My tragus was my second piercing. I had first seen the type of piercing when I was a freshman in high school and never thought anything about it until I was a freshman in college. The piercing it self didn't hurt, it was very wierd to hear the skin pop when the neddle went through. The part the hurt the most (as always when pierced with rings) was the piercer trying to get the ring in the piercing. Pretty much he was pulling on my poor little tragus. It was well worth it though, it has to be one of my favorite piercings _