[StiffyWood]

Damn, I guess I got lucky, both of my ears were pierced with a gun. Fortunately I had no problems, I won't be doing that anymore, after reading this. Great post!

[AbraCadaver]

Originally Posted by Uceninde ↗

I got an ear piercing as a birthday gift from my dad, and we went to a hair saloon to get it. They used a gun on me, and the damned thing didn't heal for 4 months. I ended up taking it out. I also have a piercing in my lip, which I got in a piercing studio, the guy used a needle, and it healed fine. I know where I'll go the next time I am getting a piercing -.-

Well, a normal ear piercing wont heal completly in 4 months, no matter where you go to get pierced. The ears have loads of nervespots, causing them to heal slowly. But using guns make them heal even slower. I've seen standard lobe piercings that never heal.

The reason gunned piercing rarely ever heal completly, is that the gun shatter the tissue.. Horrible really, that it's allowed.. I mean, if you get it done at a hairdresser, it's safer to have them cut your ear with a scissor, atleast it's a farely clean cut..

[Malekith]

My girlfriend is a piercer and tattooist and they always use needles. I've had a couple of mine done with a gun when I was younger but I definetly wouldnt have one done with them anymore. No idea why they havn't been banned yet. They cause more damage than good.

[Hotstuff]

i had all my piercings done with that gun apart from tongue, even nose piercing! never thought of it before but this thread has pointed out the obvious now, my mum has a gun from my auntie (hairdresser lol) and used the gun on us as kids, thank god i never had any probs looks like i got off lucky

[Uceninde]

Originally Posted by AbraCadaver ↗

Well, a normal ear piercing wont heal completly in 4 months, no matter where you go to get pierced. The ears have loads of nervespots, causing them to heal slowly. But using guns make them heal even slower. I've seen standard lobe piercings that never heal.

The reason gunned piercing rarely ever heal completly, is that the gun shatter the tissue.. Horrible really, that it's allowed.. I mean, if you get it done at a hairdresser, it's safer to have them cut your ear with a scissor, atleast it's a farely clean cut..

I see. Guess I took it out too soon, I'll blame my friends and the "piercer" who said it would take about a month. I'm getting it re-done at a piercing studio anyhow.

[jesidunbar]

I don't really understand what other parts of the body could even be pierced with a gun, other than ears./

[humbajoe]

You'd be surprised what some idiots try with those things...

I got my first lobe piercing done at a mall before I knew better in early middle school. Got infected, but I managed to clean it out ok and my ear isn't messed up.

Every piercing after that I've gotten done at the same studio that I trust, and am always sure to spread the word against piercing guns.

The guns, as mentioned earlier, impact the flesh instead of pierce through it. It's like throwing a blunt pipe through a wall instead of cutting a proper hole.

The needles that studios use are hollow, like the kinds of needles a doctor would use to give you your shots. It cuts clean through the flesh and if you really wanted to you could retrieve a fresh little "tube" of skin that was removed in the piercing afterwards from the needle. It's clean, precise, heals quickly, and FAR less painful/damaging.

[Stephaniee]

Nice info, not that I was planning to take a piercing or something, but still!

[secret_squirrel]

I pierced my left ear twice in like middle or early high school. Used a sewing needle that I heated with a lighter for a long time. Soaked it in alcohol for an hour and then pushed it on in making a hole. Then stuck in a earring after pulling the needle out. Both healed fine but I got in a car accident and the second one got knocked out before it was healed so I never put one back in and just let it close. The other one is half closed half healed now because i have not wore an earring for 15 years in that hole. I can push a earring through it most of the way but the back side of it is shut.

[secret_squirrel]

And I recommend not doing what I did. It was way painful because of pushing and stopping over and over and then reinserting. Let a pro do it at piercing shop.