Hey everyone!
So excited, I got my ears pierced yesterday! Janet and Patty gave me a small kick in the pants (or trousers in the Queen's English) and so I dolled myself up and headed for the nearest mall here in Florida. Was a bit nervous about going to my first mall trip as me, so I texted Britney and she talked me down and followed me virtually every step of the way. LOL. Thanks Brit!

Got to the mall and almost walked into Victoria's Secret because I, you know, could without being self-conscious. Except of course I'm too fat to have anything fit me in that store so I found a Piercing Pagoda, picked out some studs that came with "free" piercing and did the deed. However, since we are lawsuit-happy here in the states, I had to sign a waiver about ear care. In order to confirm my identity they asked for ID, which of course is still my "before" picture and name. Outed again, I think. The sales woman didn't seem to really look at my picture and didn't care either way, so next thing I knew I was in the seat and getting holes punched in my ears. Afterwards, walked out of the mall and a young man handing out pamphlets mam'ed me as the topper! Very happy!

So here is a pic. Sorry for the lousy quality as it is remarkably difficult to take a picture of your ear with a cell phone and have it come out decently. Tonight I'm going to a local karaoke bar! Remains to be seen if I have changed from wall flower to bold and brassy.

Congrats!!!

I remember when I got mine pierced ... I was 13 and I used my birthday money ... my mother took me and my best friend...my dad was livid

Sounds like you are progressing ... and becoming more confident... well done!  Your an inspiration!

Very cute Melody.
Hugs
Beth

Quote from: Rob on January 28, 2011, 12:19:16 PM
Congrats!!!

I remember when I got mine pierced ... I was 13 and I used my birthday money ... my mother took me and my best friend...my dad was livid

Sounds like you are progressing ... and becoming more confident... well done!  Your an inspiration!

Funny, I briefly considered taking my mom, but rejected that thought when I pictured my mom talking up a storm in spanish and mis-gendering me the whole way. It is kind of sad that so many of us experience the rights of passage of our second puberty without the same recognition and fanfare that should have been ours the first time around. That is why the support of you good people is so important.

I posted on Facebook after it happened and noted that taking care of a pierced earlobe is like when they give an egg to kids in school with instructions to look after it in an effort to simulate caring for a child. If I can't keep my earlobes from getting infected or closing up, no SRS for me! LOL!

Very cool!

I got mine done about 2 weeks ago. Yeah, the paperwork, sign here, initial here, it's ridiculous.

To me earrings always felt very feminine. I can't wait for them to heal so I can wear some different ones. No reason I can't start shopping for them. 

I feel your pain about Victoria's Secret, they have such cute stuff that I'm too fat to wear!

Congrats Melody! It didn't hurt anywhere near as bad you thought it would?

Don't get complacent about hygiene in your first two months or so of aftercare, since that could really put a damper on your ability to branch out to different earrings soon. It almost happened to me, but that was just a scare, so I stepped up my earring hygiene practices, and all's well.

Good luck!  Sometimes infection is inevitable.  I did every darn thing the people told me to do and my ears wound up horribly infected.  It turns out I'm allergic to the nickel in earrings.  And silver.  -.- I've had my ears pierced three times and it all failed so I gave up. XD

Ooo...our Victoria's Secret has a section for bigger women, which is nice.  (Not that I get to shop there, at least not without my mom. xD She likes to shop there.)  Maybe your store has an area like that?

Super cute!

Take good care of those ears! I got mine pierced almost a year ago now and had a few infections early on because I was too lazy to pay special attention to them. I learned the hard way. Now I take good care of them, even though they are healed.

It's so nice to be able to wear earrings though!

Yay, Melody.  See I told it wasn't going to hurt, much.

And they are really cute.

Thanks ladies! No, compared to laser, piece of cake. As for hygiene, they sent me home with ear care and I am following there instructions. Don't know what else to do. Hope that works.

That should work great. One of the big things is to not play with them too much for the first couple weeks by touching with your hands. I think maybe that was part of my problem too is that I played with them sometimes not thinking.

When I had mine done 20 plus years ago, I followed the directions and they have never closed up.  Just do what they said and you will be fine.