anyone with a cartildge piercing have a problem with a hood?

[Furner]

It feels like i am tearing my ear off everytime I put my hood on, and as tight as it fits, the pressure against my piercing kills!
Maybe this goes away with time, but I am 6 months post-piercing, and thats the easiest way to put me in pain.

 

[mrobinson]

Furner, I have a cartlidge piercing and use a hood all the time. I haven't had any problems yet. (knock on wood.) I was wondering if you'd mind letting me know if you used a true piercer or a gun? $30 or $7? (If you did it at home... it might be your issue.) Just my humble opinion.

Is your ears folded at all under your hood?

 

[Spoon]

It feels like i am tearing my ear off everytime I put my hood on, and as tight as it fits, the pressure against my piercing kills!
Maybe this goes away with time, but I am 6 months post-piercing, and thats the easiest way to put me in pain.

maybe your hood is too tight or your wearing a piercing that is too large. hood should fit fine and depending on your piercing should not be painful or uncomfortable.

 

[Furner]

Furner, I have a cartlidge piercing and use a hood all the time. I haven't had any problems yet. (knock on wood.) I was wondering if you'd mind letting me know if you used a true piercer or a gun? $30 or $7? (If you did it at home... it might be your issue.) Just my humble opinion.

Is your ears folded at all under your hood?

I had it professionally done ($45). The next size hood left way too much space up top. I havnt tried my hood on in a few weeks, maybe things have healed some since then, I am just afraid to try it again because of what happened last time.
On a related note, I was afraid in the past of my tongue piercing getting in the way, but I seem to notice MANY scuba related folks with them, so I figure that it isnt a serious problem.
It makes me shiver when someone tells me they got theirs done with a gun. Dont know a single person who has had it heal properly, or last more than a year or two. Yick.

 

[mrobinson]

The gun for peircing is bad news for sure! I also had my tognue pierced and it didn't effect my diving at all.
I hope all works out with your hood.. Let us know.

 

[scubak]

FYI...I dive cold water all the time with a hood...I take all of my 13 ear peircings out....especially if I am going hoodless in warm water. But when it comes to diveing, I just don't really want to worry about them..so I go piercing less....
K

 

[Deep Hull]

Sends shivers down my spine just thinking about letting someone stab something through my tongue.

 

[Furner]

dont knock it til you try it!

 

[Rookie_J]

just a thought, but has anyone heard about any diver getting bitten by fish who thought their shiney jewelry was a fishing lure???

 

[mrobinson]

just a thought, but has anyone heard about any diver getting bitten by fish who thought their shiney jewelry was a fishing lure???

I've thought of that but won't have to worry about it anytime soon. I dive cold so until I go without a hood, and drysuit, it shouldn't be a problem. When I retire, I'll have to take out those piercing!