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Ear lobe piercing for 10yr old DD swimmer

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Reginaphalangeeeee · 11/07/2025 12:59

Please advise…
Do I really need her to stay out of the water for 4-6 weeks?
She is 10 and desperate to get ears pierced which I agreed for her 10th birthday.
She is a competitive swimmer so swims at least 4 times a week which is unlikely to change any time soon.

I rang a well rated tattoo and piercing place. They said 6 weeks no swimming?
Eek. What to do?
Maybe easier over summer holidays as I can get her to clean them more often?

Any advise?

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MauriceTheMussel · 11/07/2025 13:14

The sea is better! When I had a conch piercing, the advice was the bathe in warm salt water.

I had my lobes done about 30 years ago, with a gun, in the 90s when there was zero aftercare advice however!

Dontwanttobeanebsnamum · 11/07/2025 13:12

I’m interested in answers too. The place I’ve booked said stay out of the water until fully healed but which could be 10 weeks. I’m also interested in if the sea is worse (blue flag beach).

Finteq · 11/07/2025 13:11

I was gonna keep mine off swimming for 2 weeks after.

But think it's best to speak to the piercing place to see what they say.

But her new High school have said no earrings at all regardless of its a PE day or not. Not even studs.

So we've decided she will just have to wait now until after high school.

We were gonna to do at the start of summer holidays so she would keep them in for 5 weeks before school in case e she needed them out for PE.

Anyway will see if her younger sister wants to get them done. Older one was too sacred until very recently. Then needed to wait for some surgery. Then were waiting for summer.

Now will wait til after high school.

Monvelo · 11/07/2025 13:08

My DD had hers pierced with a needle and was told there's no need to stay out of the water. She did for a couple of weeks though just because I'd timed it in anticipation that she would need to.

boulevardofbrokendreamss · 11/07/2025 13:07

Have a look around and see if any of her club mates have theirs done. I remember having to wait until after the summer holidays to get mine done.