[sharnilee]

Can you get tragus piercings with a gun? I really want it done, but I would prefer it with a gun? Will a piercing place do it with a gun if you want? Because I really don't like needles..

[mrdang]

I know 'needles' sound intimidating, but they are only used because they can quickly and smoothly create the hole you need for your jewelry. A piercing gun literally punches through the tissue with the jewelry itself- that's a blunt object pushing through hard enough to 'pierce'- causing more damage and pain than any needle could. This can cause kieloids, usually problems with healing and keep in mind there is no adequate way to clean those guns (alcohol doesn't kill hepatitis for example) Any good piercer is just as fast as 'the gun' and will get you through the process as quickly and painlessly as possible.

[Cheeze_Babe56]

This article says how much better a needle is from a gun.
http://tattoo.about.com/cs/psafety/a/piercing_guns.htm