If u decide to take the piercing out, it will have a very small hole that u can barely see, then after about 2 or 3 months u won't even be able to see that u got it pierced.
Okay so if you have your cartilage pierced, some things could be it's infected because when you slept, your ear rubbed against whatever you were sleeping on and that could be it or you could have not cleaned it well with whatever you chose or whatever your piercer told you to clean it with. Another could be that the piercer didn't sterilize the needle or gun he/she pierced it with. If it's not pierced then you could have bumped it against something and now its sore.
Got my cartilage pierced 4 months ago. I had a keloid, so I switched from the surgical steel that they pierced it with, to gold. It's a hoop. Red and swollen. Keloid is gone and there is no puss. Is it still healing and just irritated? Or could the hoop be too tight?
A helix piercing is a type of cartilage piercing but its the specific name for when you get the top of your cartilage pierced. I'll try to attach a picture of what a helix piercing tends to look like. A cartilage piercing is more of a general term that could refer to any of the many cartilaginous areas of your ear being pierced.
You people always looking for deeper meaning with piercings, it means she didn't want to have the other ear cartilage done for what ever her reason could be, balance, earring choice, only she knows.
You have to be 14 to get your helix pierced because it is more dangerous than regular ear piercings. It could get infected and in some rare instances the sudden impact of the stud could cause the cartilage in your ear to shatter or collapse.
Your parents could feel that your too young or you need to wait also they don't want you to grow up I had to wait till I was 11 to get mine
just got my nose re-pierced yesterday, and i've had my cartilage done for about a year now. For me, the pain level is about the same. The piercing itself didn't actually hurt much at all for either, its just sore for a while after you get it done. I think my cartilage was worse, but not by that much. I don't think either piercing is that painful, but they do really look good. I just have a regular one hole cartilage piercing, but I hope I could help a little. :)
cartilage and joints
You'll have to ask your piercer to check it out for you.
Nowhere that is safe. Technically speaking, the process is not difficult - sterilize a needle and stab a hole. The hole would likely be uneven, and could easily slip or go too far and cut a piece of cartilage that could permanently damage your nose.
Cartilage
you could but you wont be able to blink after.