Ok i sooo should not have came here and read these stories before i got my rook pierced! I almost had a panic attack i was so scared it would hurt like a mother. I read that its unbearable pain, you bleed, it takes sooo long to stick the needle through, you hear crunching etc - this is so not true. The needle on hurts a bit when they put it through and the only really painfull part was when the put the barbell through but it only last like 2 seconds. I really reccomend getting this done and not reading any of these rediculous stories bc it doesnt hurt that much and is well worth it