cartilage
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Tuesday May 27th, 2008 @ 4:08 AM
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a few questions, if you dont mind =]
is it possible to stretch a cartilage piercing?
does cartilage heal back or does the skin close the hole up but theres always a gap in the cartilage?
does the needle take a section of flesh out or just push it aside?
thankyou, im a bit confused! =]
Yes its possible to stretch cartilage piercings however the main concern is how much stress is applied to the cartilage when you stretch it. What can occur later on eventually is distortion and even stress/spider cracks within the cartilage as it makes an attempt to relieve the pressure that has been applied via stretching.
Cartilage does not grow back, the only thing that can possibly heal back together is the skin once the jewelry is removed. Even then its also in relation to how long you kept the piercing, how healed the fistula is,etc.
A proper piercing with a proper needle will/should not core out tissue. Instead with a proper needle and the proper speed in which to pass the needle through the body, the needle makes an incision and then tapers its way through thus displacing(pushing it aside) the tissue as it cuts its way through the skin.
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Additionaly: If one wants to take out a piece of cartilage, dermal-punches are often used. They DO remove tissue and thereby creates a hole without putting a lot of stress on the surrounding tissue. Look in this: http://www.bmezine.com/pierce/01-ear/lgcart001.html section to see the different results people acheeved with both methods. I don’t have any personal experience of either one…
eternalsunshine on June 3rd, 2008 at 7:58 pmeternalsunshine: however one must realize that a dermal punch is a biopsy punch. Which also means that that specific tool is a medical device and in certain cities,states,etc its illegal for a piercer to use such a tool.
Warren Hiller on June 4th, 2008 at 1:42 amI wasn’t aware of that. Appearantly it’s legal in the Netherlands
eternalsunshine on June 9th, 2008 at 8:42 pmI would look into that a lot more as so far I’ve yet to really know of ANY place in the world that literally has a law stating it is 100% LEGAL for a body piercer to utilize the medical Biopsy Punch tool.
If anything I believe it’d be more viewed like a “grey area” as it is with various countries.
Warren Hiller on June 9th, 2008 at 8:53 pmLeave a Comment