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REMsleep · 41-45, F
No Claire's uses a piercing gun and this causes blunt trauma to your ear and it's not a big deal if you're just doing the lobe although it is traumatic and healing takes longer.
Sometimes you'll feel a little knot of scar tissue but you usually get a much better piercing from one of the tattoo shops using a plain sharp needle.
Sometimes you'll feel a little knot of scar tissue but you usually get a much better piercing from one of the tattoo shops using a plain sharp needle.
REMsleep · 41-45, F
@bijouxbroussard About 20 years ago I got my cartilage pierced at Claire's using the gun because I didn't know any better which now they won't even do cartilage piercings anymore..
My ear would always hurt & there was a little knot inside of my ear behind the piercing and for years if I wore certain earrings it was always hurting and I found out it is not acceptable to pierce cartilage with an earing in a gun because it doesn't have any sharp edge.
I finally let it close up and then a few years later went and got it redone the right way. Never even hurt. Healed within a few weeks, knot went away.
If you are just doing the ear lobe its not quite as important but still not as good as a needle.
My ear would always hurt & there was a little knot inside of my ear behind the piercing and for years if I wore certain earrings it was always hurting and I found out it is not acceptable to pierce cartilage with an earing in a gun because it doesn't have any sharp edge.
I finally let it close up and then a few years later went and got it redone the right way. Never even hurt. Healed within a few weeks, knot went away.
If you are just doing the ear lobe its not quite as important but still not as good as a needle.