DD1 would like her ears pierced...

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withaspongeandarustyspanner · 03/12/2013 19:54

Is it better to go to a piercing/tattoo studio or somewhere like Claire's (but not necessarily Claire's) or go to a beauty salon?

Have any of you got recommendations?

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purplebaubles · 03/12/2013 19:57

Piercing/tattoo studio - without question.

yegodsandlittlefishes · 03/12/2013 19:59

Jewelery shops are good.

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withaspongeandarustyspanner · 03/12/2013 20:03

Presumably, Claire's, Jewellery shops and beauty salons will all use the gun device.

I've got a few piercings (mostly done with guns), though my one cartilage piercing was done in a piercing studio. I know that the gun method is fairly painless in lobes - my cartilage hurt but I guess that's because it was cartilage. Have any of you had lobes done in a piercing studio?

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Facebaffle · 03/12/2013 20:03

We used Claires and found them to be really good. 2 girls did the piercing, one on each ear, so there was no backing out once one ear had been done.

We got some sterile solution and an aftercare leaflet.

mysteryfairy · 03/12/2013 20:08

How old is DD1? When DD got her ears pierced I struggled to find a piercing studio that didn't just use a gun for ears anyway and when I did they wouldn't pierce children under 12 (DD was 11). I took her to my beautician who I trust implicitly, but who uses a gun. The environment was nice and private and at least it was someone DD knew. No issues at all with the piercings.

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withaspongeandarustyspanner · 03/12/2013 20:26

She's 8 and a half. Ah - OK. I'll speak to the studio here and see what they say. I've never had an issue with piercings with a gun myself, I'd just read something here previously (don't really remember what, now) that prompted me to ask.

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applecrumbleandcream · 03/12/2013 22:11

There's information on the Claire's website about ear piercing if it's of any help

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