Where do adults go to have their ears pierced?

[Cooldryplace]

Or anyone for that matter? The only place I now of locally is Claire's and I understand that's not recommended.

Can you even have your ears pierced atm, actually?

I had mine done in an independent jewellers shop when I was a teenager, but I don't think those kinds of places do it anymore? I took my earrings out when DC were babies and pulling at them and never put them back in. 20 years later the holes are well and truly healed, although you can still see where they were, and I have a new, sharp, short haircut that's crying out for some statement earrings.

Where do you go?

Local tattoo parlour

My sister just had some extra holes done at a tattoo parlour. It wasn’t cheap but they did a very good job.

Piercing studio. We have a few locally, some of them are also tattoo parlours.

Look for piercing studios. The type of places that do the weird piercings! They'll do ears too. There's a chain called Blue Banana that sells alternative clothes and has piercing studios. Tattoo places often have piercers too.

Tattoo parlour or piercing studio.

Oh. I'd feel very out of place walking into a tattoo parlour

Some hairdressers do them.

Just google piercing shops in your area, a lot of tattoo parlours also do piercing x

Tattoo place that has a piercer. I got 2 of my closed up holes in my lobes repierced. They use a needle. My earrings have a little ball at the back rather than a butterfly back

Usually tattoo studios will have a dedicated piercer who will do a wide range of piercings, not just the lobes and maybe helix like Claire’s. I’ve never known any to use a piercing gun in these places either which is great!
I’d have a look around your towns tattoo studios and see which ones have the best reviews. Most are doing piercings now but a few are specifying none under the mask.

@Cooldryplace

Oh. I'd feel very out of place walking into a tattoo parlour

Why? They arent full of burly blokes covered in tattoos

Tattoo studio with a good body piercer. Don’t get it done with a gun. You want someone to use a needle.

Piercing/tattoo shop definitely.

Beauty places often do them…the types of places that do eyebrows etc. Also I believe accessorise does them or some jewellery stores do.

I don't know. There's one within walking distance of here, in a parade of shops with the offy and fried chicken shops. Shutters over the windows at all times. It just doesn't look very friendly.

Local piercing studio. Took teen dd to have her ears pierced recently, now want my second set of lobe holes redone. Much cleaner and better as they use a sterile needle and have proper training rather than a teenager in a hairdressers or Claire’s.

What wrong with Claires?
Had some extra holes done a few weeks ago and not had any problems

@prampushingdownthehighst it's not using a sharp needle, the gun can't be cleaned properly, they have little training, it's expensive...

They arent properly trained in Claires and they use a piercing gun rather than a needle

And yes to tattoo shop/piercer
We had a fab one nearby, I had my lip pierced there. She would say big breath in, and out, and as you breathed out she would do the piercing. Barely hurt

@Cooldryplace

I don't know. There's one within walking distance of here, in a parade of shops with the offy and fried chicken shops. Shutters over the windows at all times. It just doesn't look very friendly.

Look around for a different one then if that one doesn't look inviting

Ask around for recommendations? Plenty of people have tattoos these days, not only bikers/metalheads :) I've always found piercing places are more friendly than they seem.

Local tattoo/piercing place. The guy I see is all tattooed up and is always very pleasant and I don't feel out of place at all (48yr woman).

One of the jewellers does it here.

Article about why needles are better than guns for piercing:
www.google.com/amp/s/ookyspooky.uk/news/2020/03/02/needle-piercing-vs-gun-piercing-why-i-refuse-to-use-guns/amp/