okay, so i asked my mum if i could get my tragus pierced, she said yes. now, im just wondering where it is on pain level.. ive had my cartilige done, and im just wondering if its more or less painful, i have a high tolerance for pain, also my friend and i got our bellybuttons pierced, and another friend said that it hurt them, but it didnt hurt me, i assume this was because the "pain" of the cartilige was a little more.


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thanks xxxxxx

nauticalstar420

The feeling of getting your Tragus pierced can be compared to the feeling of a regular helix piercing -- the Tragus might hurt just a tad more, but not much. But all in all, it does depend on your tolerance for pain. What hurts one person, may not hurt another. The only way to really tell if it will hurt YOU or not is to just get it done.

jambourrie

NauticalStar is right - for me, one of my Tragus' hurt ALOT more than the other one, which I didn't perceive to really hurt much at all. Same with my rooks... I had a different experience with each one.

MonicaMM

The tragus is a painful piercing, but yet again, as is any cartilidge. It's more pain since it's not easy for the piercer to directly make it "fast", but it's just some extra pressure compared to cartilidge or normal lobe piercings.

It's worth it though, truly!

zaratap

With your tragus all you can feel is the needle piercing the skin because the actual cartilidge inside has no feeling at all and you might be able to feel the pressure but for me it didn't hurt at all. But i might just have a high pain threshold.

Tammariah

I got my tragus pierced 8 days ago. I'm going to tell you how it is, They put clamps on the tragus and they tell you to breathe in and the stick the needle in half way and while you are slowly breathing out they finish sticking the needle through. And yes it hurts, it's a lot more painful than a ear lobe piercing and the top cartilage piercing. The next day it hurts to move your jaw and sometimes eat. Please don't sleep on it because it will swell up, an it is sort of painful. But i guess in the end it is all worth it. Just make sure you stick with the aftercare instructions the piercer gives you, and your piercing should be fine.