I didn't know girls had tragus

i'm seriously considering getting one. Do any of you orgers have one? how was the aftercare, pain, etc. I did have my ear cartilage pierced once before but that was way high up on my ear where the cartilage is thinner. I eventually had to let it "close" because i didn't take care of it properly and got a keloid.


so, any advice? yay or nay on the tragus piercing?

JasmineFire said:

fear of getting a keloid is exactly why i'm afraid of getting a second ear piercing. I have a keloid on my chest from scratching a chicken pox when I was six...yet when my ears were pierced when I was 4, neither ear keloided... weird. Yet I have tattoo's on my back and none of them keloided.

so needless to say...tragus piercing has been far from my thoughts....

those dang keloids are hard to predict...and the doctor's don't seem to know that much about them neither. I personally think it has to do with the area of your body where you plan to get piercings/tattoos. Like knowing that I have a keloid on my chest, I would never get a tattoo on my chest or on my stomach, and not even on my arm....but since the tatts I have on my back didn't keloid, I wouldn't mind putting another tattoo on my back shoulder or on my legs/ankles, etc.
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i remember when i was in high school, a foreign exchange student from germany who was in my law & issues class had tragus piercings. i asked her if it hurt to get 'em done and she was like "nah..."

C'mere, I'll do it for you.

missfee said:

i ended up getting the keloid removed and it never came back. Of course, this was when I was 12 and was not responsible enough to handle such a piercing.

I also have my belly button done. Once, when I went to the piercer to changer my jewellery, she told me that I had keloid there and that I should treat it with saline solution. So I did and it went away. I also heard that tea tree oil works well, too.

JasmineFire said:

hmm i'll keep these tips in mind. Thanks Jasmine!!!

missfee said:

no problem. If worst comes to worst, you can always get it surgicaly removed. Mine didn't leave a scar.

JasmineFire said:

I know that is an option, but I went to a doctor once when I was a teenager and the doctor told me that getting the keloid on my chest removed would be possible but there would be a great chance that it could come back and worst. So I decided not to do that at that time because of what he said. I went to a dermatologist for something else and she saw my keloid and offered some steroid injection services for it in an effort to reduce it's appearance. So I did that and it doesn't look half as bad it originally did.

But i dunno

i'm seriously considering getting one. Do any of you orgers have one? how was the aftercare, pain, etc. I did have my ear cartilage pierced once before but that was way high up on my ear where the cartilage is thinner. I eventually had to let it "close" because i didn't take care of it properly and got a keloid.


so, any advice? yay or nay on the tragus piercing?

When I got my nose done the guy was talking about piercings and advised against getting the tragus done, something about a nerve there if i recall correctly Or is it just fleshy like the lobe?.

Also dont let anybody use a piercing gun, always stick with a needle. He said a gun if not used properly can shatter the cartelige.

LleeLlee said:

the tragus is cartilage. the dude who pierced you has no idea what the hell he was doing "advising" you against getting the tragus done, because that's a load of bullshit. some professional he is.


it won't shatter the cartilage (again--some professional that guy is ), but it will prevent the piercing from healing properly if you have it done with a piercing gun.

fear of getting a keloid is exactly why i'm afraid of getting a second ear piercing. I have a keloid on my chest from scratching a chicken pox when I was six...yet when my ears were pierced when I was 4, neither ear keloided... weird. Yet I have tattoo's on my back and none of them keloided.

missfee said:

yeah, keloids can be an issue too. i haven't had trouble with keloids at all--i've got a tattoo on my back (a small one) and it healed up with no problem at all. same with my other 5 tattoos. my septum piercing's healed up well too--that'd suck ass if a keloid were to form inside my nostrils because of the piercing.

JasmineFire said:

When I got my nose done the guy was talking about piercings and advised against getting the tragus done, something about a nerve there if i recall correctly Or is it just fleshy like the lobe?. I really dont know, I guess it is safe, people do it but I'd look into any risks first.
Also dont let anybody use a piercing gun, always stick with a needle. He said a gun if not used properly can shatter the cartilage.

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LleeLlee said:

i'm definitely going to look into it some more before i get it done. i always have to think about things like this really carefully and probably won't get it done for another year or so if only i could be so cautious about love!

Anyway, if I do suddenly get a wind of spontaneity, there's a good piercing parlor here where I'm staying with my mom. They have a good selection of jewellery, too.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I don't know if you can get a keloid inside your nostril. I think those things only grow where there is pigmented skin and has something to do with the melanin. i think...

JasmineFire said:

Same here, The needle hurt like hell but it was worth not having to deal with it going bad. When it comes to love

Make sure he uses a fresh needle and you should be alright.

good luck jas

It looks cool when they start to grow abnormally due to piercing

It looks cool when they start to grow abnormally due to piercing

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

is THAT where the tragus is and is that what the hell a keloid is??
i've been rather lost on this thread thus far

JasmineFire said:

i should look into that when i get home from work tonight...

all this talk of piercing reminds me: yesterday i went over to saint sabrina's, where i got my nose pierced and most of my tattoos done. it's so funny when i go over there and i see a bunch of suburbanites sitting in the lobby, waiting to get tattooed or pierced. they always look kinda scared, plus they'll have a bunch of friends or their significant others there for support. i'm thinking about getting my septum stretched up to at least a 10ga. the jewelry choices for the 12ga piercing i've got is kinda limited to CBRs and circular barbells, which kinda sucks.

emm said:

Tragus:


Keloid Scar: