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No. Cartilage is a fibre frame under the skin surrounding the ear passage and ear canal. This doesn't have the same qualities as skin in that it cant stretch like skin does** ( **10% before tearing occures). If you want to enlarge cartilage piercing you will need to have the piercing redone with a larger gauge needle then allow the piercing to heal, this is generally a very bloody and quite painful route to go for a piercing that will never shrink once jewellery is removed, unlike regular tissue piercings that will shrink and close over time. So think twice because once you do it, you are stuck with it for life unless you know a good plastic surgeon and have deep pockets. This is based on 16 years of professional body piercing experience.
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Cartilage is not the ideal candidate for gauging, but it can be done. Every body is different and every persons pain threshold is different. Some people will be able to tear there cartilage with moderate discomfort and others can do it with extreme discomfort but can't stand it long enough for the stretching to heal. It has taken years for me to get my conch to a 6gauge. It was extremely uncomfortable to do this and even worse weeks after. I stuck with it and plan on larger gauges in the future. The key is to know when your body has truly had enough. The point to where it can't be done is the fact that it will not stretch like fatty flesh tissue. Flesh when stretched, for the most part, has somewhere to go. Cartilage when stretched has nowhere to go. It does not get bigger, it pretty much just tears and rips. If you stick with the pain then it will eventually heal. When I went from a 10g to a 8g it took the better part of one year for it to be what could be the beginning of healed. There was god days and bad ones, but I have what I want in the end. You can go the dermal punch road and have what ever gauge you wish removed from your ear and that is a good way to go. As the other person said is is very messy and once you do it you are stuck with it for life, you can't take it out and go about your business without the hole begin covered up. There is a lot of people that have disagreed ed with what I am about to say, but oh well. Body mod is not a set thing. There are rules that are meant to keep you alive and getting the desired outcome of how you would like your body to look. The one thing that I can gauntee you is that it will always hurt. Do your reseach and search out qualified people. There is going to be a lot of people on the way that say that "it can't be done" but it can you just need to find the person that is right for the job. I pierced my conch and when it healed I went to get it stretched. Every place I went told me that it could not be done. Well I became a piercer and have my 6ga conch to prove that it can be done.
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How do you stretch the cartilage piercing?
Same as you would stretch any other piercing except much more slowly. Cartilage is difficult to stretch and may not stretch. It just varies from person to person.
Ear cartilage piercing?
Ear cartilage piercing, yes and................
Should you get a scaffold piercing or just a cartilage piercing?
Cartilage!<3
Does Miley Cyrus have a cartilage piercing?
yes she does have a cartilage piercing on one ear she also has a nose piercing and a belly piercing too.
Can you stretch your 5 month industrial piercing to a 14 gauge from a 16?
No. Let's understand the body before we go doing anything. Cartilage is not an elastic tissue like skin, it is a frame work that holds the tissue in place but doesn't stretch, it tears. You can not taper a 16g cartilage piercing to 14g without doing damage to the cartilage and the piercing. Regardless of what some folks will say, cartilage doesn't stretch like regular ear lobes do, so if you want a higher gauge you need to consider repiercing. You may be able to get a 14 into a 16 hole but it will be very sore and very painful in the long run, hardly worth the pain and effort.
How long does cartilage take to heal?
When you pierce your cartilage, it is supposed to do a good job of healing. However, there are plenty of people who find that their cartilage piercings heal in a different way - with a keloid, or bump, on the back or front of the piercing.
Do cartilage piercings definitely scar?
Most people I know including my cartilage piercing left a large circular bumb on the back of my cartilage piercing :/ it's worth it though. I love my cartilage piercing!
How can you tell if your cartilage has been shattered by a piercing?
There will be bumps in the cartilage near the piercing. It is better to be pierced with a needle.
What causes deformation of cartilage in ear after piercing?
Piercing cartilage with a piercing guns is the number one cause, two would be a secondary infection.
Is a cartilage piercing different than the tragus piercing?
YES it is ...I have an industrial and it is on the cartilage and my cousin have the tragus and she started crying and her pain tolerance is better then mine the tragus huet much more because it is more cartilage in it then on a cartilage piercing
Is a helix piercing the same as a cartilage piercing?
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.
Can cartilage piercings migrate?
No cartilage piercing will not migrate because the cartilage is holding the piercing in place. However the piercing can still be torn out with enough force leaving a real nasty mess to deal with.
