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Could it be healthy for a cartilage piercing to make your whole ear hurt?
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Concerning: High ear piercings through cartilage have ^ risk of infection ; lack of healing because of minimal blood supply to auricular cartilage. You can develop a perichondral abscess as well auricular perichondritis. If you ear is hot, red, swollen or has increasing pain you need medical evaluation.
Answered 4/16/2016
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