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I’ve had ear piercings since I was ten years old, starting with the usual ear lobe, then later on, I got my cartilage done, then second lobes and so on and so forth. I had been toying with the idea of a new and different piercing recently, so when a friend mentioned that he was getting people together to get pierced, I was pretty much on board.

Since I am still defiantly not ready to get any piercings away from the ears, I decided to research into what I could get on my ear. I wanted something different, so I did a bit of research, and found this web site. It had so many useful pictures and stories that helped me find out what I would like to get done.

Eventually, I had decided to get either the rook or the tragus… eventually settling on the tragus. I had never had a piercing done with a needle before and I was so terribly nervous, it was all I could think about for two days.

When the day finally came round, we set off into downtown Vancouver to Next! on Granville Street. The long car ride out there was painful to sit through, but well worth it in the end. We entered Next! which was incredibly hot inside, I guess because they lacked an air conditioner for the hot summer days that we were enduring. The main room was dark, with many different art pieces on the walls, tattoo artists sketching in their sketchbooks, a few casual customers browsing about. We walked up to the desk, I was trying my absolute best to seem calm and collected, which ended up working well in the end for me! Anyways, we filled out the necessary forms, saying how old we were, what we wanted to get done, we picked out jewelry, and discussed with the guy at the front desk what we were getting, and did the whole small talk nervous thing for a while.

After all was paid for all we had to do was wait for our piercer to be ready. We waited and waited, and finally, our piercer Kori emerged from the back rooms and another happy customer followed shortly behind, brand new piercing all finished and was showing it off to her friends and thanking Kori for her excellent job. Kori then came over to us, introduced herself, and again we did the small talk thing, and then we followed her to the back of the main room, into a hallway, which led to the rooms in the back for piercing.

I ended up having to go last of three people, but I was intent on watching the other two get their piercings so I got a basic idea of what to expect. The first piercing was snake bites, which technically counts as two I suppose, and the second one I watched was an eyebrow piercing. Both piercings went smoothly, which meant it was my turn to lie in the chair. I climbed up, proclaimed which ear was to be pierced and off she went to work.

First, she cleaned the area to be pierced, and then she marked it. She got the approval of myself and my friends and then told me to lie back in the chair and turn my head to the right (Since I was getting my left ear done.) She got the needle ready, and came round to the left side of the chair. Head turned, she got into position, and she told me to take deep breaths. As I did so, she watched and listened, and on the third breath, she inserted the needle. Now, as I said before, I read stories on here about getting this particular piercing, and everyone said that it was going to be very painful. For me, it really didn’t hurt as bas as I was preparing myself for, but it did however make a crunching noise as the needle was passing through (yuumm). The part that did hurt a bit was the actual inserting of the jewelry, but nothing that was unbearable or anything.

After the hoop was clamped closed, I had to pick a coloured ball for the hoop. I sat up, finally decided on a yellow one, and glanced in the mirror to admire it. As I did that, I noticed that I had blood dripping slowly down my neck, and was a little shocked. I defiantly didn’t think about the possibility of it bleeding for some reason. I got the attention of the piercer, who was sterilizing the ball, and she quickly cleaned it up, and assured me that I was done bleeding. She got me to lie back down, and inserted the ball to the hoop, checked one more time for blood, and I was all finished!

The pain from the tragus piercing, for me, was fairly minimal. I did get a bit of a weird tingly feeling in my jaw, and it hurt a bit to smile the next day, but other than that, only the expected tenderness that a fresh piercing will exhibit. The only weird thing was that it started to randomly bleed later on the day I got it pierced… in an ice cream shop… down my neck… nothing like a little blood to draw some attention to yourself!
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All in all, I am so happy that I picked the tragus, but that is not to say that I wont go back for a rook later on my next piercing excursion!

Body piercing is an invasive procedure and is not without risks. When properly performed, these risks can be minimized, and most individuals who receive their piercing from a professional piercer, and who take care of their new piercing as recommended by their piercer, will enjoy a safe and healthy piercing experience.
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Risks of note include:
Allergic reaction to ingredients of products used to clean the new piercing, or of ancillary products used in proximity to the piercing (e.g., soap, hydrogen peroxide, isopropyl alcohol, antibacterial products, antiseptic medicines, makeup, hairspray, swimming pool chlorine, etc.). This risk can be minimized by cleaning the piercing as recommended by a professional body piercer (different piercers will have differing recommendations), by not contaminating the fresh piercing with irritating products, and by not swimming in chlorinated water.
Chlorine from swimming pools may cause the pierced area to dry out, which may cause the piercing to be torn out very easily.
Allergic reaction to the metal in the piercing jewelry, particularly nickel. This risk can be minimized by using high quality jewelry manufactured from surgical stainless steel or similar inert metals.
Bacterial infection, particularly from Staphylococcus aureus. However, this risk is greatly reduced when the piercing is performed by a professional body piercer using best practice piercing techniques, and when appropriate steps are taken during the aftercare period to avoid infection. Blunt force piercing, such as that associated with the use of ear piercing instruments, increases the chance of a bacterial infections. For that reason, among others, piercing guns should never be used to pierce any part of the body other than earlobes.
Parasitic and protozoan infections may occur by swimming in lakes, rivers, streams, and oceans during the healing period. The best way to reduce this risk is to avoid swimming in these locations.
Excess scar tissue, which can be caused by improper piercing, cleansing, and stretching. This may result in loss of sensation and difficulty piercing and stretching that area of skin in the future.
Keloid formation can sometimes occur, particularly among people who are pre-disposed to this condition through heredity.
Trauma to a fresh piercing, usually associated with unintended entanglement of the piercing jewelry with another object. This risk is always present, but can be reduced by using jewelry appropriate for the piercing, and covering or taping over jewelry during sports activities. Also, larger gauge piercings will tend to resist tearing better than smaller gauge piercings.
Viral infection, particularly from hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV. However, it is important to note that although hepatitis has been transmitted through the practices of ear piercing, body piercing, and tattooing, there have not been any documented cases of HIV transmission associated with these procedures (see CDC Fact Sheet: HIV and Its Transmission). As with bacterial infections, the risk of viral infection is minimized when proper piercing techniques are used, particularly by the use of autoclaved disposable piercing needles and the autoclaving of jewelry prior to installation.
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Erosion of gums (in lip and tongue piercings). In some cases, gum bleeding can be induced. In extreme cases, teeth may fall out if there isn’t enough gum to hold them in place.
Piercing may become addictive. Psychologically, one may become addicted to the experience of obtaining a new piercing, or the response of one’s peers or oneself to the consequent alteration in body image

Stef again.

So last night at about 3am I pierced my web with a sewing needle. I have already written a story about that. Just to cut it short, my bellybar was too big to go through the hole because a sewing needle is really thin. So I decided to leave it until I got a CBR the next day and re-pierce it then.

So today I woke up and my web was slightly sore and a little swollen from last night. It was ok to eat and talk etc. but kind of sore to move my tounge around too much. There was scar tissue on the side that I inserted the needle.

Later on, I went to town and after a small argument with the jewelery lady, I got a small-ish CBR [not sure of size] and a new set of [darning] needles which I thought would be a little better and thicker than sewing needles. They turned out to be the same size as my CBR.

In the evening, I decided it was a good time when my mum was settled into watching her soaps. So I put the needle and CBR into boiled water for about 45mins. And set a little ice on my web for about 5mins. I could see white scar tissue from where I had pierced the night before, and thought it would be sorer than it previously was.

I brushed my teeth and swished Listerine around my mouth for about a minute while I put on Latex gloves.

I poked at the scar tissue for a minute and bits of it kinda fell off which scared me a little. I was a little nervous, but not much.

My web seemed smaller than it had the night before [it was small anyway, but now it was tiny] and I wasnt quite sure where I should pierce as I wanted to avoid the scar tissue. But as there wasnt much other places I could pierce, I decided to pierce through the scar tissue which seemed to be straight in the middle.

As I had read on BME, because of the scar tissue, it WAS sorer than the night before and didnt go through as easily. Eventually I got it through, and got more nervous as i heard that POP sound… There was no blood, unlike the last time when I’d experienced a few drops.

I left the needle in for 30mins while I watched some tv. I read that rings go through easier the longer the needle is left in.

After 30mins, I decided I had enough drool on me and wanted to get this ring in.

I slowly pulled out the needle and I could see a clear hole. I took the CBR out of the boiled water and wiped it with an alcohol wipe. I removed the ball and got to work…

The ring was alot harder to put in that I’d expected it to be. It just wouldnt go through the whole way, and I guess the drool wasnt helping matters.

Eventually it went through and I thought that was the hard part over. Boy was I wrong…

I closed my mouth for a few mins to give my tounge a rest, but I was afraid of the ring falling out. So I opened my mouth and lifted my tounge and pushed it as far forward as I could, but there was no way in hell I could get this ball on! It was them click in kinds, and it wasnt very friendly..

I tried for about 20mins with my tounge in all different positions, and with my arms, tounge and web aching, I decided to try again later. And left the ring in.

So now here I am, my web is a little swollen and sore and has been in about an hour now. With my web swollen, the rook piercing looks to be in the perfect place, so I’m afraid of it being too shallow when the swelling dies down. I still have no idea how I’m gonna get the ball of the CBR onto the ring and I really dont wanna take this sexual piercing out as I love the feeling of it!

I think the ring is a little big as it’s rubbing of my bottom front teeth but maybe its just because its new. The woman in the jewelery shop said that there was no way I’d get the next smaller size down closed, glad I didnt get that one.

I really like this piercing, its fun and easy to hide from parents. But anyone thinking about it, go to a professional, anything could happen if you do it yourself.

And a little advice to people getting this done! Don’t be as stupid as me and not have eaten all day! Cos I’m starving now!!