I had my cartlidge of my ear periced last month. Is it bad that it's bleeding?

Question

I ocasionaly switch my beagnner gage because it makes it easier to clean, except this time when i took it out blood started running down my face. Is this bad? should I take the peirceing out or will it heal?

Answer 1

What you did was just tear the new tissue that was just starting to form in the piercing. You should not take out the starter jewelry UNTIL a piercing is FULLY healed. Go back to the piercer, tell him what you did and ask him to re-explain to you the right way to care for the new piercing. Or look it up on our site http://www.aardvartattoos.com Don't freak out, I switched out my starter earlobe jewelry 2 months after having it done. One of my ears spit blood out in a gush, I nearly fainted, and a tube of very fine tissue was popped out around the new circle ring. My artist told me I tore the healing tissue, and it's like being pierced all over again for healing time. Which means you just set that ear back a month in healing. He also told me to use lubrication ALWAYS when putting jewelry back in, to avoid tearing the forming tissue.

You don't have an infection by just bleeding, an infection hurts, swells, leaks puss, smells, etc. If you develope any of those signs, go to the Doc but LEAVE the earring in.

This is important because if you take the ring out, the infection can get trapped inside your cartlidge and cause 'ear collapse' and an abcess - which is ugly as hell and unfixable. Your ear will flop over from the top because within 24 hours the infection can eat through the cartlidge and destroy it. Cartlidge is what gives your ear it's shape, and holds it up.

Cartlidge piercing takes *thinks* about 4 - 6 months to heal. Double check on our website. I don't pierce, but I do know a lot about it from working in the tattoo & piercing shop.

Summary:
1. Watch for signs of infection.
2. Stop taking the jewelry out.
3. It will heal, but it's like a new piercing as for healing time.
4. It takes MONTHS to heal.
5. When you do switch or take out/put back in jewelry use lubrication like medical grade A&D ointment.
6. Wash your piercing/ear 5 - 7 times a day with antibacterial soap, do not play with the jewlery or touch it unless you washed your hands just prior to touching it.
7. Once or twice a day soak or wash the piercing in warm salt water. Rinse the salt off it or out of it when done.

NOTE: Major cause of infection, and tears is people playing with their jewelry, removing it before it's healed fully, and touching it with dirty hands.

Warning: You do NOT clean a body piercing with alcohol, peroxide, or use neosporin on it. *sighs* The alcohol burns the delicate tissue, slows healing, and can cause scaring because it stops the tissue from healing properly. The people who taught others to clean piercings that way are Mall Ear Piercers. And they suck.

They are not trained in body piercing, or any medical training at all. Always wear stainless steel while you are healing as well. Gold, silver, and other materials are soft, they get scratched and nicked which then leaves a grand canyon (micro sized) world for bacteria to breed in. Just use antibacterial soap, and wash your hands before washing your ear/piercing.

>>> Rotate the jewelry through the hole with the soap on it, then rinse clean. That and SALT SOAKS is all you need. Use sea salt if you can find it, but table salt works just as well. The salt soak once a day (or twice) keeps infection at bay, as does washing it period. You want a cup of warm water and a tablespoon of salt.

>>> Don't use to much salt, or use salt soaks more than twice a day as the salt can burn the delicate tissue if over used, or dry it out.

Answer 2

keep the piercing on and apply gentle pressure to the hole to stop the bleeding. clean the area with alcohol at least twice a day as you would clean your face. put polysporin on the area to prevent infection. do this every time you clean the area until it gets better and the area has healed. every once in a while turn the gauge slowly and gently; don't get too preoccupied with the area touching it every minute of the day. worry little as you are doing the right thing.

Answer 3

That is NOT blood,,,that is your brains leaking out slowly. Soon you will have no brains left. Go to the Doctor right .away while you still have a little left or soon you will be a vegetable---and you don't get to choose which one either. You could end up being a broccoli or a green bean or a cucumber or a tomato or a black eyed pea even. This is serious...please pass the carrots.

Answer 4

Eww! That doesn't sound too good. Just stop the bleeding and, um, use Neosporin to help it heal. I always use Neosporin on my earring posts whenever I have trouble with my ear piercings, and it seems to clear up the problem almost overnight. I don't know if it will work with the cartilage part of the ear, but it works well on the lobes.

Answer 5

if its just a little blood, it will heal. i had both of mine done, and they took about a year to heal all the way. if its -running down your face- though, you should take it out and see a doctor.

Answer 6

ya the main concern is infection or damaged blood vessal. if its not swollen its probly not an infection the most unlikely thing is a blood problem.like very low white blood cells wich could slow the scabbing prosses.

Answer 7

mine was bad for a while...i took out the bigger and went small...yeah it bled too...but it healed quicker....you gotta clean it 2x a day...once with alcohol and 1 with the cleaner they gave

Answer 8

yes, it could lead to infection.. I had this happen to me when I got a 3rd piercing that went through cartildge and had to have it heal up...

Answer 9

See your primary care physician.

Answer 10

See a doctor ASAP.