Question about piercings?

Question

I really want my cartilage pierced and im starting to want my belly button too! my parents wont let me get my cartilage because they think it looks "trashy". I REALLY WANT IT THOUGH. i havent even asked about bellybutton piercings. Btw i'm almost 16.

So i'd like to know...for cartilage piercings 1) How badly does it hurt 2) Whats the best way to get it done && 3) How can i convince my parents to let me get it?

For belly button piercings all i want to know is how bad it hurts?

Answer 1

my friend who got her belly button pierced didn't mention it hurting, but i heard the cartilage hurts a little, about your parents, try talking to them....don't argue but try talking to them about it peacefully

Answer 2

so my best friend has her cartilage and belly button pierced so i know some about it. I just got my second holes and my friend and I were asking the guy who did it some questions about piercings. My friend said that the cartilage does hurt a lot. The best way to get it done is to go to a tattoo and/or body piercing place. I know it sounds scary but they use needles there and that is how you have to get your cartilage and belly button done. Some places use guns and they are not good. The man who did my second holes  at the tatto place said that you have to do it w/ a needle oterwise there is a big chance they will miss. w/ a needle the only way they will miss is if you move at the last minute. and just try to be patient w/ ur parents and ask them nicely. I dont really have any other advice about persuading ur parents. and the belly button is painful. hope this helps!

Answer 3

Piercing is in style right now, but inevitably it will go out of style. And you will be stuck for life with voluntary self-mutilations. Think twice.

My mother, who was born in Russia, had her ears pierced when she was about 2. By the time I was around, she had scars in her earlobes which embarrassed her. If it's any consolation, they had pretty much disappeared by the time she hit 60.  

Answer 4

1) Doesn't hurt at all had one done myself they charged me about 50$ and it like sticking a needle through bubble gum. There's not a lot of veins there.

2) I had mine done by hand. I didn't get one by gun.

3) Tell them you'll be responsible for all the actions you'll need to do in order to comply with their orders.

Don't have a belly button :P

Answer 5

Tell u what I had my cartilage pierce it hurts like h**l! But I tool them off after I had a friend that went to go ge them done also she would clean them really good the problem was that for some reason they got infected and she got a big ball in her ear it was nasty she had to get surgery to remove that big ball! So be careful I don't wanna scare you. But that's y I took them off I would clean mine 3-4 times a day w/ alcohol but I was beginning to get a little ball behind my ear they told me it was normal because the earring would push my cartilage out .I would really  recommend you not to do it but at the end is your decision...also belly piercings are nasty see most of the time when you take a shower your belly gets wet right so u have to make sure you dry it really good if not it has that funny smell. Well when u have a piercing you have to be extra care-full and clean it really good you don't  want it to get infected.You know sometimes are parents are right but when they tell us something we always want to do things are way and sometimes we just do it to go against them but, Most of the time they tell you cause they Love you and they dont want nothing bad to happen to you...But we always learn when it is too late.

Answer 6

the cartilage isn't too bad it is just after wards  they can get infected real easy and the belly piercing hurts like a m**o!  Most places you have to have a parent sign but i know of places that will do it with just someone 18 to sign for you.  You really can't hide the ear & you don't want to take it out for any length of time or it will close up,  Wear a fake one & see parents reaction.  If they spaz out you can say its fake then maybe they will get use to it after a while then see if your mom will take you.

Answer 7

the worst thign to fear of i s infection my friends mom got her bellybutton pierced and it got so infected she had to take it out cause it hurt so bad and she nevr put it back in

Answer 8

well ur parent have there opinions. piercings arent trashy, there a form of self expression. but i tried piercing my belly and i didnt feel a thing. i also have BOTH my cartliges done. they feel probably 50% more painful then earlobes. i also have my lip done. but that hurt like 2ice as bad as cartlige. but every1 is different. depends if u have high tollerence for pain.

Answer 9

cartlidge was my most painful one. oh, it hurtttt. not getting it done, but for a long time afterwards. belly button wasn't too bad.

i was anxious to get peircings too, but my honest advice is to wait. i learned the hard way that 1)some things aren't worth loosing your parents respect 2)if something happens or gets infected, when you are 18 you can take care of it yourself instead of relying on your parents and 3)you outgrow piercings sometimes, just like you outgrow lisa frank backpacks and watching cartoons.

honestly, as much as you don't want to hear it, i would wait. it hurts and you would have mad parents.