How long does a cartilage piercing take to heal?

*cough* I'm also going to get a cartilage piercing.. how bad does that one hurt on a scale from 1-10, how long does it take to heal (or, I mean, how long until I can change the earring), how long can't I sleep on it for, and which hurts more, with a...

needle, or with a gun??

Alright, so I'm thirteen, and I got mine pierced with a gun, and it did not hurt at all, it was just like the snap of your fingers, I didn't even blink. Frankly, I think the gun is more sanitary, because it's just a never used ear ring in the gun, and you don't even have to sanitize it. I could sleep on my ear that night. It's no joke, you do need to clean it every night, it WILL get infected. Mine didn't from not cleaning it though. Mine got infected because when they pierced it, my hair got in it, and whenever I turned it, my hair got stuck in it, so I took it our after a month and a half, and cleaned it out, and sanitized my ear, and ear ring, although your really supposed to keep in it for 3 months. but really it doesn't hurt at all. :D

I am 13 and I got mine done like 4 months ago.I didn't think it hurt at all..but it hurt my mom so bad she took hers out. I think it depends on how well you handle pain.

A needle should be used for cartilage, not because it hurts less (even though it does, but because it can shatter the cartilage, look it up on google images, id rather pay more with a needle, I dont think its illegal but it should be.

The top of the ear?? I had mine done a month ago by gun.. It was quick and painless.
The nose.. I have heard people getting it done by gun.. I had mine done by needle, and it really wasn't bad

I would say 4 or 5 on the pain scale and I still have to be careful sleeping on it because it get s sore sometimes... I peirced it half a yr ago.

okay I havent gotten mine done. but dont get it done with a gun. because it will shatter your tissue. your supposed to get it done with a needle because it is a hollow needle and wont shatter the tissue

About 12 Weeks.

About 12 Weeks. Needles Are More Painful And More Likely To Get Infected. I Suggest Gettinq It With A Gun . you Dont Feel A Thing. And More Likely To NOT get Infected. Clean It Daily

not sure how long it takes to heal but I would stay a really long time. Cartilage doesnt have a good blood supply so it only gets nutrients by diffusion. Thats why it takes way longer for a sprain to heal then a broken bone.

It all depends on you. All the cart. I've pierced, probably one girl said it hurt. For me, it kinda hurt but was okay.

The piercing packages claire's pierces your ear with comes in a sealed sterile little 1 inch by 2 inch rectangular box, the earring is pointed just like a needle and the whole package that's sterile is just snapped into the gun without even touching it. People always say how it's important to clean the guns but what they don't realize is that's not the important part.. it wont even be touching your skin. The important part is the cartridge that was snapped into the gun, with the earring that's already been inserted and sterilized prior to packaging.

People also swear that when you don't get an infection that it means the piercing was clean.. what the f*ck.. nope. It means your body worked how it was supposed to against bacteria and you didn't have filthy hands in contact with your ears at any time.

The only reason why you should go to someone that does it with a needle is if you want a larger gage than a standard earring. Otherwise it's really a simple and error free process. I've never messed up on a piercing... the only way you really can is to not align it correctly and/or have something jam.

Long story short, you're supposed to keep it in 8-12 weeks, and after you can take it out, clean it, and replace it with any post for 6+ months (never leaving it without an earring). I got my lobes pierced for the 4th holes by my moron co worker at work, and took them out the same day to put ones I liked in. I only say you should attempt that if you want extra irritation and swelling, and if you're quick.

After 2 days I can sleep on my new cart. piercing, although it's still slightly tender. It just feels like I have a bruised ear. It's still a little swollen too.

and I'm not talking about the old ear piercing guns.. I forget the name of the ones claires uses now... you just squeeze it. So you might as well be pushing the earing through not it bursting through your ear which hurts like a b*tch.

Mine healed in about 3 days totally.

when I got mine done about a week ago at the percing pagoda they said that it would take about 6 months to fully heal but I could change it in about 4 weeks, and as far as how bad it hurt 2/10 it just felt hot for a little while and within a day I could turn it with out much pain.

thanks you stupid idiots. I listened to everyone on here and got my cartilage double pierced. and my ear got so infected and stung soo bad that I have to get it SURGECALLY REMOVED!!! I even got one with a needle and one with a gun to see which was better...guess which one I have to get removed...

I just had my nose and cartilage pierced last night. Nose piercing was nothing, but the carilage was really painful. I've had my carilage peirced 3 times before this but I have always taken them out because of allergy/irritation I got from the metals. The first three times I had it done with a gun and it didn't hurt much, was just a little pinch. This last time I got it pierced was with a professional and it was done with a needle. It hurt a lot more and it still hurts, even if air blows on it.

So a gun is less painful (unless they shatter it) but I didn't like having a stud with crappy metals because it gave me a bump. Professional piercing with a hoop instead of having an earring back is better in the long run, I hope.

I periced mine myself. it takes a year to heal
a week before you can change it.. well your suppose to wait a year but I didnt minees perfectly fine.
It hurts more with an needle.
after when you perice it its better to sleep with a small tiny hoop or somethin like it cuzz if you havee an earing you sleep on it it will stab the back of it it will hurt to sleep on it the first night.

well, I'm a bit confused now because some of my friends had theirs pierced with a gun at a chemist like a week ago and theirs are perfectly fine but one of my other friends had hers done with a needle like a year ago and it still hasn't healed and is still infected.
im getting mine done tomorrow so I'll let you know.
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A gun hurts WAY WAY more. Trust me, its horrible. Also, using the needle makes it heal faster.

When I got it done, the dude that pierced my ear said I had to wait 6-8 weeks until I could change my earring.

You can sleep on it. But if it hurts you may have no other choice but to lay on the opposite ear. In your sleep you will move, and possibly switch sides. Don't worry about it. It won't get infected that way.

On a scale of one - ten. I'd give the pain about a 3 with a needle.
With a gun, about a 6. it hurts way more.

Keep it Clean.

DO NOT GET YOUR CARTILAGE PIERCED WITH A GUN. The blunt force of the gun can shatter your cartilage and deform your ear, and I don't know anyone who wants that to happen. oh, and I D0NT ThInK ID lISsiN TO someone wH0 TIPS like DIS.

NEVER GET YOUR CARTILAGE PIERCED WITH A GUN. Always go with a needle if at all possible. Piercing guns are not made for cartilage, as the blunt force of the gun can shatter it and deform your ear. At Walmart they are not even allowed to use the gun on cartilage.