The healing process with any piercing might have some bumps in the road (pun intended), including infection. “By definition, ...

The main cause of perichondritis is injury or trauma to the ear. Bacteria enter this point of injury or trauma, usually around the cartilage of your outer ear. The most common causes of such ear ...

CHICAGO, (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Infectious disease researchers reported Friday that the common practice of piercing body parts containing cartilage can be more hazardous than ...

Choosing what type of piercing to get next in your ear is a tough decision. Once you have your lobes pierced, the options get infinitely more complicated. Whether it's your rook, tragus, helix ...

Cartilage can also sustain physical injury. Twisting a joint can result in damage. ... Elastic cartilage, which is in the outer ear and larynx, provides shape and elasticity.

Instead, in the pioneering surgery, just half a gram of cartilage was taken as a biopsy from the patient’s existing ear structure. From there, special cells called chondrocytes were separated out.

Researchers in Switzerland and the United States have combined bioengineered human skin with bioprinted cartilage to produce what in the future could be perfect-looking ears to replace the outer ...