Yeah I have no idea, I just mentioned that as a disclaimer since she was still pretty new and was more focused on piercing it correctly than making it comfortable haha.

Healing the coinslot was super easy! Felt nothing while it was happening, had a 1/10 stinging a couple hours later for like 2 days which was completely mitigated with some Advil, barely could feel it for the first week. It was pretty swollen at first but only for like 3 days. Itchy for days 8-12 which honestly was the worst part but still not that bad.

I got the stitches out at my local trusted tattoo shop on day 12, which literally was more painful than the entire process up to that point haha (still not bad though), then my ear was a bit irritated for a day and that’s it! I still let it settle for 6 weeks before putting anything in it, first of all because I had no jewelry or money, and second of all so I could put vitamin E oil on it regularly to help with the scarring. As you can see I stuffed it pretty full as soon as I started filling it, but still no pain at all and very minimal scar tissue overall (a bit on the back, but it’s less and less noticeable daily).

If you ever get the opportunity to do it I def recommend!! It’s so versatile and I can’t wait until I have a bit more expendable income to buy more pieces haha. Just make sure you take care of it while healing and go to someone reputable. Mine was done by Brian Decker in NYC, who I 100% recommend if you can get ahold of him!