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I've had an ideal piercing setup for a while now. Ears first, since I know what I want. Usually piercing places don't do more than 3 piercings at a time, and you don't get deals or anything for getting more at once at most places, so price-wise, timing and order doesn't matter. Since I'm doing 4 more cartilage, I will do it in two separate trips: the first, I'll do both of the right ear ones, and the second I'll do the two in my left ear. Definitely want to try to get cartilage piercings on the same side at once, especially if you're a side-sleeper. I had my first cartilage piercings a year and a half ago, one on each side, and my right ear still occasionally acts up because I habitually sleep on that side, and continued to sleep on that side even when it needed a rest. I think it's healed a lot better now because I found good earrings to keep in, but it kept getting really irritated and had pretty bad bleeding a couple of times. I know the piercer recommended studs over rings (because the hoops can get caught on things), but I'd definitely do rings when I go again, since they seem to be gentler on my ears with how I sleep.
But yeah, I know a good piercer in my hometown, and they also do tattoos there, so maybe when the time comes, I'll get that done there as well.
