Cartilage heals more slowly than ear lobe and though it will look quite all right in 6 month, it doesn't mean that your piercing is completely healed. A year is the proper time to get your piercing healed and ready to try new jewelry. You should wash your hands carefully before you touch the pierced place and it's better to do only when you use healing solution. Avoid sleeping on the pierced ear, avoid contacts with hair, cell phones and other objects.
The common jewelry inserted in fresh helix piercing is a hoop or a captive bead ring. These types of jewelry accommodate swelling better and the piercing heals faster. Later a barbell can be worn but it's better to wait until your piercing is healed. Helix orbital piercing is the other opportunity to enjoy helix piercing in its unusual modification. Two holes are done through the upper rim of the cartilage and special long barbell or a chain joins them. It looks unique and up-to-date. You can also make multiple piercings on the cartilage and enjoy wearing jewelry of various shapes in them.
14K gold jewelry is recommended for people who don't have allergy on this metal and the additional metals which are mixed with pure gold to create the durable and strong 14K gold. Gold jewelry has always been popular. It looks elegant, rich and is long-termed. There is a wide choice of gold jewelry for helix piercing nowadays - gold spiral barbells and gold circular barbells with balls and spikes which are recommended to wear only in completely healed helix piercing; gold hoop earrings, gold straight barbells. Helix cartilage jewelry in gold is available at reasonable prices and there is a wide choice of designs and styles. To enjoy your magnificent ear piercing wait until it's completely healed, find the stylish jewelry for it and be stunning!
