What You Should Know Before Your Next Piercing

Hey guys. So I finally built up the strength and courage to get the piercings I’ve been wanting for some time now, and wanted to share the experience for those of you interested in getting piercings. I’ve been visualizing two additional piercings in an area of my ear referred to as “Forward Helix”, which is the area right above the tragus.  I’ve already had one helix piercing for about two years now, and I wanted to turn in into a line of three piercings. To be honest my experience with the first piercing in that area was so torturous that I just couldn’t imagine going through that pain again. AND… after backing away from the pain anticipation for months I decided that I was just gonna get it done at the cost of pain.

With my luck the girl who pierced my ear (Felicity) happened to be super experienced (11 years), and very professional. After a brief chat with the piercing artist I was able to build trust right away. To my surprise, my pain level this time with two piercings back to back was more tolerable than first time around. She used a needle for the piercing like the previous person, but  the process was much smoother because she was so experienced. She even discussed what angle she would pierce (in advance) so the earrings would end up in the exact direction/angle that I preferred. I guess it makes a difference in the angle the ear is pierced.

Pain level for both piercing was 3-4 out of 10, and I didn’t even bleed much. We did two piercings total, one above and one below my existing piercing. I had to lay down for the piercing process, and all together it took about 10 minutes. I didn’t have much pain later and so far it seems to be healing great (about 5 days).

One advice for those of you trying to get a piercing that requires using a needle rather than a gun is to please do your research and find an experienced person. I learned through this piercing that the last person was probably new/inexperienced and that’s why I went through torture, high pain level, and longer healing process. Felicity was amazing, and I do recommend her (HIGHLY) if you’re within the LA area.

The best way to get a dreadful piercing done is to book it right away, and just get it done (of course the research for the artist should be done prior to this sudden execution). That’s how I did it, and that’s also the only way I didn’t have enough time to panic about the pain process. I found one local tattoo shop in Glendale called “So Cal Ink” (IG page socalink_), called them, and luckily they had someone available to take me within the hour. Of course, I took some physical support to hold my hand. LOL. My aunt, who happened to be with me that day.

Please comment below and let me know your thoughts/experiences with piercings