[PM_Mama00]

That's weird. I've had my 2nd holes pierced for a lonnnggg time and I haven't put earrings in in a while. Occasionally I poke earrings through to keep them open.

I had my top cartilage pierced a few times because it would get infected and now it's fine. Go to a tattoo parlor and talk to their piercing guy. Doctors always tell you to do things that sometimes aren't really necessary. The piercer will be honest (in most cases as long as you go to a good place) and tell you what to do. Also getting pierced at a tat parlor with a needle is better and cleaner than going somewhere like Claire's and getting the gun.