ok i have a cartilage piercing on my left ear, which im not sure when i got it exactly but im thinking sometime in december. it is a bit painful to the touch still and has a bump which has been there for forever. i use antibacterial ointment but the infection is not really my question. my question is
A. is it supposed to feel a little soar to the touch this long? and
b. about when can i change it? i know its been longer than six weeks cuz i died my hair around the same time and ive had a few touch-ups since then. i have a bad history with cartilaige piercings. my last on got slammed in a locker and crushed, then infected, then i changed the ear-ring too early, causing horribly painful infection, and it started bleeding and hurt so badly that i couldnt think, and i took it out in the middle of school…it grew together and gladly the infection went away. the cartilaige is still crushed.