Is my cartilage piercing infected?

So I have very sensitive ears, and discovered I can only wear titanium earrings in my lobe. Well I decided to pierce my cartilage and used a titanium earring. It's been 13 weeks yesterday (12/31/10) that I've pierced my cartilage and it has been doing...

Well I've had my piercing since Dec 17, 2011, it was all working out well and everything was perfect until last Friday the 23 ky cartilage was hurting a lot during school and so I went to the nurse she said it had puss and so she poked it to drain the...

I had gotten my cartilage pierced in September. I have not taken the earring out yet. My cartilage has been hurting lately and whenever I touch it, it hurts. There is a bump on the back of where my cartilage is. Its not small, but it isn't big either...

My friend pierced my ear (it's not the top of the cartilage but it's a little lower) He used a piercing gun and it's been about 3 weeks and a half weeks now and it's still pretty sore. I looked at it tonight and it's a little swollen around the piercing...

I got my cartilage pierced saturday afternoon at a professional tattoo parlor with two of my other friends. I've had many of my friends go to this same place for several piercings and they were all fine. The first two days, my cartilage was fine and...

on wednesday i had my friend pierce my cartilage part of my ear using only an earing. I know it was stupid of me to do but i really wanted it. Now its friday and i took out the piercing thursday night because of how badly it was hurting me. I read online...

I got both my cartilage pierced the first week of december. Everythin was good but when I was about to changed my piercing from my right ear I noticed a skin colored bump in front next to my piercing . I took it out and last night my mom started cleaning...

i got the middle of my ear pierced, pretty much the cartilage , it feels kind of tight in there. was my first piercing a few days ago so I'm just curious to be on the safe side. Anyway it feels a little tight when i have to twist it since you have to...

I got my cartilage pierced around three weeks ago from a very clean, reputable piercing place. Up until yesterday everything seemed fine, very minimal pain (only when i accidentally touched it or my hair got caught in it). I've been using the saline...