I think i was about 12 sitting on a roof in the town of Bugibba in Malta when my friend Sandro pierced my ear with a sewing needle - it hurt like hell:) over the next week, my ear swole up, started oozing and changed colour a little ... that's when i took it out :) when i was 23 i got a chin labret done in Canterbury,U.K - much bigger piercing, but done by the pros, so much less hassle, and it healed:) i kept catching it with my teeth whilst eating though ...