Curved needles?

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Saturday July 26th, 2008 @ 6:20 AM

Filed under: Ear

I am gearing up to get my rook done in my small army town devoid of much of a mod scene. One piercer I talked to said that I had to wait until he could order some curved needles. Of course, my first instinct was that he had no idea what he was talking about- I’ve heard of most rooks being done with just a typical straight needle, and a few here and there dont with a straight needle bent slightly with pliers. He didn’t say anything about the anatomy of my ear either, so I don’t think it had to do with that.

My question: Is he totally wrong?

Technically the piercer is not wrong…Perhaps they just feel more relaxed using the curved needles.

Personally I bend my needles slightly just using my finger tips, as bending with most pliers will damage the surface of the needle on a microscopic level.

Also personally I don’t like using pre-made curved needles, I just find them hard to control properly, although I have and still on occasion use them.

Nowadays personally I’ll use a IV Catheter Needle and create a slight bend in it, pierce and slide the jewelry into the catheter and insert. But depending on the area and how “set in their ways” the piercers are, will dictate how they do their procedures.

The only thing I’d hope for, is that said piercer uses a curved barbell instead of a CBR/ring shaped piece of jewelry.

But is your piercer WRONG for wanting to used a curved needle? Certainly not as many piercers have different techniques/styles for doing the procedures/piercings they do.

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