I'm getting mine done next week.
I have a some hog nose pliers if you want to borrow them.
Call me an old-fashoned focker ..... Once a woman gets beyond aboout 2 in each ear, they start loosing me. I REALLY start fading with lip-piercings, (either upper or lower), tongue studs, facial piercings (cheeks, nose, brows, etc).
I'm the same way over tats. A few small ones I'm cool with (wife has a butterfly on her calf-side, my best friend has a unicorn on each calf outer side, one on a butt-cheek, and one even more closely held (I have seen)). They start trying to do the "body-is-a-canvas" thing with tat after tat all over the place, I'm loosing interest at an alarming rate, no matter what they look like.