@ Black Planet-
hey there
,i can relate to the iffy piercing experience,although ive not had any major probs at all,but thats turned out to be more fluke than good practise thru the years
first piercings i had were 10years or so ago when things were pre mainstream.wasnt a whole lot of info about then or organisastions/regulations either.i got a card from the counter of local alternative clothing etc shop for a girl in the area who was piercing.she was operating out of her student accomodation,using only a piercing gun,no sterile wipes,from what i remember tho the jewelry was 9ct gold at least and individually wrapped and sealed so presumably that was sterile.
what i do know now,is that piercing guns are an absolute no,no when it comes to any kind of piercing(including the upper ear lobe so a friend who claims to be in the kno tells me).
worst case scenario being from piercingf guns and poor practises that the nerves(in this case when piercing the nose)on one side of your face can be shot to hell resulting in permanent irreversible damage.
i actualy went back twice after that(was nowhere at that time other than this girl that i knew of who did this and for the bargain price of £5 all in
)same thing with gun.guess i was very lucky.
had upper lobe done at one point with gun too in a hairdressers of all places for a few pounds.that was well into the popularity boon of piercing when it all exploded big style and your mum wanted to go with you so she could get her eyebrow done
;but even then the service differed from place to place and it seemed anybody with a piercing gun was willing to "have a go".
its why i wanted to make it very clear that what i did,by effectively re-piercing my tongue pretty much myself,was not advisable at all and to avoid it just buy a few extra tongue bars and keep them handy.again with this i find i was very lucky not to have done some damage to nerves etc.
if i were you id give up on what this "piercer" has done and take it out and concentrate on getting rid of infection she stupidly has not prevented.then make a point of warning everyone you can about her.dont think theres much else you can really do apart from that.most of them now refuse to pierce you at all unless you sign a waiver anyway.
piercing is really very common down here.theres 4 off the top of my head just in the town centre area itself.and its very much a way of life for a good proportion of the people in the alternative scene here so theres always someone talking about the newest shocking import from the usa.
is one of the things ive found a little suprising on this forum here-that piercing etc isnt the norm mainly because of my experiences that goth/darkwave and the other genres of music and the cultures which stem from it tend to also have a strong alternative lifestyle/image too.
not that im complaining;far from it.the fact that im on here everyday since registering(just about )is testament to how highly i rate it and its members).has just taken me somewhat by suprise
oh dear,umm wandering hopelessly off topic
.humble apologies
never heard it put like that you cheeky good for nothing youngster .... why I`ll show you ... just you wait till I`m mayor .. then I`ll show you how tough I am 
. i had figured that it was protocol nowadays to use the numb stuff,unless you requested not?