Piercing Ears

[Karen]

I worked at an Earring Tree, and did a few babies even younger. The youngest was 1 week old, her mom held her facing forward, she was sound asleep, I did one ear, she made a little squeak noise and flopped her head to the side so I could do the other.

As long as you will be careful about keeping them clean and rotating them, etc., I see no harm in it. As Laura said, it's quite common in some cultures.

Usually, the youngest we would do a child old enough to squirm was 4 years old if there was only one employee in the shop. For a two-year-old, it was best to have two people, one for each ear, to get it done all in one shot. The funniest incident regarding people being afraid was one evening, I was working by myself, and a little girl approached the counter, Mom following. "My name is Rachel, and I am 4 now," she proudly stated, "and ready to get my ears pierced." Mom consented, they picked the studs, and Miss Confidence hopped up on the stool. I marked her ears with the marker, showed her in the mirror, "Yup!" she said. So I did one ear, then the other, she barely even moved. She was so excited to see her earrings in that she practically was skipping when she left.

Well, unnoticed by Rachel, lurking outside the corner of the booth were three guys, all over 6 feet tall, and one turned to other - the one most obviously 'drunk for courage' and said "Man, now you GOTTA do it! That little girl just shamed you into it!" He had apparently been wanting to get an earring for so long that his friends said they were sick of him talking about it, and it was time to do it!

[Husky_mom]

it´s very common here to do a babies ears pretty much as soon as born....

I rather have it that way.... more tolerance to pain... and they heal faster...

and in the case they don´t want earrings just take them off and they´ll close again...

I´m happy with mine but I would be such a wuss getting them done now when your nervous system is more sensitive .... OUCH!!.... (IMO)

besides a baby earring is way too small so "they" don´t have to worry about them.... I mean I wore the same earrings till I was like 5 then another pair till like 18 and until now I can change my earrings according to what I wear

[Catsnclay]

She was so excited to see her earrings in that she practically was skipping when she left.

Well, unnoticed by Rachel, lurking outside the corner of the booth were three guys, all over 6 feet tall, and one turned to other - the one most obviously 'drunk for courage' and said "Man, now you GOTTA do it! That little girl just shamed you into it!" He had apparently been wanting to get an earring for so long that his friends said they were sick of him talking about it, and it was time to do it!

LOL - men can be such chickens sometimes!!!


I had my ears done when I was 13. My mother's friend took an ice cube, froze my lobe then took a large needle (crochet? or something like that) and pushed it through to a cork. Did both my ears that way - it was painless. It was not the most sterile way to do it, but I never got infections.

Years later I got another hole in my left ear by one of those guns. Then several years later I finally matched the right ear with a 2nd hole (gun again) I have never had an infection yet!