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Contact sports + ear piercing
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I have my cartilage on my left ear pierced, it's about three-four months old. There's a huge dodgeball club here at my university, and I've gone to a few practices and stuff, it's pretty nice. I'm considering joining the actual team (which travels to colleges in our region to play), but the chances of me getting hit in my earring are much more likel (note: it hurts bad enough when someone accidentally hits it with a pillow or their hand or something). Can I take it out for a few hours and be fine? If that's not a good idea, what's the best way to tape/cusion it?
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I had my ear pierced that way for almost a year and a half, and i STILL couldnt even lay in bed with my ear against my pillow. Mine never did get any better, so finally I took it out and let it grow up.
Now I stick with just having my earlobes pierced, and my belly button and my tongue. I have no problem at all with those piercings.
i have one in the left cart. done by safety pin around 3-4 months ago as well - mine hurts slightly still, but its pretty much healed and i can lay on it with usually no trouble.. sometimes it slightly hurts, but i figured it was only because it was newish and still healing.
however, since mine was done in an unprofessional fashion (even though i made sure everything was super cleased with isopropl alchohol and cleaned it afterwards daily with sea salt for quite a while) i'm suprised it healed so nicely with no infection.
what kind of jewelry in it do you have?
i originally had a 18g stud but decided to switch/gauge up to a 16g barbell, and personally i like the barbell an awful lot more than the gemstone, since it screws on its a lot more secure and i just think it looks nicer overall personally.
as for dodgeball i doubt it would get ripped out regardless of the type of jewelry, but the proper shot to the ear might make it hurt fairly bad.
This actually brings me to another question. How exactly do I take it out? I assumed the ball was something I could twist and unscrew, but I can't get it to budge. I tugged on it slightly in both directions and it didn't seem to move then either.
righty tighty-lefty loosey?
maybe ask someone to try and get it off, it sometimes can be easier with a seperate pair of hands/eyes, at least for me anyway
I agree with the above. It was always easier for me to let someone else take it out for me. I was always nervous when I tried, not to mention it hurt, so I would tend to slow down or stop. It was a lot easier having someone else take it out for me.
If it's dodgeball, it'll stand very little chance of getting ripped out. I've had mine done for the past...4-5 years now, and have had no problems at all with any sport. it's hard to hook in to at the best of times, and nearly impossible unless you're playing a contact sport or are...like...jousting or something. What I'd be worried most about is getting hit with a ball and your ear hurting like mad. What you could always do is tape it up to the side of your head if you're worried about getting it torn.
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