heyy. i have both of my hips pierced. i only got them done last week. pain wise to be honest they dont really hurt. i had my belly done and its the same amount of pain as that. and i dont have a high pain threshold either (: i mean dont get me wrong they do hurt but they're not that bad.
i have to say with mine the barbells have started to go deeper and deeper into my skin but i am going to contact my piercer for advice and probably get rings put in so they dont create a gaping hole!
another thing is like everyone knows, the rejection rate is pretty high. some people say like 90%! so bare that in mind when making your decision.
to be honest i would wait a couple of months to decide. i didnt and i regret it. so i would definately do that.
i have to say though i think they're the most gorgeous piercings you can get in my opinion. when mine are healed i will be chuffed. so i'll be gutted when they eventually reject so im going to make the most of them!
hope that helped. good luck! xx

i got my hips done yesturday. this is my 10th and 11th piercing. And my 4th surface piercing. I can tell you anything about piercings I have 11 now.
And I am majorng in physcial and cultural anthropology with a subdisipline in body modification. My hips are doing great. I got mine done at this place called White Lotus, they were so great since my first surface i swear i would never ever go anywhere else. I alos got my lower back pierced there too. and it healed very very well. But as luck would have it i went down south for a week ago and i was in the ocean alot. The salt water there healed up everything instantly.
Please be careful when you get it done. and DO not get it done with a surface bar. this part of the body has alot of movement, probly some of the most moverment out of everywhere else. Your hips move and stretch the skin so be careful not to get it to close to the skin sitting right on top of the hip bone. This, is a very bad idea.

My piercer made me bring a series of shirts and a few pairs of pants, and then made me move around for a bit so he could monitor where my pants and jeans would sit when I sit and stand to make sure my piercings would be ablove all of my pants. Then he marked me ad measured me and the lined up the bottem dot with a marker on left and right and then the top ones. Then measured the space between each dot, and then the angles. Also, I have my belly button pierced so he used it as a central point. He measured the distance from one side to the center and so on. If your Piercer really cared about the well being and safety of their client they should be doing all of this.

when i was all measured up, his co workers took a look and doubled checked to make sure everything was lined up, and he moved the dots a little on each side and we were good to go. And as usual it was one deep breath and over with. I will tell you that because this skin is tougher there will be pressure. my right one was great. But as they say the second one always hurts more, and it did. But it was my own fault because I flinched and he stopped so that I could get myself together. Then I was done.

When you do get it done people will tell you that your best bet is PTFE plasic, WRONG, this plastic will melt when put in and autoclave, and possibly with body heat, thus relesing chemicals into your skin. However what I do reccomend is Tygon. Got my sternum changed to tygon and my back was pierced with tygon and my hips yesturday were done with tygon. Tygon, is the same material decataters are made of and people with diabetic pumps use the same tubing, thus this is a material designed to be in your body, clearly surgical and safe. But just like people who have diabetic pumps, it is sanitary tochange it, when you get your hips done it is reccomended to change it every 4-6 weeks for 3-6 months. after that just change it every 6 months, i mean im sure you'd like to switch the beads up andway so it's not like a nagging chore.

So there you have it. good luck

I wanted one there for about maybe 5 months, then went off the idea, waste of money.. but then what peircing isnt ?? lol.

Removed.

i can honestly say that i have never seen that before. its kinda cool. does it ever get hung up on anything?

omg, i have 10 peircings atm soon to be 11 for my birthday. 8 out of the 10 peircings i have done myself. hip peircings are ones i reeeeally want, and i did peirce it once but took it out after a few minutes because i only decided to think about it logically after i peirced it... but im gunna wait till im of age to ge tit done professionaly, infections too risky with that one. and its hard because the needles are straight but the peircings are usually curved.

No it really doesnt ... i went and had mine done on tueday and i thought the same but no ... it was over pretty quickly =]

i love it

im scared to get my ear peirced so there is no way id get that done, lol whats the point in it anyway.....

it looks painful

seriously !, i had mine done today and i have a fear of needles like every time i have my blood taken i pass out ! haah silly i know , however i had it done today and 1st of all he put the needle through my skin and this was about as painful as an injection , then he put the bar in this hurt a little more but still not painful , if you can take an injection you can do this easy , it doesnt get caught on my jeans or anything its too high up , looks well pretty , and i didnt even have it numbed , and i can touch it with out it hurting , just a bit soar but i supose thats wat you get for having some metal in you haha , seriously consider it there awesom and my top ear piercing hurt more then this lool xx