I’ve had several cartilage piercings including my tragus, my earlobes, and my bellybutton pierced. They all rejected! Why could this be?? I went to tattoo shops every time and they used the standard surgical steel jewelry everytime. The only piercings I have are my earlobes that I got done as a baby. However I found out recently that if I don’t wear gold in my lobes they get itchy and infected almost... and I’ve had them my whole life! Could I be allergic to surgical steel and any metal besides gold for that matter??? I really loved my piercings and if I could find out why they always reject I would get them all done again!!!