Rook piercing

[Newtrix]

I have many ear piercings including lobes, helix and tragus. I'd really love my rook done but everyone I've mentioned it to say it was the most painful and hardest to heal. Anyone have any experience of this piercing?

It took a while to heal, but only because stupidly I had it done on my left ear and I'm a left side sleeper 🤦‍♀️ I've had it for over 5 years and it hasn't bothered me at all.
Of my ear piercings I'd say my conch and orbital were more painful and my forward helix was the worse to heal as that caught on EVERYTHING.

I've always liked the rook , but it does look painful.

I've had my tragus and daith done one opposite ears.

I had a rook piercing. Unfortunately it refused to heal and kept getting infected, so after a few months it had to go. It was a bastard to remove as well, eventually involving my DH and a pair of pliers. I miss it, I really liked the look.

Imo anti tragus is way worse for pain & healing to the point it the only ear piercing l removed by choice I had short hair, a girl I worked with had her rook done and caught her hair in it often and caught it drying her hair

I’ve had lots done but I don’t think u could bear a rook, looks so painful. I’m a slow healer, currently 14 months into healing my daith, my conch took 16 months. The ups and downs drive me batty.

if you want it, go for it. Just prepare for the slog!

Rook was painful to get done, and took a while to heal, but I found it fine to sleep on as it's inside the ear iyswim.
Helix was terrible to heal and terrible to sleep on for months.
Conch was painful to get done, and tricky to heal because it kept catching in my hair. Again fine to sleep on.
I've found any cartilage piercing is much of a muchness when it comes to pain.

I would say if you've got a helix and persevered with it, you'll be fine with a rook.
I will only have solid titanium piercings done - absolute game changer in terms of healing.

I got the rook done a few months ago, previously only had multiple lobe piercings but a helix is meant to be such a nightmare to heal I chose took. It didn’t hurt too much to get done, it was just crunchy 😆 Hurt like hell for about an hour afterwards, but then was 85% less painful within a couple of days. I’m also a side sleeper on that side which was stupid 😂 So that has definitely prolonged the healing but it’s about 3 months old now and only a tiny bit sensitive/sore if I poke it, still healing a bit.

I would also choose a bar over a ring or "shape" my ears don't heal well with the rings that split or clickers , the joins react /rub/irritate and it will not heal for me .

I got mine done years ago and it’s my favourite piercing. I remember it being quite painful to get done but was fine to heal. I got it done with a long bar then swapped to a small ring.

I had mine done, persevered for ages trying to get it to heal fully but it never did, caught it a few times, swelled up a couple of times, and I eventually took it out after about 5 years. Had a ring in it and it was a nightmare to get out too

Definitely my most painful. I’ve always said I love it, but if it fell out or something I would never have it redone. Even my nips weren’t as bad as my rook. But it is over quickly

I’ve had a rook piercing for ten years. Found it no more painful than any other cartilage piercing!

Thank you all! Seems very hit and miss as to pain and helping. I generally heal pretty well and quickly, had another helix 4 weeks ago and had no blood or weeping at all. Might just have to go for it!