How long does a cartilage piercing take to heal

About 4–6 months for it to heal, and for totally complete healing at a year.

Reduce blood flow to the upper ear vs the lobes, cartilage piercings take a while to heal

Only Go to the professional parlor

, Find a place to get your ear pierced whether an experienced and clean tattoo parlor or a place like piercing pagoda who use sterilized needle specially made for ear, and Avoid place who use a piercing gun, because pierce ear by piercing gun that can shatter the cartilage around the piercing and increase the pain, it even in some cases poor ever damage the cartilage and make prolong the healing process

Choose jewelry carefully

Professional parlor always has a range of appropriate jewelry, choose jewelry which is Nickel Free and hypoallergenic, Gold, silver, surgical steel, titanium would be the best metal for you, choose earrings that easy-open clasp, which would not catch hair or clothes and bother your pierce healing process, and also make sure it is long enough as well, so your pierce get space to breathe, straight barbell would be better rather than a ring

Accompanying someone you trust with during this process to make sure they pierce the right spot exactly where you want it. With your earring

Cartilage piercing takes to heal

there is two stages of healing with your helix. First is the inner tissue around your earring that takes a while and causes the most soreness. This is when you have to be most careful and patient. The second is more the outer tissues and this will take even longer

first 4 to 6 months your inner tissue will be healed and you will feel like it’s fully healed but you have to be care full a year

cartilage piercing take to heal first 4 to 6 month

first 4 to 6 months have to be more careful, sanitize your hands before cleaning your helix,

clean it twice a day: with sterile saline solution or sea salt (one glass in small one tablespoon, it should taste about like tears) with hot water Soak your piercing at least 2 minutes that then wipe it up with smooth cotton napkin (don’t use alcohol or hydrogen peroxide dries your skin out)

turn earring but without touching piercing: once redness is so reduced than that turn the earring after each day cleaning, this will help with loosening the hole and not allowing the crust to build up around the earring hole(this is painful )

while wash hair: you need to be extremely careful during washing hair, be care full your hare not touch or caught in your piercing earring, when washing your hair rinse off and soap from the earring

while sleeping: don't sleep or lie on your earring, use airplane pillow so it can prohibit you to move during sleep, if you can’t do it, you have to pierce ear alternatively, one side once heal then do another side it,

Cartilage piercing take to heal after 4 to 6 month

Don’t change your earring: your piercing it’s not painful after 4 to 6 months, but it still needs to be cautious to avoid prolonged healing or infection, don’t change your piercing earring to normal earring it’ll trigger infection and rejection of the piercing

Still sanitize your hands before cleaning and do it at least once a day,,
don’t touch makeup on it,
Hair away from the earring,
Avoid swimming pool water,
Don’t sleep on your earring

After 11 months to 12 months (A year), it’ll be fully healed

After you can change your earring but only choose precious metal like gold, gold plated, silver, or titanium, but be sure it light Wight, dainty and without charm hoop or stud as below