I wanted to pierce my tragus so bad but I didn't have the money. I knew that it would cost around $30 and it seemed a lot. The only thing that separated me from this lovely piercing was the cost. I didn't care about the pain, infection, or what my parents will say. If this is your problem as well, you should go and look for the cheapest place. But remember, you shouldn't get it done by someone who doesn't know what he's doing. And if you want to pierce it by yourself, you should get all the material you will need to study for it.
At A Glance Author koemi When N/A Artist unknown Studio mall Location mall After a while I have decided that I'll do it even though it seemed expensive. Piercings can last longer than some old shirt!
A friend and I went to the mall, the same place we got our belly buttons pierced. We asked for a better price than $30 since we have already got a piercing there and they agreed on $25.
My friend got her anti-tragus successfully pierced. When my turn has come to get poked, I was really happy! I love the way the little tragus looked and couldn't wait to get one of my own!
So I sat down on the chair in front of the piercer, he prepared all the things needed for the process: a pair of clamps, a clean new needle, the ring and maybe some other things that I don't remember. He put the small ring in some liquid in a small bowl and made it go on fire. He marked a small dot on my right tragus and asked me if it was fine. I said that it was fine and he got the clamps on. I wasn't scared, but happy! The needle went in. It wasn't painful. I mean, of course you can feel it, but it's fine, really! But the bad part hasn't even started yet! He got the needle in and started to put the tiny ring in the hole. The problem was - the ring did not make it's way through! It got all the way in except for the tissue. The piercer tried to push it in for about 5 minutes or so. Ok, now it really did hurt. It hurt a lot, but nothing too bad. It was so hot in that room and there was hardly any air in there. I also had my jacket on so as he tried to push the needle in I was feeling the heat, badly. He kept trying to push the small ring in but it was still the same. Finally he gave up and said that the hole was too small. He took out a new needle and poked me again to make the hole bigger. Finally, the ring was in! I was so happy!
The piercer asked me if I was dizzy, because I did get dizzy when I got my belly button pierced. I was just feeling like I needed some fresh air but he said that I should put my legs up on a chair in front of me and gave me some water. This didn't help, but just made my legs feel like they have small ants all over them. Finally, about 5 minutes or so after getting my tragus completed, I left the room.
My friend and I sat out side and admired our piercings. We were so happy!
I showed my mother the piercing after a little while and she wasn't too excited or angry. I'm not sure if my dad even knows about it.
About 2 months have passed since I got my tragus pierced. It isn't fully healed but it doesn't bother me and doesn't hurt.
For all of you that want to get your tragus pierced you should know that it doesn't hurt too bad, but you might want to have patience while getting it done because it might take a while to get the ring in, like in my case.
For aftercare, you should clean it with salty water once or twice a day. Just take half a cup full of water and add about a spoon of salt. Put it on with some cotton. Don't touch it with your hands when they're dirty. Avoid brushing your hair and moving the ring. Also, you should know that you might not be able to use earphones in a while. I didn't use my earphones for about a month! (Which was hard). You shouldn't pierce both of your tragus at once if you can't live a month without earphones!
I recommend you to change the ring only when the piercing is fully healed.
Soon I'll get my other tragus pierced, a vertical tragus. This time I might even do it by my self...
Good luck and go get pierced!