i had this piercing done about a year and a half ago i remember the exoerience to the very point thisis not a normal transverse lobe but a vertical transverse lobe as my piercer called it he told me he had never done this type of peircing before but nonetheless he did a great job i was very anxious to get this piercing and it was worth it heres the story i go to my local piercing shop where ive had my first piercing done my eyebrow i talked to the piercer about the piercing he said sure i can do that but it will be a long slow process and to be patient well he cleaned the area up and took the piercing forceps and clamped the sides of my lod to keep the needle straight he started from the bottom of my lobe up it wasnt all that painfull till he stopped and said now take a deap breath this is gonn be the most painful part and boy was he right he pushed it through the thick piece of cartiladge at the bottom of the opening of your ear and corked the tip of the needle and thne proceded to put the jewelry in after that me and my piercer becam great freinds he had never done this type of piercing before and it was a great experince for us both