summerdawn said:

I did get quite a few questions. And we used to call it a "quarter industrial". A full indistrial being a barbell that goes through the top and bottom of your ear. I took mine out within a few months. I went to a place on Hollywood Blvd when I was in LA and my friend had had a few piercings done there, so we knew it was clean, safe, etc, but it was a different piercer and I talked him into a cheaper price than what he wanted to charge me and then he messed it up. The front hole was somewhat crooked. I didn't realize till later. But my ear healed up nicely.

I currently have about 8 holes in my body (that are still holes), but only regularly wear jewlery in 3 of them. I've got 5 holes that I've allowed to heal up.

CarrieMpls said:

Mine did too...no scars at all. But dear lord, that thing hurt like a BITCH when I got it pierced

The only other thing I had was a cartilidge piercing...and I took that out a few months ago.
I got it done at a tattoo parlour and they used a 14-gauge ring. They are SO much easier to care for than studs, I think.

I preferred tattoo parlours instead of 'Claire's' or somewhere like that that pierces 12 year old's ears. That's my bit of advice for the day.