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I am due to have my ears pierced this week and to be truthful, i have got the breeze up!!! this would be ok if i was a kid, but i am pushing 50! its something i have never done and my girls have treated me.
Does it hurt? its the thought of a thing going bang and making me jump!
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it might make you jump but won't hurt.... ask them to get you to do a big cough as they do it, that has worked for me with nasty holiday injections before now.. your body can't do the two things at once if you know what i mean.... didn't work when I had my tongue pierced though LOL!!!
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you will feel a sting for a few seconds, nothing more.
make sure the place that you go to get pierced is fully insured with trained staff.that are hygeinic. certificates should ideally be on display. make sure you get advice for aftercare,too as you will need to look after your piercings while they heal . the gun doesnt really go bang , it sounds more like a "clip" noise
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1st time i had mine done i cried but i was 5.
ive had them done 4 times since 2 lobe and 2 cartlige (sp?)
beleive me if it hurt that much i would of walked out after the first one going in - forget having a pair!!
the actual piercing doesnt really hurt, think .... pinging yourself with an elastic band nothing major. Afterwards they are a bit stingy but againg nothing major and definately worth it.
getting your lobes pierced doesnt "hurt" it feels like a tight pinch; pinch your ear lobe with your nail to get a similar effect . If possible try to choose gold or sterling silver earings, they tend to cause less infections.
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I had my earlobes done three times. First time the gun didn't go through properly, second time the gun got stuck so I had to hold it on my ear while they fiddled about with it, third time went wonderfully.
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Baby.Boo - wow, you must have such a pain threshold! I have had 2 cartilage piercings and they have both hurt like hell! I'm impressed.
Fairycake, getting your ear lobes pierced really doesn't hurt much, just a pinch or a sting as has been previously said. I don't think that many kids would get theirs done so young if it hurt a lot!
Good luck and enjoy the new choices that come with pierced ears!
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@eyeliner - i always assumed that they did two sepearte piercings and allowed those to heal before inserting a scaffold (because of swelling etc). do you know how they do go about it?
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Please don't go anywhere that will use a gun. Go to a proper piercing studio. A piercing gun will hurt more, and sin't actually a very good way of doing it. You need it doing with a needle, as that is sharper.
Pavlov's dog, a scaffold depends on the studio. Some will make you heal it as two separate piercings and then put one long bar in later. Some places will put the long bar in straight away. Both ways have advantages and disadvantages.
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Wow - Ouch!!!! I have one in the ridge on the inside of my ear and one through the base of 'cup' at the bottom of your ear (not sure what you'd call it) and they both hurt more than a little. Can't remember how much the first one swelled (about 6 years ago) but remember not being able to sleep on my side for a month. The other one (Jan this year) has taken almost 3 months for the swelling to be completely sorted. I can't imagine how much a scaffolding would hurt or how long it would take to heal!
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ear piercing is fine... lobes are pretty pain free - cartlidge piercing stings a bit - nose piercing dont go their (i cried and wrinkled up my nose in pain that the ring had to be held down.. ears are easy though i have 3 lobe piercings each side (first done when i was a child proffesionly and the other 2 done by myself) i would not have done this if it was 2 painfull!!
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juno - gun piercing is only a bad idea for areas other than the lobes.
guns or needles are fine for lobe piercings!!
How about you stick to correcting me when I'm wrong?
Guns are barbaric, and are never ok. Decent piercers will not use guns.
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I had my lobes pierced by gun when I was young and my tragus done by needle two years ago. I'd go for a piercer with a needle every time now rather than a shop assistant in Claires with a gun!
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Please don't go anywhere that will use a gun. Go to a proper piercing studio. A piercing gun will hurt more, and sin't actually a very good way of doing it. You need it doing with a needle, as that is sharper.
Pavlov's dog, a scaffold depends on the studio. Some will make you heal it as two separate piercings and then put one long bar in later. Some places will put the long bar in straight away. Both ways have advantages and disadvantages.
I agree, having had both methods used (three in each lobe and one in the cartilage). The gun method causes trauma to the area, more pain and more swelling according to the studio where I had my nose done with a needle . Either way I didn't find piercing that painful, but I'm told I have a high pain threshold, after having to have a tooth removed without anaesthetic due to an allergy .
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I had my earlobes done three times. First time the gun didn't go through properly, second time the gun got stuck so I had to hold it on my ear while they fiddled about with it, third time went wonderfully.
Third time lucky.
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. If possible try to choose gold or sterling silver earings, they tend to cause less infections. 
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. Either way I didn't find piercing that painful, but I'm told I have a high pain threshold, after having to have a tooth removed without anaesthetic due to an allergy
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