ear piercing question

juno

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.

Aussieonabudget

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!

Learn something every day!
Thanks pavlov!
Aussie

sillyvixen

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!!

baby.boo_2

juno - gun piercing is only a bad idea for areas other than the lobes.
guns or needles are fine for lobe piercings!!

juno

baby.boo wrote: »

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.

angel

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!

Unity

juno wrote: »

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:eek: .

Nicolefury

Guns are evil and usually covered in bacteria due to the lack of ways to get them steralised!

LadyMorticia

eyelinerprincess wrote: »

Don't want to put you off but....

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.:rotfl:

LadyMorticia

I had my lobes pierced when I was 7 (or maybe 8). I can't remember much about it. Just it stinging a bit and being in tears but I was a 7 year old with a low pain threshold.lol.

xx