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What do you suggest if i would like a helix or a cartilage piercing but i'm scared?
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I can understand why: you would be apprehensive. 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.
Answered 7/25/2017
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