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question about piercings
-i am 13 (just turned 13)
- want to get 2 cartdialge, and possibly a tragus
- Q1: i do not want to go to claires b/c most said it was good at all. Their is another place called piering pagoda (i think its called) a keyosk in the mall. im wondering if i should get it there, b/c you can be 13 w/ a guardian to get your cartilage peirced there?
-Q2: 2 or 3 of my friends have gotten their cartiladge at like age 12. so i really want to get one. just wondering where is a place that is professional, sterile, and safe. (obviously not calires) AND someplace that lets 13 yr olds w/ a parent get tragus and cartdilage
-Q3: the place i wanted to go to IS professional place with great reviews, been in buisness since 1990, and is close by. but they say they only do basic lobe piercings from ages 0-14. So thats my only concern. I really want to get tragus and cartildage done, but they will only do both by 14. shold i wait it out? or is it worth getting it some place else?
-Q4: i know for trgus piercing piercers use a needle with a clamp, for cartdilage for being safe and sterile are they suposed to use a needle? b/c i read reveiws where girls got their cartdilage pierced with a gun there, and it was not sterile and caused infenction. (and needed surgery bc i guess some of them, theie top ear was folding over due to shattering...?)
-Q5: LAST Q, MOST IMPORTANT- is it owrth to go to piering pagoda in the mall even if they dont don tragus? should i just wait to go to the rofessional to get all 3 of the pirecings done at once? or is their other places that do cartildilage and tragus at 13 with parent consent? THANK YOU.
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Claire's, and even KIOSK's, aren't really appropriate places to get pierced.
The best thing you can do is go to a professional and well reputable place that specialises in body modification with the consent of your parents.
There's a reason why there's an age limit. Theres also a reason why Claire's and the like do not implement these age limits.
Needles are indeed best for CARTILAGE as they are more hygienic and guns have been known to injure cartilage. Also the gun forces the earring through your ear which increases chances of tightness around the piercing which can result in swelling and infection.
With a needle the piercer chooses the appropriate gauge and once pierced the needle is immediately removed followed by a plastic insertion which keeps the piercing open for the piercer to insert the jewellery.
Just because your friends have it done early doesnt mean you should as well. We are not sheep, you have a mind of your own. If parents want to risk having their kids pierced in less then professional establishments instead of waiting the necessary year or two by law, thats their prerogative.
If you really want the piercings and have considered the long term then waiting until the appropriate age shouldn't be a problem. It's only a year. You're also best waiting between piercings to let them properly heal. The professionals will also advise this.
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1. Claires pierced my own hair through my piercing. It got instantly infected. I've had 4 other piercings from there get infected. I've had my cartilage pierced from there for 13months now and I clean it ALL the time and it STILL has not healed. Piercing Pagoda is much better.
2. Do not get your Traigus pierced at 13yrs old. It's very suspectible to infection and frankly, I witnessed a girl develop a blood blister on the back of it that swelled to twice the size of her traigus. Cartilage is a much better way to go.
3. Why not wait it out? Only a few months :)
4. There are a ton of horror stories, your safest bet is to get neither piercing. I've witnessed those horror stories for both piercings.
5. I would most definitly get one piercing at a time. You dont know the pain and frankly, it's not easy to sleep with newly pierced ears.
Please be careful!
Good luck :)
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