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To think this should not be for sale.

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teaandtoastwithmarmite · 05/10/2022 20:12

2 Pack Self Ear Piercing Gun Earring Disposable Ear Stud Gun Kit Sterile No Pain Ear Piercing Gun Kit Tool (AB Blue) amzn.eu/149WzCj
This has come up on my Facebook ads. I'm shocked. How can you buy a gun to pierce ears yourself? Is it me or is that terrible

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44PumpLane · 05/10/2022 20:17

To be honest this is surely no worse than going to get your ears pierced at Claires Accessories?!

I would never use this, or Claire's, but there will be a market for it (as demonstrated by the several thousand feedback scores) and to be honest if it was this or Claire's I'd choose this as I'd have more control over the shit show 😂

HappyHappyHermit · 05/10/2022 20:23

I used Claire's years ago and had absolutely no problems, I remember watching the girl clean everything beforehand etc. It wouldn't be for me to do it myself but most things can be bought so why not these I suppose.

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teaandtoastwithmarmite · 05/10/2022 20:31

I've also had mine done at Claire's but surely doing it yourself is a mistake. What if you align them wrong

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Mumoffairy · 05/10/2022 20:32

Its better than what i did. I got my ears pierced by a freind with a needle and teatree oil when i was 14 🙈

HighlandPony · 05/10/2022 20:34

Mumoffairy · 05/10/2022 20:32

Its better than what i did. I got my ears pierced by a freind with a needle and teatree oil when i was 14 🙈

Same. And did tattoos with a needle nicked from home eccy and Indian ink nicked from art in the girls toilets age 12. You can buy anything. Ear piercing guns, tattoo guns, belly button piercing needles etc. I’m not shocked.

Bumblefuzz · 05/10/2022 20:36

I pierced my 2nd and 3rd hole with these and it's really easy. Doesn't hurt at all. As long as you take hygiene precautions like disinfecting your ear and washing your hands, it's not really a problem. The earring does the piercing, the same way as a gun.

Administering my B12 injections is far more fiddly and more painful.

Pixiedust1234 · 05/10/2022 20:39

Its amazing what is legal to buy but really shouldn't be.

As an aside both DD had their ears pierced at Claires, no problem. One DD (hole grew over) went to a proper tattoo piercing place and ended up with blood running down her neck which didn't stop for an hour. They couldn't give a toss about her. It all depends on who does it, not where.

InCheesusWeTrust · 05/10/2022 20:41

I don't see why it shouldn't be on sale. Though for 6 quid I wouldn't expect it to pierce anything 😂 just fall apart while taking it out of packaging

maddening · 05/10/2022 20:41

Not only does it seem unsafe how ridiculous to have disposable plastic to facilitate it. We should be reducing disposable one use plastics.

Hotandbothereds · 05/10/2022 20:43

Bumblefuzz · 05/10/2022 20:36

I pierced my 2nd and 3rd hole with these and it's really easy. Doesn't hurt at all. As long as you take hygiene precautions like disinfecting your ear and washing your hands, it's not really a problem. The earring does the piercing, the same way as a gun.

Administering my B12 injections is far more fiddly and more painful.

Did you find doing them yourself easy or is it better to get someone to do it for you do you think?

I was thinking of getting a third but might just buy one of these instead.

misses point of thread entirely

eyeteevee · 05/10/2022 20:50

What if you align them wrong

Then you end up with wonky earrings. I don't think we need to stop selling them for that.

Notjusta · 05/10/2022 20:52

My niece did a couple of her's (and her friend's) piercings with these!

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teaandtoastwithmarmite · 05/10/2022 20:54

InCheesusWeTrust · 05/10/2022 20:41

I don't see why it shouldn't be on sale. Though for 6 quid I wouldn't expect it to pierce anything 😂 just fall apart while taking it out of packaging

Grin
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Flymetothezoom · 05/10/2022 20:54

Mumoffairy · 05/10/2022 20:32

Its better than what i did. I got my ears pierced by a freind with a needle and teatree oil when i was 14 🙈

My friend held a cold can of cola to
my ear and then shoved a stud through it, in the school toilets. No idea how I didn’t get an infection.

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teaandtoastwithmarmite · 05/10/2022 20:56

Clearly I'm U 😂. My DD had her ears pierced at Superdrug and one got hair wrapped round it so I had to take it out then when I put it back it it started to close up over the stud. Anyway I took her to a tattoo place and they sorted it and the guy went on about how places with a gun should be closed down so I was just shocked to see this.

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teaandtoastwithmarmite · 05/10/2022 20:57

@Hotandbothereds funny how I've actually accidentally given you an idea 😂

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lljkk · 05/10/2022 21:00

I did my ears myself (with needle). ok, but one is a little crooked.
My 3 holes done with a gun are all much better.

InCheesusWeTrust · 05/10/2022 21:02

I will beat you all. Mine were done by a doctor😂

Lots of gorsl at school were piercing second holes with lighter and a needle😐 ouch

QuietQuietBang · 05/10/2022 21:03

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 05/10/2022 20:31

I've also had mine done at Claire's but surely doing it yourself is a mistake. What if you align them wrong

I don’t think that that’s any more likely than the eighteen year-old at the shop getting it wrong.

When you say it shouldn’t be allowed, what law do you think is being broken?

RiftGibbon · 05/10/2022 21:08

Mumoffairy · 05/10/2022 20:32

Its better than what i did. I got my ears pierced by a freind with a needle and teatree oil when i was 14 🙈

Did a second lot in mine when rather inebriated, aged about 19, using the earrings I'd had them pierced with a few years previously.

silverclock222 · 05/10/2022 21:15

I need to buy one as my ears have partially sealed up and I'm not paying £50 to re-pierce them. Thanks for the post OP. Ordering now !

racquel86 · 05/10/2022 21:36

Have to say I've used them and pierced 3 holes, one in cartilage and no probs. 🤷🏻‍♀️ have to admit I'm not sure it's the wisest thing to do tho 🤣

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teaandtoastwithmarmite · 05/10/2022 21:37

@QuietQuietBang I didn't say any laws were being broken

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teaandtoastwithmarmite · 05/10/2022 21:38

silverclock222 · 05/10/2022 21:15

I need to buy one as my ears have partially sealed up and I'm not paying £50 to re-pierce them. Thanks for the post OP. Ordering now !

😂😂 glad to help!

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ladyofshertonabbas · 05/10/2022 21:38

What’s the alternative, a license needed to purchase an earring gun? It’s not a rifle.