I now dont bother to use my fingertips anymore as the need for bg testing due to pumping, was starting to get on top of me. Earlobes are ok if you have large ones that are hidden by long hair but sometimes its difficult to stem the blood droplet so a piece of tissue against the earlobe helps. Arms are okish and dont hurt at all but tends to leave marks that are ok in winter when covered up but not so in summer when walking about in a t shirt or short sleeve shirt.
At the moment, I am using the area around my nail bed on my fingers as only need a setting of 1 or 2 on my fingerpricker and the blood droplet is good enough for my teststrips ......Aviva. Other brands of teststrips that need a small amount of blood are available like Freestyle Lite are good as only a weeny pinprick is needed.