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This one is pretty simple.
It's mostly a question of whether you can find the right hole without a mirror.
It applies to anyone with pierced ears.

I don't have pierced ears, but I used to have pierced ears.  When I did, I could find the holes pretty easily even without a mirror.

Yep, I can find the right hole without a mirror.

The real challenge comes with small hoops and getting them to connect without some sort of post.

I have pierced ears and I can usually find them... But mostly I just want to have the right hole  :laugh: >:-) :laugh:

Why would you need a mirror???

My ear holes never healed right - I'm not sure if it was an allergy or what, but no amount of time (and no level of gold purity) ever stopped the crusty discharge or the tendency to close up if I went for more than 2-3 days not wearing earrings. So when I wanted to wear them, after I gave up keeping them in all the time and was only wearing them occasionally, I had to stab the earrings through the layer of scar tissue in the center. Which required a mirror.

Quote from: kyril on July 18, 2010, 08:17:09 PM
My ear holes never healed right - I'm not sure if it was an allergy or what, but no amount of time (and no level of gold purity) ever stopped the crusty discharge or the tendency to close up if I went for more than 2-3 days not wearing earrings. So when I wanted to wear them, after I gave up keeping them in all the time and was only wearing them occasionally, I had to stab the earrings through the layer of scar tissue in the center. Which required a mirror.

try stainless steel.

in between 'easily with a mirror" and "blindfolded"
my one set of holes i can do without seeing them since they're 2 years old, whereas the other ones are only a year old, and aren't fully healed yet.
(gold reactions, mutiple infectinons, slow healing in general)

I actually do it close to being blindfolded.  I close my eyes and just feel for the holes.  And they just glide in.  ;D

Quote from: insanitylives on July 18, 2010, 09:06:20 PM
try stainless steel.

in between 'easily with a mirror" and "blindfolded"
my one set of holes i can do without seeing them since they're 2 years old, whereas the other ones are only a year old, and aren't fully healed yet.
(gold reactions, mutiple infectinons, slow healing in general)

Meh, I never really wanted pierced ears anyway :) So uncomfortable...and besides, the last thing I need to do is draw attention to my freakish Dumbo ears.

Well then, it works for you. I'm too stubborn to give these things up.

I got both of my piercings last year. Other than cleaning I rarely remove the silver balls from the one piercing

But I switch about ear rings on the lower first piercing daily and take the danglers out at night

Most of the time I can put them in without hardly thinking about it, but sometimes I have to look

When I used to have 'normal' sized lobes I could put the earings in without a mirror. Now my lobes are bigger they're even easier  :P

Mostly no mirror but I have one pair, of course the most gorgeous, that have a loop clasp, bit like inverted U, the dangly bit is attached to one part of the U and the closing clasp to the other, they are naughty girls to put in :laugh: :laugh:

Cindy

I used to have my ear pierced when I was in 5th grade and I never used a mirror to put in the earring :P
Can't wait to get both my ears pierced though!

Quote from: andthenwekisss on July 21, 2010, 04:21:20 AM
I used to have my ear pierced when I was in 5th grade and I never used a mirror to put in the earring :P
Can't wait to get both my ears pierced though!

Truly good fun. I love my pierced ears they help me through the down times. And ear ring shopping is awesome :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Cindy

Quote from: CindyJames on July 21, 2010, 04:25:03 AM

Truly good fun. I love my pierced ears they help me through the down times. And ear ring shopping is awesome :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Cindy

I enjoy earring shopping even without pierced ears haha. Whenever I'm in Claire's with my sister or bestie we always check out the earrings and jewelry haha

Quote from: andthenwekisss on July 21, 2010, 04:34:32 AM
I enjoy earring shopping even without pierced ears haha. Whenever I'm in Claire's with my sister or bestie we always check out the earrings and jewelry haha

Jewelery, handbags, shoes, ear rings, clothes. So much shopping, so little time, so little money . BTW what is Claire's? I'm in Australia

Hugs
Cindy

Quote from: CindyJames on July 21, 2010, 04:39:04 AM
Jewelery, handbags, shoes, ear rings, clothes. So much shopping, so little time, so little money . BTW what is Claire's? I'm in Australia

Hugs
Cindy

YES Purses and shoes!!! <3 <3 <3 We understand each other!

And Claires is a little store in our malls, in USA, they are geared towards tween girls but they have some cute accessories. They pretty much just sell cheap jewelry and stuff. Some purses and hats but a lot of necklaces rings earrings and a bunch of other junk. Fun to look at haha

Yep, sure can do it blind folded (well I closed my eyes).  I only did it with one.  Someone pointed out to me today that I was missing one of my studs.

Stud type earrings, while I work, other earrings for general use and special ones for going to special functions.

Only ever had one set of piercings and that was done over twenty years ago.  Have thought about getting another set done.  Will see.

Now I have to hunt for that stud.

Kind regards
Sarah B

Quote from: Sarah B on July 21, 2010, 04:44:38 AM


Now I have to hunt for that stud.

Kind regards
Sarah B

I thought we were talking about earrings? >:-) >:-) >:-)

Cindy

Like 6 weeks after my piercing I tried to replace the tiny permanent studs with a crappy, 10k gold, larger stone stud for permanent wear. after wearing it for 30 hours or so my ears got really, really upset... it took almost a year and a half for my piercings to perm.

I rarely wear earrings today. In fact, I don't know where my favorite pair are (somewhere in the bathroom closet - i threw them at my jewelry box but it was closed, so they bounced off) right now. I've been meaning to get another set for like a year and a half, but... it would mean having to wear those damn things for another year, and the pus/scabbing/seeping/bleeding would probably be unappealing to my girlfriend.

Quote from: CindyJames on July 21, 2010, 04:52:05 AM
I thought we were talking about earrings? >:-) >:-) >:-)

Cindy

I was talking about two studs talking in each of my ears :laugh: ;D :D

Kind regards
Sarah B

I had my ears pierced on teh 15th of jan this year and since then they've mostly been well behaved. They have infected maybe two or three times but it's only this last time that it has been a worry. I currently have a puffed up left ear lobe which is effecting my sleep as it hurts when I roll over. I'm keeping it clean and it seems to be better than yesterday.

For the past month or two I've tried taking them out to clean them but it feels like they are stuck in a little groove that they won't pop out of. I don't know how to get them off.. I've tried pulling as hard as I can but nothing.

Once my left ear has healed I'm going to try again and maybe be a little more demanding with them. They have to come off sooner or later!! :S

For people having trouble with their piercings - wear titanium, don't move or touch your piercing if you can help it and clean 1-2 times a day with a sea salt soak (1/4 teaspoon of sea salt in a mug of hot water) it can be uncomfortable to bend your neck to soak your ear so you may want to put a towel on your shoulder and hold the mug to your ear as tight as you can. You can also do chamomile soaks is it's just agrivated, sea salt soaks are mostly for healing piercings but if it's mostly healed but pissed off put a chamomile tea bag in a mug of hot water and soak it like with the sea salt soak.

Also if they are swollen take ibuprofen.

i got  an orbital in one lobe, and that's really a pain to change/clean.... like you now it fits, but won't go back in for ****...
it looks nice though^^

In the US, Claire's (http://www.claires.com/) rocks.
Most of their stuff is geared towards "tweens", but some of their stuff is surprisingly sophisticated.
Wet Seal (http://www.wetseal.com/), Forever 21 (http://www.forever21.com/) and H&M (http://www.hm.com/us/) sometimes have neat stuff cheap.

In Canada, I head to Ardene (http://www.ardene.com/) for cheap earrings.

Don't forget the dollar stores either, they often have good remnant stock.

Quote from: Renate on July 21, 2010, 07:16:31 AM
In the US, Claire's (http://www.claires.com/) rocks.
Most of their stuff is geared towards "tweens", but some of their stuff is surprisingly sophisticated.
Wet Seal (http://www.wetseal.com/), Forever 21 (http://www.forever21.com/) and H&M (http://www.hm.com/us/) sometimes have neat stuff cheap.

In Canada, I head to Ardene (http://www.ardene.com/) for cheap earrings.

Don't forget the dollar stores either, they often have good remnant stock.

haha. NO.
Most of this jewelery is poor quality and generally has nickle and/or lead in it, no matter if it says "nickle free" or not.
It's cheep, but you're getting what you pay for.

I can usually find my piercing holes very easy, well used to it, my bridesmaid pick out a beautiful pearl bride set for my wedding in a few weeks time which includes a pearl necklace, bracelet and matching earrings, the earrings have a straight pin with a clip backing, they are absolutely gorgeous, very elegant and feminine, sometimes diamond earrings can be over the top, pearls are simple but very pretty, fit for a lady lol
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Quote from: pretty pauline on July 26, 2010, 05:15:27 PM
I can usually find my piercing holes very easy, well used to it, my bridesmaid pick out a beautiful pearl bride set for my wedding in a few weeks time which includes a pearl necklace, bracelet and matching earrings, the earrings have a straight pin with a clip backing, they are absolutely gorgeous, very elegant and feminine, sometimes diamond earrings can be over the top, pearls are simple but very pretty, fit for a lady lol
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Have to have some pics of the wedding. What dress have you got? What sort of wedding is it. Need the Gos Honey.
Oh and of course congratulations. You are one very lucky lady :eusa_dance: :eusa_dance: :eusa_dance:

Hugs
Cindy

Fumbling, even with a mirror... my ears were pieced when I was a baby, when I used to wear earrings I could easily put one in but the other side was weird, like the hole wasn't straight. Also, I noticed because they were pierced so early my ears grew differently and the holes aren't even. Doesn't matter though, I haven't wore earrings in at least a decade.

Quote from: CindyJames on July 27, 2010, 03:34:29 AM

Have to have some pics of the wedding. What dress have you got? What sort of wedding is it. Need the Gos Honey.
Oh and of course congratulations. You are one very lucky lady :eusa_dance: :eusa_dance: :eusa_dance:

Hugs
Cindy

We're having a Civil Partnership Wedding Cindy, I live in old fashion conservative Ireland, anyway my dress is a strapless & sleeveless, the hemline just goes below my knee (tea-lenght) the fabric is satin with a beading design on the bodice, I was a little worried being strapless and sleeveless, hopeing its not too revealing lol, Iv DD boobs, the dress has a build in bra with support pads so I won't have to wear a bra, with the good support my boobs look instantly bigger, Im going on the advice of my bridemaid who says it complements my cleavage lol, the dress comes in 4 colours, white, ivory, champagane and pink, I didn't want white so my dress is pink, if its chilly on my big day Iv a nice pretty jacket with feathers, I think the dress and jacket suit my skin tone, to complete my look Iv a beautiful white lace parasol with pink trims, just so nervous, thank you for asking.
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