Earrings: Worth the piercing

[kaela2015]

my sisters harrassed me into getting my ears peirced when i was in elementary school and they were late middle/mid high schoolers. I was terrified as soon as i got to the little stand in the middle of the mall. i hid in a corner of the stand. the people who worked at the stand pretty much forced me to stand up and sit in the chair. then the told me they would do them one at a time and take a break between them to minimize pain. They told me to close my eyes, so i did, and they did them both at once. they didnt use anything to numb the pain.
it sucked. i hated it. and one of the earrings went in sideways so they almost peirced one of the muscles in my ear.
So when it came time to take out the earrings and put them back in, i could not put the earring back into that hole because it was at such a weird angle.
because of the experience and how horrible they were to me and how unsanitary the whole thing was i still have problems with my ear piercings to this day. (got my ears periced 7 or 8 years ago)
my ear holes pucker when you push on them from the back, and pus comes out and the hole is hard when you squeze it. its freaking disgusting. i use neosporin and peroxide and everything regularly but it never stops. recently i was cleaning my ear holes and the pucker kindof popped like a zit, and it wasnt hard anymore and pus wouldnt come out. the other ear was like usual, and after a few days the hardness came back to the ear which miraculously fixed itself.

I never even wear earrings. i have tons of them but i never wear them. its just not my thing. For me it was useless to get my ears done. I rarely find a pair of earrings i like and then i end up not even buying them because im never gonna wear them. the only reason i am wearing earrings right now is because i was trying on some of my earrings last night and they were hard to put in so i put in my studs. i woke up this morning and my ears were swollen. i took out the earrings (solid gold as previously suggested by the other lovely girls here), and it was painful to take out. one of my ears bled. I regret my harassment fueled decision to get my ears pierced.

If you think you are going to be able to make good use of earrings and be able to make it a consistent peice of your style, id say go ahead and do it. but if you are someone like me whose jewelry tastes lie in necklaces and a charm bracelet, dont.

hope this helped ~ kaela2015  

[Feezle]

The Giving Ninja

Feezle

My sister was ten when she got her ears pierced. Our family gave her a hard time when she refused to keep up with caring for it. cat_xp I'm a little afraid to get my ears pierced, because it sounds short, but painful. My sister said her ears were sore from the piercing. She might've been trying to scare me, so I am unaware of whether or not that was true. cat_xd

Aw xD Yeah, my mother gave me a hard time when I'd slip up on keeping them clean too. I won't lie, they would probably be sore for a few days after piercing, but as long as you keep them clean to prevent any infections, it'll go away pretty fast. I'd recommend getting it done on a Friday so you'll have the weekend to start healing, that way you won't be at school/work/wherever with sore ears.

But when most people talk about pain after getting their ears pierced, it's likely due to an infection from improper care and cleanliness. But all you really need to remember is spin and peroxide. biggrin  

[The Giving Ninja]

kaela2015

You poor thing! My sister got her's done at a hair salon because lots of them do that. Hair stylists do great jobs because they can be held liable, unlike stand-people. I'm sorry about your ears. By the sound of it, you would have been better off doing it yourself. This is why hair stylists are good people to be friends with. whee

 

[The Giving Ninja]

Feezle

Mhmm. Fridays are awesome days. Well, my sister is so bad at cleaning her ears, so I guess that makes sense in why it hurt. 3nodding I'm still a little scared though. o.0

 

[Lashuri Chan]

I don't think they are worth it. I still can't get these damn studs out! emotion_donotwant

 

[kaela2015]

The Giving Ninja

kaela2015

You poor thing! My sister got her's done at a hair salon because lots of them do that. Hair stylists do great jobs because they can be held liable, unlike stand-people. I'm sorry about your ears. By the sound of it, you would have been better off doing it yourself. This is why hair stylists are good people to be friends with. whee

My papa is a hair stylist whee
He is the only one who is allowed to cut my hair. i call him my "personal hair stylist". He has only given me amazing. no matter who else i go to they cant do what he has done. i have to go to other places sometimes because its a 12 hour drive to go see my grandpa.
he owns a salon, and he is the best of the best ^u^
He could be a celebrity stylist is more people knew about him. hes been cutting hair his whole life ^u^  

[Ayniu]

The Giving Ninja

Are earrings worth the piercing, because the only earrings I found that were cute were feather earrings and crochet earrings.

In my opinion yes, it's worth it. It really doesn't hurt terribly (again, just giving my opinion here), and after the procedure is over, you can wear any type of earrings you want for the rest of your life. I was nervous about getting my ears pierced, but I wanted to wear earrings so bad that I decided I'd go through a few seconds of discomfort to be able to wear them. When I was younger than I was when my ears were pierced (which was probably about 12 years old), I used to think that I'd never want to get them pierced, but my mind changed, and not a day goes by that I regret it. =)  

[The Giving Ninja]

kaela2015

Yeah, my Uncle Johnny is a computer specialist, my Uncle Mark is a mechanical genius, and my dad's mind works so different from 99% of society that he can take two calls while typing up a report of the fifth call, while alert policemen to go to the third call. He works in San Jose, even though we live two hours away, and he is amazing. My grandma is the same as my dad, but is crazy over being organized. Wish we had a family stylist, though. whee

 

[The Giving Ninja]

Ayniu

Ooooh....now I kinda want them again. whee  

[Ayniu]

The Giving Ninja

Ayniu

Ooooh....now I kinda want them again. whee

I got mine pierced at Claire's (the store, in case that wasn't obvious. XD For all you know I could be referring to a person.) The everyday cleaning process wasn't a drag, and the healing wasn't painful at all. When the time came, I could wear earrings no sweat. 3nodding  

[Nu Sanniang]

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When I was young I really wanted to get my ear pierce but as I got older I just kinda "EH" I still don't have my ears pierce and actually when I do get something first it won't be my ear first xd I have no interest in them, so they'll probably be on my "last" to get pierce if I do decide to even get them pierce down the line.

 

[Isis Sister Of Osiris]

The advantage of pierced ears is that you can... wait for it...

wear ALL the earrings!

 

[kaela2015]

The Giving Ninja

my dad is a military computer specialist whee
Its good to have him around because my mom isnt exactly tech savvy, and my computer likes to contract viruses from browsing google and FB. XD
about a week ago when i was on the google homepage, some sort of spyware downloaded all by itself, without me clicking anything. my dad got rid of it super easily after screaming at me for downloading stuff, which i didnt.
And just last night the anti-virus software that my dad downloaded said i had like 8 trojans. i had just turned on my computer and i had hardly been on my computer all week. all were quarrentined so they couldnt do any damage (thank the higher powers!).
the only sites i get on are FB, Gaia, and i check DA and Figment every one to two days, and the occasional google to look something up (which i usually do on my phone anyways).

surprised thats some super multitasking! he must be a genious ^u^
Its always fun when you have family members who are oganized geniouses whee  

[Digital Fiend]

My bil's girlfriend didn't want her daughters' ears pierced until they're 16. But her oldest really wanted to get it done, so they went to Claire's. {She was 7, I think}.

The girls pierced the ears at the same time, and I'm told that her little feet started kicking and her face went red.

Afterwards her two younger sisters wanted to get their's done and she looked at them and said:

"Are you crazy? Did you NOT see what I just went through?!"

I got mine pierced at 6 months old. If I have a daughter I'll probably do the same, although I didn't wear earrings at all in middle/high school because I was afraid of people pulling them out.  

[Digital Fiend]

*Also, my friend is 25 and doesn't have pierced ears. I don't think she ever will, she likes earrings, but not enough to get them and wear them.

I won't wear heavy earrings. I have two pair that I never wear. One was a gift, the other are little coffins. Too heavy to enjoy though.