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Too old to get my ears pierced?

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Afrodizziac · 22/06/2009 11:31

Please talk me out of it! Or not - gimme some good reasons!!

I have never been brave enough to get my ears pierced, but now I'm considering it - at 40! I've had my hair cut quite short recently and reckon dangly sparkly lovely earrings will soften my look a bit/ make me look feminine (barf- that sounds like my mother!).

Where would one go for such a 'procedure'?

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Bettymum · 22/06/2009 11:54

My mum got hers done at 40.
I got mine done at 16 which is years ago, I just went to our local chemist. They have the proper gold studs and they sell surgical spirit . You don't want to do it with cheap nasty studs or you might run the risk of getting an infection or allergy.

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Afrodizziac · 22/06/2009 11:55

Did it hurt? [coward emoticon]

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Ivykaty44 · 22/06/2009 11:59

claire's do ears and then clean every day with surgical spirit to stop infections.

No it doesn't hurt, get your two nails and pinch the skin hardish on the other hand - thats about twice what it feels like.

harleyd · 22/06/2009 12:00

do not go to claires
go to a piercing studio and have it done with a needle

Bettymum · 22/06/2009 12:02

No, it really doesn't hurt - maybe for about a second but that's it. Clipons hurt a heck of a lot more!
Go for it. A whole world of sparkly loveliness will open up for you .

lilolilmanchester · 22/06/2009 12:10

Go for it! A friend's DD had hers done at House of Fraser and friend was very impressed with them. Am taking DD there next year to have hers done.

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Afrodizziac · 22/06/2009 12:21

Thanks, all! Sounds positive all round - even DH said he had nothing much against it, so I'm all out of excuses!!

Lilo - I didn't know House of Fraser offered that. Thanks, will investigate!

Bettymum - I tried clip-ons and have some lovely ones, but boy oh boy do they hurt!!

Harleyd - is a needle better than those gun thingies? is a piercing studio a tattoo parlour? [old fogey emoticon]

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harleyd · 22/06/2009 12:31

yes a lot of tattoo studios have attached piercing studios

put it like this...do you really fancy having the blunt end of an ear-ring shot through your ear at brute force
its a needle for me everytime!

bishboschone · 22/06/2009 14:26

I had mine done at 32 ish..just cause i fancied wearing hoop earings..was fine ..had them done at claires didnt hurt much..well on the scale of childbirth it was painless!!

Galava · 22/06/2009 14:38

My SIL had hers done at 40.

Just in time to get some big diamond dazzlers !

I must admit, after having mine done at 13 I did think this was rather late in the day ...

TrillianAstra · 22/06/2009 14:46

It's easy, doesn't hurt too much even with the gun thing. If you think you might be wimpish then ask them to get two guns and two assistants and do both at once!

Remember to clean them every day!

PrettyCandles · 22/06/2009 14:53

When my mum had her ears pierced in her 40s, the piercing made a most revolting, loud, CRUNCH noise. Apparently that's the result of wearing tight clip-on earings for 20 years!

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Afrodizziac · 22/06/2009 14:55

Hmm, two guns? Sounds too scary!!

I didn't cope too badly with childbirth and this can hardly be worse, no?

Nope, I'm going to be brave and visit HofF on Friday and emerge glamorous! I'll report back...

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jeminthedark · 22/06/2009 14:58

Love this thread- opposite to the babies with pierced ears...

Go for it!!

jeminthedark · 22/06/2009 14:59

Look forward to your report back!!

smurfgirl · 22/06/2009 15:19

House of Fraser are good.

Lots of people say you should have it done with a needle but honestly I found it more painful that way than having them pierced with a gun (have had lots of ear piercings!).

Don't go to Claires.

Ask for solid gold earrings not plated gold earrings. You have to wear them for 6-8 weeks so chose some you are ok with wearing for that length of time. If you go to a proper piercing place you may have more choice of metals, titanium etc.

Once you have had them done you need to wear earrings reasonably frequently for a year or so or else they will heal up.

Seeline · 22/06/2009 15:22

I had mine done when I was 13 - and my mum had hers done too - she was 43! Go for it - a never endng supply of birthday/christmas pressies.

TrillianAstra · 22/06/2009 16:00

They're not really guns you know, more like staplers, but loaded with earrings instead of staples.

MrsSeanBean · 22/06/2009 21:28

I got my ears pierced when I was 30 in House of Fraser. Didn't hurt at all, just a sort of thud sensation and then numbness. No problems afterwards. Am happy with vast earring collection which was denoed me during my teens by hyper-strict mother.

Go for it, OP, good luck

lilolilmanchester · 25/06/2009 20:04

have you had them done yet?
(BTW - I had my ears pierced by..... a dentist!!!)

morningpaper · 25/06/2009 20:11

My mum was 58

go for it

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Afrodizziac · 27/06/2009 11:41

I didn't get time yesterday, but may wander downtown late afternoon today to look for a piercing studio.

I've been spotting lovely earrings in jewellers' windows so it is still All Systems Go!

Wow, MorningPaper, what made her go at 58?

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mrsdisorganised · 27/06/2009 11:45

My mum did it when she was 48! Go for! Too old, bah

IneedacleanerIamalazyslattern · 27/06/2009 12:28

My gran got hers done when I got mine first perced 17 years ago so she would have been 70 then she seen mine thought it looked nice and she had always fancied it so she went for it, my mum got a 2nd set pierced the same day and she was 43 at the time.

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Afrodizziac · 08/07/2009 18:29

Finally I'm the proud owner of two holes in my earlobes (one each - baby steps!!) - and it didn't hurt one little bit!

One tiny concern is that the nice man in the jewellery store got ME to tell HIM where to put the piercing. What do I know?! I hope they're in the same position for both ears, but hopefully no-one will notice if not!!

Now I have to wear these studs for 6 weeks, and then I can push the boat out and start wearing fabulous dangly sparkly jewels, dahlings!

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