I got both earlobes gunned in an obscure jewellery store for my 6th birthday. Nuff said.
The guy dotted my ears with a biro and then came at me with that disgusting looking staple gun thing. I'd presumed my ears would be pierced with a needle and then have the earrings put through them... But nope, he smushed them with a gun. It wasn't too bad, but the first one hurt enough that I didn't want the second one done. I only got it done because I thought I'd look stupid with only one earring.
The first time I tried to clean them with the 'antiseptic solution', it really stung. So I didn't clean them again. I couldn't get the backs off them, and they stayed in my ears for seven years. Dirty, I know, but I was silly then.
When I started hanging around on BME, I realised I had to do something about my lobes. I eventually got my mom to take the studs out (she dug at them with her fingernails and I'm pretty sure she took a chunk our of my right lobe along with the stud) and cleaned my ears with tea tree oil and soaked them in salty water, then put some clean earrings from claire's in them.
I had a complex about my lobes now. The first time I saw Parent Trap, I cried when they pierced Lindsay Lohan's ears. When I saw an ad against binge drinking where a guy ripped his earring out, I spent half an hour in the bathroom dry retching. It would be funny if it wasn't so ridiculous.
I've started to stretch my lobes now. I want to be able to wear good quality jewellery in them, and I want to overcome my irrational fear of anything to do with earlobes.
Don't get your ears gunned, guns are filthy and you can't autoclave them. Please don't let your kids get their ears gunned, they aren't old or responsible enough for piercings. Go to a professional when you're 16 or oler and get them pierced by a professional with high quality jewellery.
Friends don't let friends get gunned!