Cartilage piercing🤷🏼‍♀️😱

I have an industrial. I won’t lie, it hurt like a bitch. Probably an 8/10 for me, but I also have a very very low pain tolerance. The healing also really sucks, I got it done Sept 2018 and it’s in the last stages of healing. BUT, it’s by far my favorite piercing. I love it sooo much and I would 100% go through it all again if I had to.

i’ve had the industrial since march 2018 & i absolutely love it. wouldn’t trade it for anything although it hurt when i got it the pain went away soon after, unless i hit it or something. as long as you take care of it you’ll be fine. make sure to clean it good. i was able to sleep on mine the second night of having it. it also didn’t take but like a few months (3 maybe) for mine to heal nicely. good luck

I got double helix piercings, didn’t hurt much more than a regular ear piercing. Unfortunately it didn’t heal after having it in for 11 months. It never got infected but I started to get some hypertrophic scarring which was minimal, but the thing that sucked most was I couldn’t sleep on that side, put pressure cuz it would hurt/slowed down the healing process. My family sometimes would forget I had it and would press their hand on that area when they’d reach for a hug and omg, pain. I wish I could do it again, but I ended up taking it out and it literally healed up in 2 days. 🤦🏻‍♀️ sucked but oh well. Everyone is different. It takes longer to heal cuz it’s an easy spot for your hair to get stuck in the studs and if you’re one to mess with it/twist it then don’t do it. Maybe an industrial would be better. And about age, I think you have to be 18 to get it on your own, at least where I live.

industrial will hurt more than cartilage, but if you take care of your piercing u should be fine. there are some instances where people are unlucky but that’s not too common. if you really like it then you should be willing to take the risk because they are botch super cute piercings.