New ear piercings and helmets

I've been wanting a couple more lobe piercings for a while but I'm not sure it's a good idea when I'm taking a lid on and off. How many of you have got new ear piercings during your biking time, did it prolong the healing process, should I just not bother and stop being vain?

And I know cartilage piercings take a lot longer to heal but I don't fancy one of those anyway, too much of a wuss lol.

Cheers
MissYC

it's not as bad as a price albert and tight undercrackers

Lol cheers for that Razor. Fortunately I won't be having that problem

[Jayneflakes]

A tight fitting helmet can rub on them a bit, but as long as you keep them clean and turn them every day, they should be OK. Answer though is this, get it done, if it still hurts after a couple of weeks, then they are not healing and just whip them out.

My Neck bar never healed and the bike lid pressing on it infected it nicely. In the end, a friend helped me pull it out with pliers. Never had a problem again after that.

I currently have three rings in my left ear and two in my right, but have removed five ear rings, one eye brow ring and one neck bar to make biking more comfortable.

when I got my ears pierced again I used tomake sure I wore a neck tube and pulled it up over my ears before putting on the helmet. didnt have any problems

Originally Posted by Razor

it's not as bad as a price albert and tight undercrackers

Ive never had a problem with either however it did ruin me white ones when i had it done. I had to show everyone in the pub i'd started my monthlys

As for the OP you could just loosely cover with a cheap plaster just to minimalise movement when the lids going 'on/off' . Just make sure you clean piercing (salt water etc) after wearing the lid to help prevent infection (warm and damp lid = perfect environment for bacteria)

dont let it put you off, it can easily be removed

HTH a bit

Originally Posted by kitkat

when I got my ears pierced again I used tomake sure I wore a neck tube and pulled it up over my ears before putting on the helmet. didnt have any problems

Seen lots of female bikers doing this, this is what Sandrine does too.

Originally Posted by kitkat

when I got my ears pierced again I used tomake sure I wore a neck tube and pulled it up over my ears before putting on the helmet. didnt have any problems

This sounds like a plan and one I'm ok with! I wasn't sure whether it was a good idea but will go ahead I think anyway and as Jayne says, just see how it goes for the first few weeks

no problems when i pierced me own cartilage

Well MYC! I got my upper ear pierced about a week ago! I am told to leave the bar the piercer put in for 16 weeks. It's long and thick, and any contact is painful (getting less painful though).

I own a full-face, tight helmet, so at the moment I'm using another open-face helmet, which puts no pressure on my ears at all. I will wear this open-face until the 16 weeks are up and I can get a smaller bar through it. I would recommend doing the same, respective to lobe-healing-time!