap, rise carfully then soak your piercing in a sss (1/4 teaspoon sea salt in 8oz of boiling water, left to cool) for 10-15 mins only clean and soak once or twice a day to avoid making things worse.

sea salt soaks my grumpy piercings very happy