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Not sure what topic this would be under. I had recently had my ears pierced a few weeks ago. I took the new earrings a few day ago as my ears was a bit sore. I noticed it seems I can't see the holes. Took me an hour or so just hunting the spot of the piercings. Ouch. Now I got starter earrings in there. They're small so they won't hurt as I sleep. I'll swap them out when I want to wear my pride earrings. Well it was my first time dealing with earrings issue like this lol.

That's a common problem.  They do say to leave the starter studs in for a few weeks. 

I had one hole close up on me and had to get it re-pierced. I had the original piercings done with a piercing gun at a hair salon, but I don't recommend that.  For the re-piercing, I went to a tattoo and piercing studio.  The guy looked as scary as the premises, but he was scrupulous about cleanliness, even changing gloves between ears and did a good job.

I still have trouble sometimes finding the holes.  To minimize that (and to minimize my own dysphoria) I keep earrings in at all times except when I sleep.  Around the house, I usually just wear small silver ball studs.  It makes a difference which earrings I wear, for getting them in.  The post sizes are different.  Getting a pair with fat posts in is difficult.  But once I have them in, changing to a pair with smaller posts is easy, because the holes are stretched out.

Quote from: Hinoiri on July 21, 2025, 01:19:01 PMNot sure what topic this would be under. I had recently had my ears pierced a few weeks ago. I took the new earrings a few day ago as my ears was a bit sore. I noticed it seems I can't see the holes. Took me an hour or so just hunting the spot of the piercings. Ouch. Now I got starter earrings in there. They're small so they won't hurt as I sleep. I'll swap them out when I want to wear my pride earrings. Well it was my first time dealing with earrings issue like this lol.

Hinoiri thanks for this which is a great question.

Are they okay now?

There are lots of videos and guidelines online about first earrings. Your starter studs should stay in for a good while: I left mine in for 6 months! Although some people say to clean with cotton buds you need to be careful with those. I used a little atomiser spray with a proper proprietary cleaner three times a day front and back of the lobe. Rotate the stud and gentle move it back and forth with the spray on it.

If they're sore then it likely means an infection, which is very common. If you had to take them out then leave the scar to heal then you can go again. This happened to me with one of my ears.

I always leave my standard earrings in 24/7. It's a bit harder with hoops but some people leave those in day and night too.

Good luck and keep it up. Earrings are great!

xx

I have 6 piercings. Every body piercing I've had I've kept the starter jewelry in for six months, which is about when they fully heal. There's a piercing aftercare spray I use in on my piercings. I've used it on all my piercings, and never had an issue.

I like the circular earrings that form a closed ring. I wear them 24/7 to keep my earring holes open.

Something like this:

https://www.amazon.ca/Thunaraz-Earrings-Hypoallergenic-Surgical-Cartilage/dp/B0DZ61N9N4/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=35TQJB0M4XQ5A&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.StnZXP8EIvqCyhm56L9IWPxnIxlteMYnKhVsQBYrpr4kV7kTtbFFb2tScTOFMXdTJjtRuvrp0MSnlsKU_wGwFanzycqLLX1jf0GYhVYANChYp3AdaWw1gNZt5IP3UjlBD6h5AGVogKfGww-1E0wHPDdNa4ciVet9SdBhcnMROG2uBtnpFcD_RPGykjZvgD675EXefr4UMQCiWh4BtavkJuboEYysnQ7DMoE-Fx5bwRyAr26ODYiqtZFZZ_LzO6IYJZ2JU8m8vIxQP5LQPPqt7lETiPof88luq08cKlMYWWQ.CrnENqct55LAkgFxfflUInQETvWOzYeHiSsJJFeNC2k&dib_tag=se&keywords=earrings&qid=1755135085&sprefix=earrings%2Caps%2C261&sr=8-2-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

Well I had a better time today. Because I sleep with the smallest earrings I had no problem switching to the bigger earrings and off again later in the day. I put the small earrings back in. Just one minute this time to find the holes. Before it was like a hour lol.

@Hinoiri you can check out the thread I only started a few months ago.  I didn't leave my starters in for six months.  I got them pierced back in November originally but my right ear got embedded so I had to go to the ER where the doctor was clueless about earrings (and he pushed my earring through my lobe like my ear was a blister pack for my progesterone pills), so I had to let the right heal for a month, then I got it repierced and within a month I had to pop the new starter earring out myself since it was starting to embed again.  So I took both out at the same time and now, 7/8 months later, my ears are fine and I have been wearing studs (mostly when I sleep), hoops and some "dangly" (Home Alone) popsicle earrings (the popsicles are the ones I get the most compliments on; I take my popsicle's and hoops out at night so that I don't tear my lobe by getting them caught on my pillow, otherwise that would be worse than embedding). 


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