i found its not as much of a stinging sensation as the belly button, for me it was about the same as my ears. Of course it hurts a little, but really its not that bad. Just remember afterwards that eating can be awkward. I had to shove food right in the side of my mouth and down my throat a little cause it hurt to get it on the piercing. But that was only a couple of days then it was fine 🙂

I guess I was pretty lucky, I didnt come out with a lisp or clicking the bar on my teeth. The long bar is annoying, I admit I did bite down on it a few times, but once it’s changed to a shorter bar I have no troubles. Also,I can’t feel it in my mouth unless I have a larger ball on it..you only really notice it the first few weeks

i have a scaffold piercing and have had it for about 3 years now. Unfortunately i was too concerned with getting one and not really caring about who did it. I went to a piercer that was, well, known for not being the greatest, and she did my scaffold with one long needle. It did take a while to heal, I couldn’t sleep on it for weeks… but it didn’t help that I had to wear ear-muffs for work either, it was damned uncomfortable! No issue with scarring though.
All i did with mine was use a cotton-tip dipped in piercing solution and scrubbed off all the yucky crusties, and then another clean one dipped in the solution to give it a good clean… try not to wiggle it around with the crusties on it though coz it hurts!