Ok, so i had my tragus pierced 3 days go now. My best friend had hers done, and she assured me, it doesnt hurt. Just a popping noise and a bit of pressure.She lied!! i know everyone is different, but this isnt my first piercing, i've got my naval, my tongue and my nose done. My tragus hurt.Now, i was nervous anyway. I always am. So i go with my friend to her mum's piercing studio, and her mum calls me up to the room. I sit on the bed, she asks me to take out my earrings, and she cleans the front and back of my tragus. She clamps it, and tells me she's now going to pierce it.Only she can't get the needle through. Her exact words were "wow, that's some thick cartilidge!" So she stops and goes again.Now, it wasnt all rosey, but that didn't hurt so much. And there was no popping noise in my thick cartilidge.The pain came when she put the jewellery in, and she couldn't get the ball on the bar. OUCH! now that's where the pain was.But you know what? I love it. It looks so pretty. And even knowing how much it hurt, if i could go back in time, i'd do it again.