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Been wondering if it's still possible for a 20+ person to get earlobe piercings. Old wives' tales in my area claim that I'm far too old for that and I'll end up with keloids.
I've wanted an upper ear cartilage piercing for ages and I got one about 6 months ago. It's still quite painful to sleep on to varying degrees and I feel like it's not going to heal. Before I got it I read that sometimes piercings high up on your ear fail to heal because there's so little blood supply. I know cart piercings can take 6 months to a year to heal 100% but I feel that at this stage there shouldn't be anything more than slight tenderness if I sleep directly on it.
I'm not sure what to do about it. What I THINK I should do is get a titanium piece (not sure if a ring or a stud would be more beneficial) and put that in and see if there's any improvement. I thought about treating it with salt water like you do with a new piercing, but there's no infection or discharge so I'm not sure that it would do anything.
Any ideas?
I've wanted an upper ear cartilage piercing for ages and I got one about 6 months ago. It's still quite painful to sleep on to varying degrees and I feel like it's not going to heal. Before I got it I read that sometimes piercings high up on your ear fail to heal because there's so little blood supply. I know cart piercings can take 6 months to a year to heal 100% but I feel that at this stage there shouldn't be anything more than slight tenderness if I sleep directly on it.
I'm not sure what to do about it. What I THINK I should do is get a titanium piece (not sure if a ring or a stud would be more beneficial) and put that in and see if there's any improvement. I thought about treating it with salt water like you do with a new piercing, but there's no infection or discharge so I'm not sure that it would do anything.
Any ideas?
I'm not sure what to do about it. What I THINK I should do is get a titanium piece (not sure if a ring or a stud would be more beneficial) and put that in and see if there's any improvement. I thought about treating it with salt water like you do with a new piercing, but there's no infection or discharge so I'm not sure that it would do anything.
Any ideas?
Getting a better piece of jewelry is always a good idea. What kind of jewelry are you currently wearing, though? It might just be too small. I had major issues with my cartilage piercings until I switched to larger-diameter rings.
Just a standard stud. I tried to switch to a ring about 3 months after the piercing but it was still a bit swollen and my 14ga ones didn't go in properly. I'll definitely get some titanium jewellery and work with some salt water and see if that helps.
Try 16g first, so it's not such a big difference and you'll have an easier time getting it in; going from a standard earring to 14g is fairly easy in your earlobe, but it'll hurt a lot more in your cartilage and the piercing is already irritated. And you'll want at least 5/16 in diameter, whether it's a bead capture ring or a circular barbell, to prevent excess pressure on the piercing.
Eventually you may be able to wear cartilage studs, which I would 100% recommend over regular earrings, but I would stick to rings for now, until you're fully healed.