Cartilage piercings can take up to a year to heal completely, but they generally heal within three to six months. Everyone is different, so this can vary from person to person. Keeping your cartilage piercing clean and maintaining a good aftercare routine is key to ensuring that it heals appropriately within this timeframe and stays clear of infection.
Cartilage piercings generally heal completely within a timeframe of three to six months. The healing time of a cartilage piercing varies from individual to individual and depends on how well you look after it. In some cases, cartilage piercings can take up to a year to fully heal. Maintaining a good aftercare routine can speed up the healing process and can also help to prevent infection. Here’s some of our best aftercare advice:
Wash your cartilage piercing with soap and water daily, ensuring you don’t get soap in the hole itself, as this can irritate it.
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Soak your cartilage piercing in saline solution daily to keep it clean. You can also mist the cartilage piercing with saline spray throughout the day.
The best aftercare product I’ve personally used is the After Inked Piercing Aftercare Spray. Not only is it vegan, but it’s also completely alcohol and additive-free. The solution works well on all skin types including sensitive skin, and it comes in a generously-sized mist-spraying bottle for easy application. When using it from the very start of the healing process, the spray helps to decrease healing times and aims to eliminate any lingering pain or soreness.
Wash your hands before cleaning your piercing to avoid any bacteria getting into your piercing. Avoid touching your cartilage piercing while it’s healing as this can irritate it and may cause infection if bacteria from your hands get into the piercing.
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Wait until your cartilage piercing has healed before going swimming — we recommend waiting for about a month, as pools contain a lot of bacteria that can cause your piercing to become infected.
Don’t sleep on your piercing, as this may irritate it or cause it to snag on loose bedding. Be careful not to catch your cartilage piercing on your hair or clothing by covering the piercing or tying your hair up.
Although it may be tempting, try not to pick at any crust that forms around the piercing site; instead, wipe it off with a saline-soaked cotton bud.
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Bumps may develop around the piercing site, known as keloids. These bumps are caused by the formation of scar tissue. They’re completely normal and aren’t a sign that your cartilage piercing is infected.
Everyone’s body heals differently and at varying rates. There are a few signs which can be an indicator that your cartilage piercing has healed:
If you tick all these boxes, it’s likely that your cartilage piercing has healed, but keep cleaning it, as an infection is still a possibility even after a piercing has healed.
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Keep in mind that cartilage piercings heal from the outside in. Therefore, even if your cartilage piercing looks healed, there’s probably still some healing going on under the surface of your skin.
Nobody wants an infected piercing, but alas, bacteria will sometimes manage to worm its way into your body’s new accessory. There are a few things that you can keep a lookout for if you suspect your cartilage piercing of being infected:
Speak to your doctor if you need clarification on whether your cartilage is infected. Don’t attempt to treat an infected cartilage piercing yourself without first seeking medical or professional advice.
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Cartilage piercings tend to heal after around three to six months, but no two people are the same. Cartilage piercings heal from the outside in, so don’t stop looking after it just because it looks better.
Keep your cartilage piercing clean by using a saline solution daily. Maintain a good aftercare routine to ensure that it heals properly and remains clear of infection. Watch out for any signs of infection and speak to your doctor or piercer if you think your cartilage piercing may be infected.Caring for a healing piercing is straightforward, but requires patience. I think one of the most common questions we get as a studio is, “Wait, it takes how long to heal??” There is a huge amount of misinformation around piercings that says you can heal and change piercings in as little as 3 weeks. As much as we all wish that was the case, it’s simply not true! I think the easiest way to dispel this myth is to educate our clients on the full healing process from a scientific point of view. We will be discussing fresh piercings, so be aware there will be photos of fresh piercings that contain small amounts of blood.
The skin is a complex net of cells all working together to provide protection, structure and nutrients to the surrounding tissue. When damaged by a procedure such as a piercing, it undergoes three sequential and gently overlapping stages of healing. Our bodies are fantastic healers, and when these stages are allowed to happen as normal we can be healing piercings with little to no problem.
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Inflammation is the first phase of healing. It is technically made up of two seperate things that work side by side to help you heal quickly! The inflammatory phase begins almost immediately after your piercing and can last between 3-6 days.
The first thing that happens is ‘Platelet Hemostasis.’ This simply means that the fresh wound will begin to clot almost immediately! Platelets are the second most common cell type found in your blood. When activated by an injury, they stick together to form a plaster over your new piercing which stops contaminants from outside the body getting in, and your blood getting out.
The other thing that happens is inflammation, hence the name! The first responder to a piercing is your peripheral nervous system, which gives you the sensation of pain and more importantly begins the process of inflammation! Stimulation of the peripheral nerves allows them to release specific neuropeptides (proteins specific to the nervous system) into the tissue surrounding your new piercing. These neuropeptides have three main targets of action. First, they act on your blood vessels to dilate them and stimulate better blood flow. Second, they target the cells in your blood capillary walls to make them more permeable- this lets important things like water and immune cells enter the area around the tissue more easily. Thirdly, they stimulate your Mast Cells to degranulate. Mast cells are immune cells that live in your connective tissue and are full of important chemicals like histamines and enzymes. When they are stimulated to ‘degranulate, ’ they release all of these chemicals into their surrounding area to facilitate swelling and to attract other immune cells to the area from your bloodstream.
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This triple helix project perfectly displays the inflammatory phase. This photo was taken about 30 minutes after piercing, and you can see mild redness and swelling beginning to form. Jewellery includes a BVLA Slasher, available to purchase here.
All of these things work together to bring about inflammation! “Inflammation” is thrown around as a scary word, but it is really important to the healing process! Without it, your immune cells wouldn’t be able to access the piercing site as quickly and the whole healing process would be slowed down. This is why we pierce with slightly longer labrets- To allow for this important inflammation.
The proliferative phase is the second thing that happens to a new healing piercing. This phase starts after about two days and lasts about 4-6 weeks. Proliferation is the phase in which the piercing truly begins to ‘heal.’ It has three parts.
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First, Fibroplasia begins. This simply means that Fibroblast cells found living in your connective tissue begin to work on the piercing site to produce a secure structure on which new cells can grow. Fibroblasts produce collagen, which is woven into a new matrix that supports the healing wound.
While this is happening, re-epithelialisation occurs and new skin cells begin to grow on the collagen matrix to surround and protect the fistula (internal hole) of your piercing.
As well as this, angiogenesis begins- This means that new blood vessels are grown to feed the cells working on healing your piercing! This is triggered by cells sensing the lack of oxygen surrounding them due to the minor damage to blood capillaries, which then release specific angiogenic growth factors to stimulate new blood vessel growth. Neat, right? Without this process, your piercing would be starved of oxygen and nutrients and would not heal very well.
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This photo was taken immediately after piercing, and you can see we have given this client plenty of space to swell and heal properly without complications. You can’t easily heal a piercing with such a long labret though, which is why downsizing is so important!
Here you can see the same piercing downsized after 4 weeks. A snug fit reduces snags and knocks, and can be more comfortable slept on to avoid bumps. This is the best thing for a healing piercing!
This phase takes 4-6 weeks, and at the end of it your piercing has a fragile seal running through it. At
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