Never, ever, ever, ever get a piercing with a gun.. lobe, cartilage, anything. A gun can't be sterilized properly. With a piercing needle (the safest and IMO least painful way), the needle makes a clean cut through the flesh. With a gun, it's a blunt object (the back of an earring) being forced through your skin. It'll cost more to go to a piercing studio but personally, I'm willing to pay more for a safer method when it concerns an object being forced through my skin. Also, the earrings used in guns aren't the greatest for healing. You should get 316L (surgical stainless steel) at least.. if not 316LVM or titanium.

Sorry.. don't mean to come off as pushy. I've been pierced about 20 times.. by guns and needles. I have/had my tongue pierced (3x), back of my neck, various ear piercings, eyebrow, lip, etc.. and the ones that have given me the most trouble were the lobe piercings done by a gun close to 10 years ago.