I plan on very soon getting a daith piercing, and eventually an industrial. I also want some very small gauges in the future. And a small part of me wants a single lip piercing, but that is still on the fence. I was hoping to receive some advice on them. Like, how much did they hurt for you? Best kinds of jewelry to use while it heals? (Ive had someone tell me to not get a bar until after the industrial healed. What did you do/use to help the healing progress? And what is a common price range? Other advice is clearly welcomed since these are just the ones I recently thought of and any information helps! I am really excited for the daith one so that is the most important for advice.
Laura2019-12-01T05:44:27Z
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My ears didn't hurt a ton, but the sound gets me every time. This might be a bit gross, but you hear the pop of the needle going through the skin, and you hear the pop of the needle going through cartilage. It feels like a hard sharp pinch, but thats about it. Then they will tug and move your ear a bit to use the needle to place the jewelry in your ear. That doesn't feel the greatest, but the piercing is over at that point. You should use the jewelry that the piercer has. If you go to an APP certified piercer, they will be able to get you set up with the correct type of jewelry. These piercers are the best of the best and will be able to help you with anything once you get pierced. You can call them and get actual advice instead of something like going to your doctor or googling it. In general though, you should never have a hoop in a healing piercing, it moves around causing irritation. For the industrial you need to have the bar in both piercings. This is because as piercings heal, they can shift a bit. Not migration or full on rejection, but they can shift a bit as the skin heals because thats what skin does. You don't want your ears to end up both shifting in opposite directions and not able to wear the proper long bar. You should always use sea salt soaks to heal a piercing. I like buying a premade spray, its just easier but you can make your own saline with 8 ox distilled water and 1/4 tsp non-iodized sea salt. Use this with a sterile gauze pad, and soak your piercing for 5 - 10 mins. You should do this morning and evening. These ear piercings take a while to heal, 6 - 12 months for most of them. The price is going to change depending on where you go to get pierced. In my town each piercing shop has a different price. You pay for the clean needle, which is a set price and not something you can change. Then you pay for the jewelry to go in the new space. What jewelry you pick determines the price. I like to get jewelry that has gems on the ends, especially for ear piercings because I don't really plan to change the jewelry that much.