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How do you get rid of bumps on the back of your ear cartilage piercing?
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∙ 12y ago
This is called hypertrophic scarring. It is caused by the jewellry putting pressure on the ear, and making scar tissue build up around the area of the piercing. You should soak it once or twice a day with salt water or tea tree oil in some warm water, and change the jewellry. If you have a hoop/curved jewellry you should chage to a straight, and if you have a straight chance to a curved, This changed the pressure on the piercing and allows it to go down. If you have an industrial piercing, you should put two separate pieces of jewellry in until the scarring has gone down. Try to avoid touching the piercing as much as possible.
Get some tea tree oil - you can get it in the natural section of beauty supplies or online. Rub some on the bump a few times a day. Massage it in well and make sure you rub the bump a lot to help break it up a bit. I'm not sure why it works, but my piercer gave me that advice and I've managed to avoid getting keloids so far. It works to get rid of them or to prevent them from forming in the first place.
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How do I get rid of bumps next to cartilage piercings?
Well getting rid of the bumps involves understanding how they got there in the first place. If the piercing was done with a piercing gun, then there's your culprit. See ear cartilage piercings done with a piercing gun (which they are not supposed to do but they do it any way) damages the fine tissue* (*perichondrium ) between the cartilage and the back skin of the ear cartilage, this tearing action pulls the layer away from the cartilage and thus the lump is formed.Often referred to as Cauliflower Ear, this is the damage done to the ear cartilage when boxers would not wear protective head gear and the gloves would contact the ear cartilage skin tearing it free from the cartilage damaging the perichondrium in the process.Removing ear studs and replacing the studs with captive bead rings and irrigating the piercings daily during showering has allowed the tissue to settle and in some cases reattach to the cartilage, this can take several weeks to notice a marked change in the lumps.Another cause for lumps on ear cartilage is a process call a "Hypertrophic Reaction". This is where a irritant is introduced into the piercing causing the tissue to swell up and form a lump next to the piercing. Generally due to over use of a cleaning produce used to clean the piercing, the over use causes this reaction to occur. Simple flushing of the piercing with warm running water daily during showering while moving the jewellery has been very successful in removing the irritant and the bumps diminishing in size over several weeks.
How long until you can sleep with your cartilage piercing out?
You can sleep with your cartilage piercing out after the ear is completely healed up. It takes about two months for the ear to completely heal.
What causes deformation of cartilage in ear after piercing?
Piercing cartilage with a piercing guns is the number one cause, two would be a secondary infection.
Is it better to pierce with a needle or gun?
The Needle. Using The Gun To Pierce Like For Example Your Cartilage In Your Ear, The Cartilage Might Shatter And Youll Feel Tiny Bumps Around Your New Piercing, Thatll Mean You Have Shattered Your Cartilage. So In My Opinion For Choosing What To Pierce With I Would Have To Say A Hollow Piercing Needle :)
I have hardened ear cartilage at the top of my ear about a 5MM radius spot and never had piercing or wrestled so what is it?
It is called the Cartilage.
Should someone be scared if someone have a blister by their cartilage piercing site?
No it's either a hypertrophic reaction, which is due to the cleaning products used to clean the piercing or Cauliflower ear caused by piercing the ear cartilage with a piercing gun. Nothing to be scared about.
Is it gay for a guy to get his cartilage pierced?
No I have plenty of male clients who have ear cartilage piercing and they are not gay.
What is the percentage of side effects for a cartilage piercing?
90% of professionally pierced ear cartilage piercings work out without any issues, these are piercings done by a professional body piercer using aseptic techniques. 70% of ear cartilage piercings done with a piercing gun in a mall or hair salon result in bumps, lumps and healing issues, these are piercings performed by untrained and unlicensed individuals using piercing guns on areas they are not permitted to pierce but they do it any way.
Cartilage piercing at Claires?
Fact of the matter is this you don't want to get anything pierced at Claire's or any other piercing gun boutique. They are not licensed or inspected to provide piercing services. If they were licensed they would have the business license and recent health inspection posted for public inspection. Ear cartilage in not to be pierced with a piercing gun, the reason for this is simple the piercing gun is only designed and intended to be used on ear lobes, nothing else. 9 out of 10 ear cartilage piercings done with a piercing gun result in healing issues, lumps, bumps and the staff at these shops don't know how or what to do when this occurs. Simply because they are not trained or knowledgeable when it come to piercing. So please use some common sense and leave ear cartilage piercing to professional body piercers in licensed and inspected shops who, if you have an issue, can help you resolve the problems you may have.
