I was super excited to get this piercing. Afterall, it's unique and badass..but at the same time, it's subtle. Anyways, it being my fourth piercing i was relatively relaxed.I gotta say, it was painful. I mean, it's like any cartlidge piercing, except with a 14g barbell...and well...two holes at once. Cartlidge is a tough sort of consistency to jam a relatively thick piece of metal through.....so, for me, it was a bit painfull. Although, everyone has a different threshold of pain. Afterwards, my ear throbbed and bit...and it's been about 2 weeks and it's still a bit sore with i sleep on my left side. But besides that i love it, and will never regret it!! :0)