[kevin7352]

Hey i was wondering wheres a good safe place to get an ear lobe piercing?
I already have a left one, i just want one on my right ear. i dont really care about the needle vs gun thing cuz it's only the ear lobe.
maybe somewhere thats like 10 bucks?

[ImportXxX]

i think ear piercing are usually free some places..u gota buy the stud that cost you money at first...goto ardenes i think they have it..not sure about price.i think its like 15 bucks or something

[TheStreetDream]

Ardenes is 12$ without tax for that metal one, plastic ones (which heals better) is 18$ without tax.

[DiiCii]

yeah usually when you buy a stud, you get it pierced for free:P i'm planning on getting my left lobe, as well as the cartridge done, anyone know how much for cartridge?

[dhari]

pauls piercing did my cartilage for like 50bucks including hoop.
its in surrey tho:blush:

[DiiCii]

yeah i went over to pauls a while ago and it's quite expensive. if i could remember, the stud was $35 and piercing was $50? i've been told there's a place downtown that does it for $15 O.O

[insomniac]

wow when i was gr7 it was so much more expensive!

[RL604]

wtf? i got 3 piercings done for 25$ including the studs, 2 on my left ear lobe and 1 on my left cartiledge.

[SkinnyPupp]

I would recommend going to a body piercer and getting it done properly, rather than some goofball working in a mall with a dirty piercing gun.

[ToneCapone]

Anybody know about any problems piercing cartilage? I heard ardene’s stopped doing it because somebody went blind from getting it pierced. I heard this a super long time ago so I am not sure but can that really happen?

[bcrdukes]

^
Like SkinnyPupp said, go to a professional piercer found at most tattoo shops for such advice as opposed to some high school dropout working at Ardene.

[ajax]

http://i-kandytattoo.com/

Its in langley (fraser highway)
My girlfriend has gotten quite a few piercings and a tattoo there. I got my lorlum piercing there.
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[Girl]

If it's just the lobes, it's safe at places like Claires or Ardene's, they actually make you sign papers now. If it's anything else beyond the lobes I'd go to professional piercers.

[DiiCii]

anyone had any experience with adrenaline downtown? i'd like to know how much it is there to get my left cartiledge pierced:)

[bcrdukes]

^
No personal experience however, they are a reputable shop with many years of experience. Another excellent and reputable professional piercer can be found at Funhouse Tattoos located on I believe 14th and Cambie (right at the corner.) Give them a call in advance to make sure the piercer is in. The staff and professionalism at Funhouse Tattoos is excellent (if that matters to you.) :)

[DiiCii]

^thanks! i'll definately check them out:)

[Razor Ramon HG]

For future reference, I got my ear pierced at Merle Norman earlier, and it went over well.

In and out in five minutes, painless, and the piercer went over everything carefully and answered all my questions.

$43 bucks for two studs + solution. Prices will be vary depending on which stud you pick (piercing is free, and solution extra).

[phunky.FOB]

I got my tragus and industrial done at steel temple now known as "Seraphim Tat" in burnaby 100$ for both included everything. the bar bell and stud and solution.

[Armind]

:suspicious:

[threezero]

wat everybody else said. just go to a body piercing. if you can't spare $40 bucks for a proper piercing your not old enough for one.

got my done at adrenaline by kyle. He re did my left gunned lobe at 8g. very professional but the price is a little high.

[Osaka]

Anyone recommend a suitable place to have kids' ears pierced? Can't imagine bringing a kid to a tattoo shop to get it done by a body piercer

[FI-Z33]

^ Claire's, ardene's or some jewellery store in the malls like people's or Ben moss etc
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[Gerbs]

got mine done at the salon at the corner infront of the sportschek at metro
$22 inc tax for the cheapest stud + the cleaning solution
they used a gun, went in and went out, didn't even talk to the person lol
but, it didn't get infected and it's healed now

[BT]

For future reference, I got my ear pierced at Merle Norman earlier, and it went over well.

In and out in five minutes, painless, and the piercer went over everything carefully and answered all my questions.

$43 bucks for two studs + solution. Prices will be vary depending on which stud you pick (piercing is free, and solution extra).

+1 on this, went in today and the lady went over all the questions I had. I got it for 36$ total. Also the lady mentioned (since I only had one ear pierced) as long as I keep both piercings and the receipt I could go in and get my other pierced for free whenever I wanted.

[dinosaur]

I have 18 piercings in my ears....I always find that when it is done with a needle, it heals better.

Getting it done with a ring instead of a stud also helps.

[kevin7352]

holy fucking shit

[bcrdukes]

18 piercings? :pokerface:

[dinosaur]

Yup.

2 tragus
1 rook
1 inner conch
1 outer conch
1 forward helix
2 helix
10 lobe

I don't wear ALL my lobe piercings anymore but I've had them for about 10-15 years.

I don't have piercings anywhere else.

[kevin7352]

Pics?

[BT]

Can't wait to change them. Looking for some nice black studss

[Osaka]

interesting article:

Don't Pierce Your Daughter's Ears at the Mall | The Stir (http://thestir.cafemom.com/big_kid/129361/dont_pierce_your_daughters_ears?_ft_qid=5681606014 453779381&_ft_mf_story_key=10150492039941320&_ft_filter=live&_ft_substories=7&_ft_fbid=192957884126071%252C285183178193161%252C1 04529296330757%252C250505721680343%252C19317731743 5551%252C146929865412840%252C224226040979107&_ft_c=m)

[BT]

When you guys got your ears pierced, how long did you keep your earrings in before you changed them? I think they recommended to keep them in for 6 weeks, but I'm wondering if anyone changed them before then.

[kevin7352]

i think 2~3 weeks is fine. the only problem with taking it out early is that when you take it out, it'll close really quickly, making it really difficult to put new ones in. also, it will still be a wound and since you don't know your way around the piercing yet you'll be poking around trying to find the exit. this will hurt like a bitch. well at least it did for me

[falcon]

I had my ears pierced a like 8 years ago. Had it done with a 12gauge needle with rings. Healed well, then I went on to stretch them. Took them out after 2 years and until a month ago had nothing in them. I just "re pierced" them... kinda. The holes were still there but it took a bit of forcing.

And the solution stuff is silly. Just keep them clean, wash your ears in the shower and don't touch a healing piercing with your fingers.

[kevin7352]

how big did you stretch them to the first time?

[falcon]

4 gauge and they closed up pretty much completely. It was hard to get these new 12 ga. ones in.

Although... I did "step down' when i took them out. Went fomr a 4-6-8- and I think at the 8ga. i took them out for good.

[- kT]

i think 2~3 weeks is fine. the only problem with taking it out early is that when you take it out, it'll close really quickly, making it really difficult to put new ones in. also, it will still be a wound and since you don't know your way around the piercing yet you'll be poking around trying to find the exit. this will hurt like a bitch. well at least it did for me

what he said, i tried to change one of my two lobe piercings out for a loop about a week in so it could heal to the curvature of the loop instead of the stud and just ended up hurting my ear like a bitch. just give it ample time to heal, you won't regret it - a month or two should suffice

and the link above about going to ardene's or claire's is true. it's not the fact that "it's just the lobe" so you shouldn't care. it's the fact that there's potential for many, MANY things to go wrong - HIV being one of them

it's not a risk you want to take. pay the extra bit of money if you're going to get it done, and get it done properly. it'll heal better, and you'll feel safer in the knowledge that your piercing isn't going to cause you a complete world of pain. my friend got his first lobe piercing done at claires, after which it got all infected and messed up. i did my first one the very next day at osmosis. within 2ish weeks it was completely healed, and as for my friend, he ended up having to remove the piercing he got done at claires because it got that infected, had to let it heal over and then went to osmosis to get it done right. total time that took him to let it heal back over and stuff, about 6 weeks - and then another 3 for the new piercing to heal. if you wouldn't get a tattoo in somebodys backyard, don't get a piercing done at the mall. in theory, it's the same thing - a needle going into your body. wouldn't you at least want that needle to be sterile?