My Ear Piercing Experience, Pain, & Care (Faux Rook & High Lobe) - KayleyMelissa
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Date: 2019-10-24
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Berryturtle
I have 8 piercings in total and from 3 different piercers. I have never heard any of them saying to wash it with gentle soap and I don't recommend it either. Because it increases the risk of infection. I only ever spray it with sea salt spray that I get from my piercer, as the salt kills off bacteria. None of mine have ever gotten infected at all. Also don't suggest going to a place that does it by gun, because it is more damaging for your ear and can get infected easier, as guns are harder to sterilize compared to needles. Definitely go into the appointment knowing what side you sleep on more, because any fresh piercing will be a little painful when being slept on. Also keep in mind the healing time for the piercings if you do plan on getting it on a side you sleep on (so you can get the shorter healing time one one that ear. Getting a few piercings that are close to each other done on the same day will increase the pain you feel per stud/bar/ring, because your body weakens after each one and becomes more susceptible to pain. ps. if wanting to get a ring on the lobe or helix, i'd suggest from personal experience to get a normal lobe done with a stud first and after it has healed to then swap the stud out for a ring. As healing with a ring is MUCH more painful and gets irritated easier as rings tend to move around a lot, especially if slept on. After your ear is healed getting the ring on and sleeping on it will hurt only a little or not hurt at all.
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I have 8 piercings in total and from 3 different piercers. I have never heard any of them saying to wash it with gentle soap and I don't recommend it either. Because it increases the risk of infection. I only ever spray it with sea salt spray that I get from my piercer, as the salt kills off bacteria. None of mine have ever gotten infected at all. Also don't suggest going to a place that does it by gun, because it is more damaging for your ear and can get infected easier, as guns are harder to sterilize compared to needles. Definitely go into the appointment knowing what side you sleep on more, because any fresh piercing will be a little painful when being slept on. Also keep in mind the healing time for the piercings if you do plan on getting it on a side you sleep on (so you can get the shorter healing time one one that ear. Getting a few piercings that are close to each other done on the same day will increase the pain you feel per stud/bar/ring, because your body weakens after each one and becomes more susceptible to pain. ps. if wanting to get a ring on the lobe or helix, i'd suggest from personal experience to get a normal lobe done with a stud first and after it has healed to then swap the stud out for a ring. As healing with a ring is MUCH more painful and gets irritated easier as rings tend to move around a lot, especially if slept on. After your ear is healed getting the ring on and sleeping on it will hurt only a little or not hurt at all.
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Kestia Meshad
Right on time I have been thinking about getting more piercings on my ears, especially the high lobe ones, they're so cute. But I'm also very scared because I remember my first piercing with a gun and it hurt so bad, plus I got a complication with my piercings after because I didn't know I was allergic to nickel So that sucked. However, more than 20 years have passed and maybe things are different now. I'm glad to know what are the options today and what you can do to minimize the pain and trauma. I heard from a friend of mine who recently got her ears pierced that they applied some numbing agent onto the site first, and that she didn't feel anything at all Also, I want to point out to anyone who are thinking of getting piercings, be sure of find out what kind of material your stud/ring is, because it'll end badly if you're like me and you're allergic to nickel. I also saw from another video that another better place to get these piercings are tattoo artists - not from the mall. They're professionally trained, keeps everything hygienic and more likely have high quality earrings you can put in. That's it. Thanks for the video, Kayley. It's very informative, especially about the salt bath. :)
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Right on time I have been thinking about getting more piercings on my ears, especially the high lobe ones, they're so cute. But I'm also very scared because I remember my first piercing with a gun and it hurt so bad, plus I got a complication with my piercings after because I didn't know I was allergic to nickel So that sucked. However, more than 20 years have passed and maybe things are different now. I'm glad to know what are the options today and what you can do to minimize the pain and trauma. I heard from a friend of mine who recently got her ears pierced that they applied some numbing agent onto the site first, and that she didn't feel anything at all Also, I want to point out to anyone who are thinking of getting piercings, be sure of find out what kind of material your stud/ring is, because it'll end badly if you're like me and you're allergic to nickel. I also saw from another video that another better place to get these piercings are tattoo artists - not from the mall. They're professionally trained, keeps everything hygienic and more likely have high quality earrings you can put in. That's it. Thanks for the video, Kayley. It's very informative, especially about the salt bath. :)
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Poppy T
Donut pillows are your best friend when you've had your ears pierced My cartilage ones, double helix, industrial and daith, took such a long time to heal and all of them got infected to various degrees and some multiple times. I definitely think sleeping on them made them more prone to infection because I was really careful about cleaning them the right amount, especially after learning from my first one, so my little home made donut was such a help. Some things I learnt are that over cleaning can be bad too, if it gets infected and salt water isn't working tea tree oil can be helpful but use with caution, it will itch while its healing and that doesn't necessarily mean it's infected, mine were more itchy when they weren't infected actually, and finally I agree that rings take longer to heal. Everyone's experience will be different of course because we don't all react the same way and I am by no means an expert, this is just what I've found to be true in my case.
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Donut pillows are your best friend when you've had your ears pierced My cartilage ones, double helix, industrial and daith, took such a long time to heal and all of them got infected to various degrees and some multiple times. I definitely think sleeping on them made them more prone to infection because I was really careful about cleaning them the right amount, especially after learning from my first one, so my little home made donut was such a help. Some things I learnt are that over cleaning can be bad too, if it gets infected and salt water isn't working tea tree oil can be helpful but use with caution, it will itch while its healing and that doesn't necessarily mean it's infected, mine were more itchy when they weren't infected actually, and finally I agree that rings take longer to heal. Everyone's experience will be different of course because we don't all react the same way and I am by no means an expert, this is just what I've found to be true in my case.
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Anag
I love piercings I dont have a lot. only 6 in right ear and 4 in left lol. Plus more around the body. The most painful one was the nose, I think. My advice is, ask the piercer to put the scissors type forceps tighter than normally he would do around the area you want to be pierced. Second one use pure gold earrings If you can Definitely don't use fake ones. Gold have ability to heal quicker. And you might think it is silly but use a professional piercer do a back ground check on him/her properly check the person and the studio you might be surprised how many diseases you can catch by doing a silly piercing but also you might end up with a wonky piercing. Ohh last one, ask if the piercer have got cold spray they can use on the area, not many do but you never know: ) good luck
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I love piercings I dont have a lot. only 6 in right ear and 4 in left lol. Plus more around the body. The most painful one was the nose, I think. My advice is, ask the piercer to put the scissors type forceps tighter than normally he would do around the area you want to be pierced. Second one use pure gold earrings If you can Definitely don't use fake ones. Gold have ability to heal quicker. And you might think it is silly but use a professional piercer do a back ground check on him/her properly check the person and the studio you might be surprised how many diseases you can catch by doing a silly piercing but also you might end up with a wonky piercing. Ohh last one, ask if the piercer have got cold spray they can use on the area, not many do but you never know: ) good luck
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Megan Jane
I've got my conch, snug, rook, helix, tragus, earlobes done twice and nose pierce. I definitely agree with Kayley about sticking with a stud for the initial piercing - rings move too much and invite infection into the piercing. It's the same reason with a stud they tell you not to turn it. Second piece of advice is be prepared for varied healing times. My conch was a pain in the butt to heal. It was gross and nasty for three whole months before I saw any improvement and wasn't fully healed until 6 months or more I'd say. It's perfect now and so worth it, but it does take time. And it can be icky/painful during the healing process. My sister ended up getting frustrated with the healing process and taking all her piercings out just weeks/months after they were done.
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I've got my conch, snug, rook, helix, tragus, earlobes done twice and nose pierce. I definitely agree with Kayley about sticking with a stud for the initial piercing - rings move too much and invite infection into the piercing. It's the same reason with a stud they tell you not to turn it. Second piece of advice is be prepared for varied healing times. My conch was a pain in the butt to heal. It was gross and nasty for three whole months before I saw any improvement and wasn't fully healed until 6 months or more I'd say. It's perfect now and so worth it, but it does take time. And it can be icky/painful during the healing process. My sister ended up getting frustrated with the healing process and taking all her piercings out just weeks/months after they were done.
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Mana Smith
My high lobe piercing was the worst to heal ever, it hurt so much I couldn't even let my hair touch it. But then I switched it from a straight earring with a normal back to a labret stud on the advice of a piercer when I was thinking about getting an industrial done (he advised against it because of how much trouble I had with my high lobe since it would be two at once and harder to heal) but the labret stud has a flat back and is the best thing I ever did. I am planning on getting a tiny ring silver ring for it soon but that's because it's completely healed.
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My high lobe piercing was the worst to heal ever, it hurt so much I couldn't even let my hair touch it. But then I switched it from a straight earring with a normal back to a labret stud on the advice of a piercer when I was thinking about getting an industrial done (he advised against it because of how much trouble I had with my high lobe since it would be two at once and harder to heal) but the labret stud has a flat back and is the best thing I ever did. I am planning on getting a tiny ring silver ring for it soon but that's because it's completely healed.
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faith cosgrove
I got my upper lobe pierced last year. I expected it to be just like a regular line piercing and it defiantly was not. I could not sleep on that side for around 4 months. It was so painful especially the first few weeks. I even had a stud right from the start. Last month I got my cartilage pierced and expected the same thing or worse because of the placement, the cartilage didn't hurt even half as bad as my upper lobe I was so surprised. I have a feeling the upper lobe is maybe a more sensitive spot, which I and most other definitely don't expect.
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I got my upper lobe pierced last year. I expected it to be just like a regular line piercing and it defiantly was not. I could not sleep on that side for around 4 months. It was so painful especially the first few weeks. I even had a stud right from the start. Last month I got my cartilage pierced and expected the same thing or worse because of the placement, the cartilage didn't hurt even half as bad as my upper lobe I was so surprised. I have a feeling the upper lobe is maybe a more sensitive spot, which I and most other definitely don't expect.
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Tori Bogue
I love piercing I have a total of 7. I have the cartilage one. 3 regular piercing on my lobe for my left ear and 2 regular piercing on my right ear. And a tragus on my right ear. Tragus for me didnt even hurt and i love it I did have the triple forward helix but they were just too hard to swap out and the 3rd helix my skin started to grow over the piercing so I had to take it out and now I have a bump on the top of my ear which sucks. But I would definitely go for the tragus: )
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I love piercing I have a total of 7. I have the cartilage one. 3 regular piercing on my lobe for my left ear and 2 regular piercing on my right ear. And a tragus on my right ear. Tragus for me didnt even hurt and i love it I did have the triple forward helix but they were just too hard to swap out and the 3rd helix my skin started to grow over the piercing so I had to take it out and now I have a bump on the top of my ear which sucks. But I would definitely go for the tragus: )
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and then, eat.
I want new ear piercings so bad but my mom is extremely against them. Any suggestions or help? I have 3 piercings in my lobes but I made up a lie that my second lobes closed up just so I could get my third ones done and I don't know why I did that since I most certainly can't wear all 6 or it will be really obvious that it's NOT closed. But yeah I want a rook piercing, a helix, a daith I think. a conch. I don't know. I just want more and mom doesn't let me.
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I want new ear piercings so bad but my mom is extremely against them. Any suggestions or help? I have 3 piercings in my lobes but I made up a lie that my second lobes closed up just so I could get my third ones done and I don't know why I did that since I most certainly can't wear all 6 or it will be really obvious that it's NOT closed. But yeah I want a rook piercing, a helix, a daith I think. a conch. I don't know. I just want more and mom doesn't let me.
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