Remember though that cartilage can be a total bitch. It can take up to a full year to properly heal, and can get pissy really easily. If six month from now your piercing is red and angry, just go back to babying it. It's a common issue.
I was talking to someone at my piercing place today about these, they said sometimes they never stop hurting. One guy knew someone who has had one since 1997 and it still hurts. Why is that?
Yeah, I've heard that about ear guages too, if they're kinda folded over when you sleep, they hurt the next day. Closest I've ever gotten to that was the pain I got from trying to straighten a septum when I had a cold and the boogers dried on it and fucking hurt when I pulled it straight...
