I got a DAITH piercing!

Ever since I read that a piercing can make your migraines go away, I knew I wanted to have it.

Because why not, I am all for shiny new piercings and if they do something extra the better!

And so I got it - a daith piercing.

Getting a daith piercing

Getting one was a no brainer. I was even thinking about getting a helix, maybe an anti-tragus but after reading so many posts about it being great for migraines, I had to have it.

What is it?

A Daith piercing (pronounced DäTH) is an ear piercing that passes through the ear's innermost cartilage fold, the crus of the helix. In most areas this piercing is pronounced "day-th" which can be compared to the word "faith", which is nonstandard. The standard pronunciation is "doth" like "goth".^{[citation needed]}The piercing is located in an 'awkward place' due to it being in a curvy place, and is usually pierced with a straight hollow needle. Curved barbells, BCR/CBR (ball closure ring/captive bead ring) and Hearts and moon for the Daith piercing are the most common jewelry to wear. Read more on Wikipedia ...

How did it go?

I went to get my "point zero" pierced with my twin sister (you may remember her from her ex-blog XoXo Parisky). She got her helix pierced and I had to wait. I almost changed my mind about five times before sitting on the chair ...

I don't know if I ever was this nervous about a piercing and it was all because I didn't feel my tragus when I got it done and I somehow knew that this one would be different.

The piercing part was ... fun. Okay, I got grumpy and quite irritated because the thing *hurt* as the needle went through the cartilage. But luckily that took only a couple of seconds and I was done. I sweated from under my eyes and I didn't know that was possible!!

After the ring was inserted I was good to go! I felt like I overslept on my ear for an hour or so, but the joy of having something new and shiny kept me happy so I didn't mind it.

I know the healing time may be long as it is with all my piercings but I don't mind it.

The cleaning

The cleaning is easy. I do a soak (soak a cotton ball, put in on the piercing and let it be for a couple of minutes) about 2-3 times a day and once per day, I use the cleansing spray. It should be used max for two weeks.

It's less fuss than it was with my other piercings as I can just kind of stick the wet cotton ball and let it do its job. No fuss :D.

Oh and I can almost sleep on the pierced side. That just didn't happen for about two months with my tragus so for me, this is a big deal!

It's been almost a week and I can't wait for the time I'll be able to switch this little gem for a prettier one (not that this one isn't but you know me, I like to change my jewelry). So far, everything is going fine. I even dyed my hair in the meantime and it went absolutely without a problem. Love it!

What about migraines?

Well sadly and luckily I can't say anything about them. I rarely get them, a couple of times per year and nothing too bad.

In the end, I'm happy that I had it done.