How long does it take for your cartilage to close up?

Within some time, yes. I know people who have taken out years old cartilage piercings only for them to close up in a week, another's a year. It depends on your body and how your body heals. There may be a slight scar or indent in the area after the hole has closed up. read more

The truth is that no one can really say for sure how long your piercing will take to close because everyone's body heals at a different rate. One thing we know for sure is that when wounds heal faster in younger people and seem to take longer with age (hence why it becomes increasingly less funny when you trip and fall as you age). read more

After six to twelve months you can take them out for a few hours or a day to practice karate or appease your grandmother, but unlike lobe piercings, which can stay open for years without closing, cartilage piercings close quickly. read more

It is very possible for your piercing to close up that quickly, especially if it is a cartilage piercing. Cartilage takes longer to heal and takes less to irritate. Ear cartilage piercings take anywhere from 6 months to two years to heal completely, which is something they should have told you when you got it. read more