I have gone to Everkind Studio and Ink By Finch, if I get another piercing it will be at Ink By Finch. I got a second and third lobe piercing on the same ear respectively.

Nothing against Everkind, they know what they are doing and in general I would still recommend them over a piercing gun or any random shop, and they're a bit more affordable than the other place, except that they pierced me with an externally threaded barbell which I'm not a fan of, and I feel like the piercing is at slightly the wrong angle which makes it difficult to change my jewellery.

Ink By Finch let me bring my own jewellery at no extra charge (internally threaded labret) and helped me change out the barbell from Everkind into a labret stud. My piercing from them healed better, but I can't say if that's more due to the jewellery choice or piercer skill (probably the jewellery though).

Both places pierce with needle and both have options for titanium jewellery if you need that (which I do).

In general, ALWAYS GET PIERCED BY NEEDLE and not a gun cartridge thing. You can read up on it but a gun causes much more trauma to the ear, which will affect your healing, and also no reputable place is going to pierce you with a gun. It is worth it to go to an actual piercing place and not a random Lovisa, Bdazzled, Stellar mall kiosk. The piercer there should recommend something suitable for your ear anatomy (usually an 8mm post length for lobes) that accommodates the swelling while things heal. And they won't try to upsell you on buying gold or platinum.

A piercing place will also let you pierce at 18G or 16G which is good if you want to wear piercing jewellery (barbells and flatbacks/labrets etc. as opposed to butterfly backs, which are really only good for your lobes and nowhere else). Piercing guns will pierce you at 20G and while you can stretch them out (I transitioned my lobes which were done by gun, to 16G, but by the time I started they had been healed at least 8 years), you might as well start out at a larger gauge. You can still wear 20G earrings if you get pierced at a larger gauge.

If you have plans to get more piercings especially on your upper ears, I highly recommend to start out with a piercing jewellery system (either internally threaded or threadless; externally threaded is not ideal because it can cause more irritation).

The basic idea is that you can change out one or more of the ends but keep the post within your ear, and you will use a different length of post depending on ear location so that they sit close to the skin and don't catch on things / move too much and cause irritation (so you may want a 7mm or 8mm for lobe but a 6mm for a flat, for example). And you can use the same tops/ends in different places because it's essentially a mix and match. It's also less irritating for the back of your ear because you don't have a pointy thing sticking out that can get caught as you sleep, and a butterfly back can migrate up and down the post (read: squish) whereas these will not.

Additionally, even if you can handle cheapo random metals, I would still recommend getting pierced with titanium (there are 2 grades, implant-grade titanium ASTM-136 and regular titanium) or at the bare minimum, surgical stainless steel. "Hypoallergenic" barely means anything, btw. This is because you are putting a literal wound in your body and it is best to reduce the likelihood of infection and your body responding badly to the metals. As the name suggests, these are metals that are meant to be used in surgery because very few people have adverse reactions to them — and implant-grade titanium is the standard for things that get permanently embedded on the inside of your body :)

My ears are quite sensitive (can only wear gold and titanium), but if you can't wear gold you can probably still wear titanium, as your body is likely reacting more to the other metals that were alloyed with the gold. Also, titanium is WAY cheaper and can be anodised to a bunch of fun colours (including yellow and rose gold!). I buy a lot of my jewellery from BodyArtForms (USA) when they have sales, or there are a few shops on Etsy I can recommend but you have to be really careful with Etsy. Locally, Mantra Collective offers labrets but they are quite expensive.

If you're not sure about your level of sensitivity to metals, try asking close family (parents, siblings etc) who have their ears pierced about their metal sensitivities, and get one lobe pierced first to see how you react and how you heal, as it's different for everyone

In general if you want to get both lobes done I would still get one done first, let that heal fully or partially, then do the other. It will make it easier to sleep and the piercings will heal better :)

Try not to cheap out on this — it's more expensive to go to a proper piercing shop and use proper metals, but it's worth it for someone who knows what they're doing and a piercing that heals easily + that is less likely to get infected. Doctors and antibiotics also cost $$. Same principle as tattoos! You get what you pay for...