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Dd 12 used a ear piercing gun off internet

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Sharonparren · 02/05/2024 22:08

Or should I say her friend did to pierce her and her friends and lots of other kids eat. Dd says it was sanitary and a new gun was used won her iv looked them up on Amazon. But I can’t be sure I’m worried. I may be being stupid but can blood borne viruses be passed this way? Or anything else
I’m so angry and annoyed

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Snugglemonkey · 02/05/2024 22:27

I see the upset, really I do. Plus, I see piercing threads on here and I always say, no guns, proper shop all the good stuff. Because it really is the good stuff! However, I am pierced quite a lot. My second pair of ear lobe holes were done by a friend literally pushing her studs in through my ear. Her studs she took out of her ear! No issue.

My 3rd set of holes in my lobes were at a sleepover. Another friend used a needle. The same needle to do 5 of us.

These are clearly v v unsafe practices, I will be steering my dc down safe paths. I am just saying that kids have been piercing themselves and one another forever. It is very rare for it all to go badly wrong.

So please try to relax.

Saz12 · 02/05/2024 22:25

Get DD to explain /show you which bits were reused and which bits replaced between children. I guess piercer didnt wear disposable gloves, so there could be a small risk.

Aah, DIY piercing brings back teenage memories... its a stupid thing to do but children are programmed to do dumb thibgs sometimes.