Quote from: Cindi Lane on September 23, 2013, 09:34:11 AM
I'm going to add a second set of pierced earring holes this weekend.   It was a big, but important step to get the first holes pierced (3 years) ago.

My loving Wife gave be a nice pair of Diamond Studs to celebrate my "second birth day" (My first time in public, fully presenting as myself, in the daylight, for multiple days ).

I really want to be able to show off her wonderful gift while also enjoying one of my many dangle or stud earring sets.

The only downsides I see are ;
-  Odd looks when presenting male, (could leave in just one set)
-  Trying to decide which combinations are A) Nice  B) Fun, C) Sexy, Etc.
     To many choices....  With 10 pair of earrings, that is over 3 million choices.

Hopefully I can get down to 4 sets (24 combinations) or 5 sets ( 120 combination) when I need to get dress in a hurry!

-Cindi

Just a little correction to your math, with 2 sets of holes and 10 choices for earrings, the correct number of choices for combinations is 90, not over 3 million.  With 4 choices it is 12 combos and 5 choices gives you 20 combos.  I know what you used to calculate the combinations (10*9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1) unfortunately that isn't correct.  For a simpler way to look at it lets look at the options for 4 different choices (1+2,1+3,1+4,2+1,2+3,2+4,3+1,3+2,3+4,4+1,4+2,4+3) and there you have it 12 choices.  The way you are looking at it works only if the number of sets of holes you have equals the number of sets of earrings you have.

Sorry for the math lesson, if you don't care, please ignore.

i have three holes on each ear.

I had my ears pierced at age 14 (1963), much to my mother's chagrin - it just  wasn't done back then!

I seldom wear earrings unless I am going out formal or semi-formal.

I was lamenting this recently. I'll be getting mine pierced as soon as I can... which may mean out at work. I already have plans to get some swarovski studs first...

Approx 1-2 years away

All I want are boring single piercings in the center of my ear lobes so I can wear my Avon items in my ears where they belong, and not on my t shirt collars. Because while they look ok there currently, I am planning to ditch wearing polo tshirts made for men and thus, I will be increasingly wearing outfits not capable of indulging this neat little trick.

But like everything, I have been fudging and fiddling and not getting around to going to the store and asking to get it done.

I have both lobes, and then 2 on the top/back side of my left ear and one in the top/front side of my right. I never change them though. They've been there for so long I don't really bother with them anymore. I also have my nose pierced. You can see it in my profile pic if you look real close. It just looks like a dot.

Quote from: <3 on September 28, 2013, 09:55:12 AM
Just a little correction to your math,
...

Hi <3
No Problem, I appreciate the correction.
And I really don't want 8 more sets of holes to fix my math!   

Hi Joules
Wonderful, I too purchased a few sets of small Titanium ball-stud earrings early on, I mostly wear the non-colored pair  (I also have a set in Blue and in purple).

Hi Tessa,
I had to buy some small plastic slide-on stoppers to keep from losing earrings with french hooks. When you buy a more expensive pair of post type, look for ones with a screw-on back
I agree, most people either don't notice or don't care about the details, only two people out of more than 50 I work with showed any sign they noticed when I started waring the small ball-studs.

-Cindi

Quote from: Cindi Lane on October 02, 2013, 02:51:55 AM
I agree, most people either don't notice or don't care about the details, only two people out of more than 50 I work with showed any sign they noticed when I started waring the small ball-studs.

-Cindi

I do hope to do this at some point before being out at work. I have a feeling I'm going to be labelled as "gay" before I come out, anyway... studs (either type, I suppose ) wouldn't do much more than reinforce that.

Thanks girl friends. It's funny I'll add 1 or 2 new holes & wear several earrings then when getting ready to go out I'll just use one earring in each ear. Guess I'm just a plain woman with one set of rings however I prefer large ones. Not sure, I just reopened the second hole & 2 earrings look nice. I should just slow down when getting dressed.

I always wear ear rings every day even doing the  cleaning but hardly ever wear make up or nail polish                         

I have a bad habit of leaving them in overnight

Pierced ears are going to be my 6 month HRT present. Others at 12 months. 

Quote from: Jessica Merriman on October 11, 2013, 04:29:33 AM
Pierced ears are going to be my 6 month HRT present. Others at 12 months. 

Good idea! I still think I may have to ensure I'm fully out first - no idea how many months on HRT that will be (hopefully between 6 and 12 somewhere). At some point, I feel like things like this are going to give the whole package away.
Still a loooong way off, though!

I want a set of swarovski studs for my first set, though... they should be pretty shiny... something like These.

Quote from: kabit on October 11, 2013, 05:37:53 AM
Good idea! I still think I may have to ensure I'm fully out first - no idea how many months on HRT that will be (hopefully between 6 and 12 somewhere). At some point, I feel like things like this are going to give the whole package away.
Still a loooong way off, though!

I want a set of swarovski studs for my first set, though... they should be pretty shiny... something like These.

Swarovski would be really classy! I had some 3/4 carat diamond studs with the standard clasps on them rather than the screw on stops. Big mistake, I was at the local shooting range and as I took off my hearing protectors one stud came flying out and was lost forever in the gravel. If they had been Swarovski's I would have shot myself right there. If you get expensive stones tell the sales person that you want screw on stops, they will have it done and it's worth the extra few $$ and wait.

Quote from: Shantel on October 11, 2013, 09:34:20 AM
Swarovski would be really classy! I had some 3/4 carat diamond studs with the standard clasps on them rather than the screw on stops. Big mistake, I was at the local shooting range and as I took off my hearing protectors one stud came flying out and was lost forever in the gravel. If they had been Swarovski's I would have shot myself right there. If you get expensive stones tell the sales person that you want screw on stops, they will have it done and it's worth the extra few $$ and wait.

Swarovski are relatively cheap, too Still... definitely a good point about screw-ons. Is that an option for *any* earrings, or just at a jewelers?

(And damn... I wonder what people would say if I did it now.... )

I got my first (and only for now) two holes done with autoclave in February, and I seem to have rather bad allergic reactions to copper and other metals. In the moment I get home I remove the earrings and put titanium piercings to keep the holes from closing. In the end, the piercings are what I wear 90℅ of the time.

I'm planning on getting two additional holes for "auxiliary earrings" next to the existing ones, but right now I'm aiming for the navel piercing, if I ever get a flat abdomen.

Quote from: kabit on October 11, 2013, 09:57:48 AM
Swarovski are relatively cheap, too Still... definitely a good point about screw-ons. Is that an option for *any* earrings, or just at a jewelers?

(And damn... I wonder what people would say if I did it now.... )

Somewhere in the foggy recesses of my brain I was thinking they were diamond, but come to think of it Swarovski is crystal. Usually any jeweler offers the screw-on option, suppose you'll have to ask the sales person, in any event you can take them to a jeweler and they can have it done for you. Best to wait and see if you are allergic to the posts like Apple Sprout points out, I know that my ears only tolerated gold posts only. I don't wear earrings anymore and let the holes grow shut, but do have a history of having worn them in the past. I know this sounds weird here of all places, but I was getting tired of being ma'am-ed so much and took them out because I don't self identify as a woman full time. Just androgynous will be sufficient!

Quote from: Shantel on October 11, 2013, 10:27:27 AM
Somewhere in the foggy recesses of my brain I was thinking they were diamond, but come to think of it Swarovski is crystal. Usually any jeweler offers the screw-on option, suppose you'll have to ask the sales person, in any event you can take them to a jeweler and they can have it done for you. Best to wait and see if you are allergic to the posts like Apple Sprout points out, I know that my ears only tolerated gold posts only. I don't wear earrings anymore and let the holes grow shut, but do have a history of having worn them in the past. I know this sounds weird here of all places, but I was getting tired of being ma'am-ed so much and took them out because I don't self identify as a woman full time. Just androgynous will be sufficient!

Well... I suppose it's a ways off, yet. I still wonder... and I'd be OK with people thinking I'm gay at work... they're bound to reach that decision anyways. I probably overestimate them, but inside I don't think I do!

I wonder about this metals allergy, though. I think the silver Swarovski are Rhodium.

On the plus side... I can hit the Swarovski store in Providence Place Mall, head to a jeweler's if I need to, and straight to Claire's or the like. One stop shopping ~ and my sister might love to do that with me (once I'm further along, she certainly would). Another one of those things I'm not ready for but want to do soooo badly! (I'd love being Ma'amed, too... but that's not soon either). I should probably at least get the nerve to go into a changing room before I start planning this sort of stuff out! For some reason, though... Jewelry (even earrings) sounds easier to do. I already bought a bracelet for me and my sisters (Alex & Ani, Star of Venus), since they and my brother are my biggest supporters.

@Kabit, I live in Canada, I went to Claire's for ear piercing (I didn't know if they were in the USA) about 6 or 7 years ago, the piercing & studs cost about $40. The studs I chose little silver balls, don't grab a lot of attention, but can't say people won't notice them. I only had one person , my wife's cousin occasionally asking what is going on. I just said I have seen a lot of guys wearing one or two, some are married, not a big deal & it is something I wanted to do. I asked a Claire's sales person if it is unusual to see a guy getting ears pierced & earrings. She said almost 50% of sales are guys. I was amazed. Look for earrings that say on the card non allergenic. Don't buy earrings with fairings (the stem) that are nickel coated as I believe they are the ones that cause allergies. The studs have to stay in for 6 months before you can reach the point of not having them in every day. Four months you may be able to take them out for a few hours. Three months you could try switching out briefly to try earrings if you bought some. The 6 months studs in is to maintain the hole so it won't close up. After 6 months I found over the years I may I may not have an occasion to wear them for more than a few weeks. I make sure I put earrings in before or at two weeks, not because the hole will close up, it sometimes takes some work & the hole is small to see. The piercing itself feels like a stab for a second & that is it, not painful. So you don't have to wait until going full time if you don't want to & really want to get your ears pierced.

Just me & some thoughts that might help.

Jamie

Thanks Jamie!!! Maybe that would be a nice start of HRT (full-on with E) present to give myself. I still like those Swarovski studs, but they may work better as a coming out present...

Also good - when I start HRT (+E) my hair will be quite long! It's just about down to the bottom of my ears now, if I pull it flat.