I had mine done when I was 15 - my mom thought pierced ears were dumb ( and in the 70's, ear lobes were ALL we pierced! LOL!) and would have stopped me if she knew.... She used to say 'If God had intended people to have holes in their heads, He would'a put 'em there Himself!"

Mom is EXTREMEMLY conservative and very opinionated (even more so, now that she's 81! LOL)

but I went to the mall with a friend, and paid for it myself - she didn't know. I had long hair, and managed to hide my ears from her for a week or so before she finally noticed. She made alot of comments, like "they're gonna get infected" or "you're going to catch an earring on something and tear your ear!" but she didn't make me take the studs out! I learned fairly quickly that I was allergic to cheap metals and with my sensitive skin, they DID get infected, a number of times over the years (usually from a reaction to the metal in the earrings).

I almost always wear 'wires' or hoops - because if I wear 'button' type earrings, or ones with a large backing, my ears can get a rash again. ( I have REALLY sensitive skin - I can't wear any jewlery tight to my skin, or a watch band tight to my wrist, either - it has to 'breathe' - be a loose band or 'bracelet' type watch)

I did learn, early on, to go back to the original 'studs' periodically, because the posts on those are thicker, and if you use wires or hoops all the time, the hole in your ear gets smaller, and then it streatches and hurts to go back to the large ones or heavier earrings.

I've now had them pierced so long that I don't have to wear earrings all the time, and can actually go for months without wearing them, and the holes don't close.

I don't know if I would do it again - I do like my earrings, and it wasn't that painful ( they used a thing like a staple gun) - But at 45, I certainly don't need to put holes in anything else!


Laura