Can anyone tell me (asap) if the top of yourear gets freezed before it is pierced with a gun. i know it does when it is done with a needle but not sure when it's done with a gun?????

I haven't, but my friend has (several times). But yes, they numb it.

Be careful to check the place out. One of my friends piercings got horrendously infected, and had to go to hospital to have the earring removed. She was in loads of pain and could feel it when she ate.

I have had the top of my ear pierced several times... well 4 anyway... and my best advice would be not to have it pierced with a gun atall...

Goto a propper piercers, who will pierce it with a sterile needle for you and put proper good quality jewlry into it. They have to go through alot more stringent health and safety checks than someone with an ear piercing gun in a hairdressers. There is a danger that ear piercing with a gun can pass on hepititus as the guns them selves are rarely cleaned even if the studs are sterile. Also the gun makes quite a loud clicking noise when its that close to your ear... The last time i had my ear pieced with a gun it caused me to jump and the earing didnt go in as straight as it should have.

needles are much much safer and while i found it a little more painfull the piercing healed much better.
Piercing guns were never ment for piercing cartaledge and they can quite easily split the carteledge as they fource thier way through. The needle actully cuts neatly through the cartelege your less likely to have a huge lump left behind your ear.

as for freezing your ear a propper piercer should be able to do that for you, but its really not that bad. It hurts at the second you are having it done, but you are having a bit of metal rammed through your ear, part of me thinks i/you/we deserve it if your going to get that done. None of the places i know that pierce with guns have the facility to numb the ear anyway..

Hope this helps
pinkoi
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i did wander about the gun but ive checked the place out and there are ways of getting rid of the lump afterwards if it appears-the appointment is for 1:30pm today!! I'll have to ask about the freezing but i should be ok wiht it all. I havent got a big pain treshald but im eating dinner now which is important apprently! Will let you know how i get on!

Wish me luck!

Forgot to say that this is proper piercing place too, just odd that they refuse to pierce with needles-somehting to do with healing...i'm guessing that if i have this done with a gun it will be a stud that goes in? not a ring??

Had it done! Didn't hurt half as much as my lobes did!! Just hope ot heals well now!

That's good it didn't hurt you much, but you haven't got past the sleeping/rolling over/screaming/waking up yet.
I had mine done twice, been thinking recently about having the other side done, but only just had a tattoo so thinking I might let my blood (and wallet) settle first.

Yeh, i've been warned about the sleeping-she said not to sleep on it if i can for about 3 months at the worse...thing is, i tist and turn basically perform acrobactics in my sleep!!! any tips?????

Sound proof your walls.
What side is it pierced, and do you have a side you usually sleep on?

lol, its on my left-i sleep on both but i always turn over ...and over and over lol!

I bet you wont after a few days. Good luck.