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Ear cartilage piercing, though is not as traumatic as other types of body piercings, it is susceptible to infections that erupt a pain and pus over the pierced sites of ear cartilage. The cartilage actually is a stiff and inflexible tissue that can be pierced easily through a needle without causing vigorous pain, to be experienced commonly in other parts of body undergoing a piercing. This article aims at furnishing you exuberant info on ear-lobe piercing and cartilage piercing of the ear preparing you mentally without making you phobic of the pain and infection. If you have made up your mind to undergo ear piercing within a day or two then you should go through what has been penned over here. By perusing the contents mentioned in this piece of editorial you will manage to create a picture in your mind making you psychologically prepared to go ahead for ear piercing enthusiastically.  

It is the cartilage piercing of a few specific parts of body, such as nose and ear, that helps the women wear variety of enthralling jewelries/earrings. Aspiring to attract all and sundry around them, the young ladies leave hardly any stone un-turned in catalyzing theirs natural beauty by wearing variety of revetting jewelries such as gold nose-studs, earrings, necklace, etc. The piercing jewelries adhere permanently with the body parts unless put-off by the woman itself. But sometimes even the gold jewelries or earrings, worn through the piercing, cause infection embarrassing the ladies extensively. If proper after-care is not taken by the women undergoing nose-piercing or ear-piercing, the infection will be the result. But seriously taken after-cares can check the infection and pain which we are focusing our attention on here in this article.
     
Although a wide range of clamping earrings are available in the market, the women prefer mostly the earrings to be worn through piercing of the ear cartilages. Efficiently pierced ear-lobes and ear cartilages allow the beauty-conscious women to wear variety of jewelries with absorbing designs from time to time by removing their outmoded of earrings easily whenever they want to. Though ear cartilage piercing is preferred all over the world as a part of female beautification, in some countries like India it exhibits women’s longing for her husband’s longevity, and prosperity in family. Be whatsoever motive, the piercing of ear cartilage is required to be expedited under the supervision of a professional piercer and great after-care is needed on a part of the lady undergoing piercing of ear cartilage or ear-lobe. There are a few specific sites on the ear cartilage that are selected for cartilage piercings. The piercings to be expedited on ear cartilages are known as Antitragus piercing, Shell piercing, Daith piercing, Helix & Top Ear piercing, Rook & Snug piercing, Tragus piercing and Vertical Lobe piercing.

How to undergo ear piercing?

Find out a famous and reliable professional piercer of your city rather than being influenced by someone claiming himself/herself to be an expert in body piercing. With a world-wide popularity of body piercing  innumerable body piercers have mushroomed all over the USA who guarantee of a painless and comfy body piercing charging a meager amount of money as their remuneration. It is up to you to select a reliable professional piercer. But instead of letting the piercer start piercing your ear cartilage mechanically you should ensure that the piercing needle he is using be well sterilized and free from infections. It has been noticed that it is poor sterilization of piercing needle that causes after-piercing infections. Be humble and courteous when asking the piercer to use a sterilized piercing needle as it will not hurt his ego.

Reveal the sites of your ear you want to be pierced and allow the piercer to expedite cartilage piercing thereof without engaging him in any conversation as it can divert his attention affecting the ear cartilage piercing. Just after piercing the cartilage of your ear successfully, the piercer will fix a starter jewelry/stud that will create a passage for the gold rings or jewelry you would like to wear after the healing of pierced ear cartilage. Once the cartilage piercing is expedited successfully by a professional piercer it is your turn to take after care of the piercing of ear cartilage maintaining complete sanitation.

Once the piercing of ear cartilage is performed well the question of ear cartilage healing starts haunting the individuals. The pierced cartilage though heal easily it may take a long time depending upon the immunity of individual itself. Those who maintain a better hygiene find the piercing of their ear cartilage healing much faster in comparison with those affected from ear cartilage infections. It is bacterial onslaught that causes infection which you should be aware of. 
 
How to identify infection on cartilage piercing?

If red color swelling, pus and pain are noticed you should get alert and consult the doctor as these are the vivid signs of piercing infection affecting the cartilage of the pierced ear. Thick substance discharging from the piercing may either be pale or greenish accompanied by unpleasant smell. Such signs should be taken you as the whistle-blower of serious complication consulting a doctor without any delay. The earring may be removed by the doctor during the treatment.   

How to prevent infections on piercing of ear cartilage?

After successful piercing of the ear cartilage by professional piercer, the onus of ensuring healthiness of your ear lies only on your own shoulder requiring you to prevent infections thereof by taking after-care measures. It is the infection on cartilage piercing that torments the individuals with a pain and pus spewing from the piercing of ear cartilage. In order to help you check the infection on piercing of ear cartilage we are furnishing the injunctions over here.

• Do not touch the piercing with your unwashed hands- Avoid touching the piercing of your ear cartilage as unwashed fingers may allow invisible bacterial to penetrate deep into the piercings of ear cartilage. Do not allow even the curious friends of yours to see piercing of your ear cartilage. It is the emergence of bacteria (aka bacterial onslaught) that causes infection which you can experience in a form of pain, burning sensation, tingling and pus.
• Wash the cartilage piercing of your ear two times a day daily with the anti-bacterial soap and sterilized water in order to exterminate bacteria that are likely to cause infection. Let me make one thing clear over here regarding the wash of cartilage piercings. Though regular washing of the piercing of ear cartilage is must, it should not be done excessively as it increases the chances of bacterial onslaught due to excessive moisture over the piercing.  
• Do not let your long hair cover up the cartilage piercing of your ears as it also may provide a rendezvous for the bacteria to subsist and cause thereby infection on the piercing of ear cartilage. You should wash your hair daily with shampoo in order to prevent filth and perspiration of your long hair that may activate the bacteria over the wounds of cartilage piercing of the ear.
• Avoid alcohol-containing antibacterial liquid as it is harmful for all types of piercings. Some other antibacterial substances like Betadine, hydrogen peroxide or tea tree oil should also not be used on the cartilage piercings of the ear as they can worsen off the injuries.
• Avoid using a few specific contraptions or devices such as telephones, mobile phone, headphone and stethoscope, for such things can exacerbate the piercing of ear cartilage.
• Consume the Zinc and Vitamin C enriched foods, for they heal the piercings much faster.
• Do not take a risk of wearing new jewelry by attempting to put off a starter ear ring unless the injuries of your ear’s cartilage piercings are healed completely.
• Have ibuprofen provided pain on the piercing of ear cartilage does not subside.
• Consult the doctor- Despite taking all the after-cares if you experience a pain and notice swelling discharging pus consult the doctor immediately, for it is a sign of piercing infection required to be treated medically.
• You should wear the earrings or jewelries made only of gold, titanium, niobium or surgical steel. A few metals such as 9 carat gold, silver and gold plated jewelry are not favorable to the piercings of ear cartilage.
• Apply Neem oil- It is an Ayrvedic medicine with healing and antibacterial property that will help ear cartilage piercing recover much faster exterminating all bacteria thereof amazingly.