So i had my Cartlidge piercing for over a year long. It healed normally and had no issue. I had trouble taking it out but i left it in. Two days ago i hit my side of head on a cabinet and it hit my ear. So my ear was sore and red and when i laid down on my side it would hurt. So i took out my cartilage piercing.

It hurt to take out and it started to bleed a bit. No junk came out and the blood lasted less than 30 seconds.

I took some pictures but is there any tips?

I been rubbing it and touching it so my ear turned bright red 😅

Is my ear infected?