Cartilage Picering? Help!?

"The lack of ability to sterilize the ear piercing guns is one of the issues of concern about such equipment. Blood can aerosolize (become airborne in essentially microscopic particles) and contaminate the gun. If any part of the stud touches any part of the contaminated gun, there is the possibility of transmitting a disease-causing micro organism.

The Hepatitis virus can live for extended periods on inanimate surfaces, therefore transmission of such disease through this type of equipment is possible.

Further, most of the ear studs are quite dull, even if slightly pointy. The piercings are accomplished using a considerable amount of force. This is more like a crush injury than a piercing, and feels like one as well. The use of a sharper, sterile object makes for a much safer, gentler, more comfortable piercing.

Other aspects of concern include the fact that the studs are too short for some earlobes, which can result in complications. The jewelry can get completely embedded in ear lobes, even when pierced according to usual practice with a gun. Also, the piercings are difficult to clean thoroughly if too close fitting. The studs do not allow for much room even on slim lobes. Air and blood circulation are limited which can delay or complicate healing. Swelling and/or scar tissue formation can result. Also, the butterfly backing of ear studs have a configuration that can easily trap bacteria adding to the potential risk of infection.

Another problem is that the guns are very easy to misuse. Some who operate them "professionally" have little or no training. Further, many people do not stop at piercing only the lobes, and pierce eyebrows, tongues, nostrils, navels and other body parts with the ear stud guns. Such usage is warned against by most manufacturers, but that does not prevent frequent abuse of the ear piercing gun equipment. This is absolutely inappropriate and very dangerous!"

Don't go to any ear piercing boutique where a gun is used. Cartilage is a special tyle different from the ear lobe by having a different texture and curviness. Doing a straight shot with a piercing gun added on with the gun's pressure can cause healing problems and scaring. Go to a professional and reputable body piercer where a hallow needle will be used and a captive bead ring will be placed in as jewelry to accomodate the caritalge curviness.

goto a tatto shop. not only do they not sterelize the gun , they also dont know what there doing, also the gun can bruse and damage the cartilige causeing a keliod (a small bump in side that wont ever go away)

Neither, piercing guns are horrible. Go to a tattoo shop.

don't go to icing or claires because they will most likely give u a ear infection which hurts alot on the cartilage!!! so i suggest u go to piercing pagoda they do a good job every time I've gotten very piercing from there!!!

NEITHER

get it at a reputable tattoo/piercing parlor.

good luck!