Will Glucosamine Chondroitin + Msm Help Or Hinder An Ear Cartilage Piercing?
I got an Industrial piercing in my ear. I was told it can take 6 months to a year for the holes in the cartilage to heal around the piercing. A few months back I started taking Glucosamine, Chondroitin + MSM supplements to help with cartilage I tore in my hip. I was wondering if such supplements would also influence ear cartilage, and if so would it be in a positive or negative way? Thanks!
Glucosamine and Chondroitin, as some of the structural building blocks of cartilage, may help with the healing and repair of ear cartilage. MSM provides sulfur for the cartilage structure as well. How much structural repair will be affected by supplementing is debatable, though the combination certainly has an effect on joint pain while taking it. I can’t foresee, nor do I know of, an instance in which these supplements had a negative impact on cartilage growth/repair, like overgrowth. I assume that is what you me by a ‘negative’ effect. They may very well positively affect repair of the ear cartilage