I haven't gotten additional piercings since i got the basic lobe ones when i was in grade 8. Pretty spontaneously and inspired by a makeup artist on instagram, I really wanted second lobe, tragus, and inner conch piercings.
I went to get my second lobe ones on NYE morning for $17 each. I was the only one there and I got to ask about pain levels of each and whether they used needles (they did). The guy was really straightforward and friendly. A girl brought me into another room, put on gloves and everything seemed to be in packaging and was opened in front of me. She used a marker to dot where the piercings would be first and the whole procedure was over within a few minutes. When I left she gave me a simple aftercare handout. Pain rating would be 4/10 but i only felt it for a few seconds and noticed it at all for the next fifteen minutes. Super fast and uneventful healing!
I went again a weekend after for my tragus - my first cartilage one. BTW, price increase to $20 on Saturdays :( This time I got there at 2 pm and the place was packed! I was told the wait would be 45 min so I went to Blue Bananas right across the street to walk around. Timing was on point. For tragus, I heard and felt the needle go through flesh and then the cartilage. Tbh, I find the pain level to be the same as lobes.
Minus one star because the location is in Kensington Market and I wouldnt go when the sun isnt out.
Cash only. Photo ID. Walk ins. :)