If you have your cartilage pierced than you need to make sure you are taking good care of your cartilage earrings. Infections can be hard to treat and they can be very painful. If your ear gets infected you won’t be able to wear your cool cartilage earrings for a while. This won’t be fun so it is best to just take care of your cartilage earrings. You want to make sure that you clean them religiously. Every time you take them out to put a new pair in, you should get into the habit of cleaning the earrings with rubbing alcohol. Just dip a q-tip into some rubbing alcohol and clean every piece of your earring. You’ll want to take the earring apart if it has multiple parts to make sure you get every nick and cranny. If you get into the habit of cleaning the earrings every single time you take them out, you will have the care and maintenance taken care of.