It's not a good idea, especially if your cartilage has been pierced with a larger gauge. It can cause what most people call the "cheesecutter" effect and cut the skin of your ear, causing the piercing to get infected or close up altogether. Another thing to be cautious about is the material the earrings made of as most are shoddy costume jewellery. Your best bet is to buy a high quality piece from bodyartforms.com or somewhere similar.
To open a ball hoop cartilage earring, gently grasp the ball on one end and twist it while pulling it away from the hoop. This will create a small gap in the hoop, allowing you to remove or insert it into your cartilage piercing. Be careful not to apply excessive force to avoid damaging the earring. Once it's open, you can easily put it in or take it out.
Usually they put a short bar in it, but they could also use a small hoop/ring or a captive earring.
it varies from person to person. normally anywhere between 6 weeks - 4 months. If you just want to change the earring, i took mine out after 2 weeks and put another in with no troubles.
The short answer is no. Earrings are usually not a proper shape for a navel piercing, and are rarely of a proper size and diameter.
nothing, you can stop getting infections by putting a simple salt solution on the piercing without taking it out and then you can twist it....also when you are able to take out the peircing, each time you put one in, put some antibacterial ccream on the earring!!!
Here's a better answer for you. No, it is not normal. It is more then likely that your piercing is infencted, and should be treated at once before it gets worse. Simply remove the earring, and clean the area with the cleaning substances you should have been giving when you got your piercing, and let the area heal. If it gets any worse, go see a doctor for better treatment. DO NOT PUT THE PIERCING BACK IN! If you want to get another cartilage done, you'll either have to wait for the area to heal completely, and then go back in and get it re-done, or have your other ear pierced. Either way, both require the proper care, meaning you need to clean it twice a day, and make sure you move it around every once in awhile.
6 weeks, then you can change it (put dont leave it out) then 4 more weeks before you can take it out and leave it out.
Yes. Water is filled with germs and thats not good for a new piercing. It really increases the chances of infection. If it gets infected, you could end up with permanent scarring or disfigurement of the cartilage in the area. Just wait 2-3 months to put the piercing in the water. You can go swimming as long as you dont get the piercing wet. Cover it with a bandaid to prevent any water from being splashed on it and clean it well afterwards.
If it is your first time then NO. You should not take this risk, put a belly banana for it. But you can use an ear jewellery after healing of your belly piercing.
If you're talking about the on his left ear, then it's most likely a slip on kind of earring. I think it's called a charm earring or something like that. You pretty much just put it on your ear, no piercing needed. Its called a Cuff earring, you can get a piercing for it, but you can also get clip on cuffs, however i'm told they can get very uncomfortable, like most clip on earrings. The cuff earrings you can get for when you have it pierced tend to be more complex, and look nicer. :)
It will dry out the skin which can lead to infection. Peroxide has also been known to damage jewelry.
you can do it. i have some friends that put bellyrings and tongue rings in there ears.