“Piercings and tattoos essentially have no effect on your hearing, but there have been problems with piercings when they go through the cartilage of the ear,” said Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist, Dr Gary Kroukamp.
Regarding this, can you go deaf from ear piercing?
A common ear cartilage infection is ‘perichondritis’ in which the tissues surrounding the cartilage become infected. … Hearing loss isn’t normally a problem with ear piercing but if the site of a piercing becomes infected then fluid from the infection may block the ear canal which affects hearing.
Correspondingly, can you put hoops in newly pierced ears?
You can wear your hoops after your piercings heal. Often, this healing time is 6 weeks earlobe piercings and 12 weeks for cartilage piercings. … Generally, the cartilage piercings take up to 12 months to heal fully. Finally, avoid nickel and low-quality earrings.
What is the most dangerous ear piercing to get?
“The most dangerous piercings are the ones that involve cartilage, like higher ear piercings,” says Tracy Burton, a pediatric nurse practitioner in Ontario. “These piercings are associated with poor healing because of the limited blood supply to the area.
Can you hit a nerve while piercing your cartilage?
Is it possible to hit any nerves or veins when piercing the ear? The question of the possibility of hitting a nerve of veins when getting your ears pierced is unfounded. That’s because there are no nerve cells or even blood vessels on the outer ear itself, the part that’s visible to you.
