To be honest, after going to sleep they don't hurt that much anymore... but I still shudder when I remember "the process", I decided the only one I trusted to do that was my mother, there's these piercing and tattoo stores with their fancy piercing guns and stuff, but I don't have much money at the moment, mom did it, with ether to numb the area, but it scared me how the earlobe makes that cracking noise, ohhh jeez, it made me shudder again haha