My tip for comfortable earrings for sleeping in

[ChickenVindaloo2]

Hey all,

I bought some stud earrings online t'other day. When I got them, I found the "posts" were quite long and poked into my neck when I was in bed. (I'm lazy and don't like to put in earrings every morning but I think I look unfinished without them)

Well, I just held them firmly and chopped off the ends with nail scissors! Now they are comfy to wear!

Sorry if this is obvious but I'm v pleased with myself!

[HowardMoonsJazzTrumpet]

Posts, not stems

[HowardMoonsJazzTrumpet]

I never sleep in earrings. I mostly wear pearls and they are too delicate to sleep in, plus the stems would dig in to my neck/behind my ears.

[dannyglick]

The only earrings that I can sleep in comfortably, or even wear comfortably throughout the day without my ears getting sore and itchy, are the andralok ones, which I've only ever seen in Argos.

[CallarMorvern]

What size posts do you have for those labrets? 6mm or 8mm?

6mm length, I wear 1mm width, but 1.2mm are fine too. Screwing the balls on (😲!) can take a bit of practice, make sure you do it somewhere you can find the ball if you drop it, as they are tiny.

[megletthesecond]

I always take mine out when I shower anyway so I've never slept in them.

[Girlwithnotattoos]

Littlemissindifferent you can buy them at some some jewellers, or just google leverback earnings, Amazon have loads in silver and gold (I bought some lovely pearl &silver ones on there a few weeks back for £20)

[tatyr]

I wear tiny nose studs, which have a tiny ball shape on the back. They very seldom fall out, as they are so small they don't catch on anything. (Years of working in healthcare and children have put paid to me wearing fancy earrings).

You can get them in multi packs in Claire's accessories

[Littlemissindifferent]

Girlwithnotattoos where can I get a pair like that, have been looking for ages

[toffee1000]

I don't sleep with earrings in. I don't know if it's the butterfly/whatever you call it at the back, but if I leave in a stud too long the back of my left ear gets painful. This could be because I fasten it too tightly, but I don't know.

[rollonthesummer]

I have always slept in earrings. I sleep in rings, necklaces and watch, too . Nothing has fallen off yet.

[Fuzzypeggy]

I don't think it's unusual to sleep with earrings in really, if you wear studs every day, it does make sense. I always sleep in mine because I have multiple holes in each ear and they always stay where they are (apart from when I change the bottom pair for some danglies, or when I take them out to clean them). I too have noticed long posts recently, the ones that spring to mind were from the z range at accessorise and were really long. I did wonder why.

[Touchmybum]

Why do you want to sleep with earrings in?

[ChickenVindaloo2]

I'm going to try the 6mm first as hopefully less likely to poke into my neck.
(if they don't fit then that means even my EARS are too fat!)

[rollonthesummer]

Labrets!

[rollonthesummer]

What size posts do you have for those landers? 6mm or 8mm?

[rollonthesummer]

I have worn earrings to sleep in for 35+ years and still have very neat unstretched holes! That has got to be down to wearing heavy earrings, surely?!

I agree OP that some earrings I've bought recently have really long posts-i wonder why?!

I like the look of those labrets though. Presume you can wear them in normal ear holes? They look like something to be worn in other piercings (eyebrows or something?) but suppose there's no reason not to wear them?!

[yellowstarlight]

It takes fewer than ten seconds to take them out and ten seconds to put them back in

[hugoagogo]

I have worn earrings for 38 years, I only take them out to change them or if they are annoying me in the middle of the night so maybe once or twice a year.
My piercing aren't stretched at all. I thought it was dangly or big hoop earrings that stretched them?

[everythingsgoingsouth]

CointreauVersial
think we are talking about studs, not hoops.

[LimpidPools]

Who told you that Ifonly?!

I've had my ears pierced for over 20 years, with earrings in for most of that time, but I've seen no signs of that happening so far.

[Ifonlyiweretaller]

Hmm. I was told you should never sleep in ear-rings as it will eventually elongate the holes because you may pull them when you move your head and the holes will stretch...

[ChickenVindaloo2]

I've ordered a pair of labrets just to see if I can get the knack of them!

Thanks!

[CointreauVersial]

I wear....sleepers.

I figured the clue was in the title.