How should ear cartilage be pierced? ‘Cartilage should always be pierced with a needle. A piercing gun isn’t designed for cartilage, only soft tissue and even then I wouldn’t recommend it. Piercing cartilage with a gun can create hardcore hypertrophic scarring and even blow it up.

According to the Medical Dictionary, shattered cartilage is just what you’d assume- the cartilage breaks up into pieces and is no longer a solid piece. For the ear, this would mean that the structure of the ear could be completely deformed. So, it makes sense that it IS possible for your cartilage to shatter.

If the damage is severe, a piece of cartilage can break off and become loose. If this happens, the loose piece of cartilage may affect the movement of your joint. This can cause a feeling of the joint ‘locking’ or catching. This is known as haemarthrosis and can lead to skin around the joint swelling up.

Inflammation, breakdown, and eventual loss of cartilage in the joints is known as osteoarthritis. Lack of movement – the joints need to move regularly to remain healthy. Long periods of inactivity or immobility increase the risk of damage to the cartilage.

When used on structural tissue such as cartilage, more serious complications such as auricular chondritis, shattered cartilage and excessive scarring are common. Gun piercings can result in the separation of subcutaneous fascia from cartilage tissue, creating spaces in which fluids collect.

Routine care is vital during the 6-8 weeks of healing for an initial piercing.

Your piercer will insert your jewelry using the end of the hollow needle. But piercing guns are not designed to pierce through cartilage, and the APP banned them because they pose sanitation concerns and cause tissue damage.

Moderate loading activities, like walking, tend to protect cartilage, while higher levels of loading, like running, may break down cartilage. solution: If you have cartilage loss, switching from high-impact to mid- or low-impact activities may help protect your existing cartilage.

2 – Piercing guns cause blunt force trauma to earlobes: Most piercing guns aggressively force blunt ended studs through the tissue of your ears which is painful and unnatural, and can cause serious damage. This process simply forces the stud through your ear, wedging the jewelry between irritated and now-inflamed skin.

Getting Pierced with a Needle The process of using a needle to do a piercing in an area of the body other than the ear lobe is much safer, and our customers say, less painful than using a piercing gun. Yet when the two methods are directly compared, needles are far safer, and less painful for body piercings.

For starters, piercing guns cause blunt force trauma to your connective tissue, which can eventually shatter your cartilage. At the same time, you do not just simply wipe the tip of the gun with an alcohol swab or antiseptics and call that sterilization.

Some people’s ear cartilage is naturally softer than others, so these people will have a much lower risk of shattering their cartilage. In conclusion, shattered cartilage is only something you will need to worry about tif you do not research your piercer, and go to someone who is piercing with a gun or using other unsafe methods of piercing.

– SpiritAdornments A big reason that some people are wary of cartilage piercings is because of the stigma that their cartilage may “shatter”. We’re going to dive deep into this phenomenon and find out if this is a real concern or just an old wives tale!

There are multiple ways to clean your piercing. You can make your own cleaning solution with the saline soak method, which is to stir a 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt into a cup of warm, sterile water. You can even go to Amazon and buy Dr. Piercing Aftercare Swabs or H2Ocean Aftercare Spray.