Take a deep breath and stick the piercing needle smoothly through your ear. Make sure it goes through the spot you have marked. Wiggle the needle, then keep it bent at an angle. If you are using a hollow piercing needle, thread the jewelry through the center of the needle. Put the earring in your ear. After you've pierced your ear, and while the needle is sticking through the ear, place the shaft of the earring into the hollow tube of the needle and then push it all the way through the ear.
This will leave the earring sitting comfortably in the new hole. Remove the piercing tool. Slowly remove the needle from your ear, making sure that the earring stays in place. Be aware that the hole you have made could close up in minutes if left without an earring in it. If your earring falls out, resterilize it as quickly as possible and try to fit it back through the hole. If it does not go through, you may have to pierce your ear again.
Part 3. Leave the earring in for six weeks. You should not take your earring out at any point. After the six weeks have passed, you can switch the earring out, but replace it with another earring immediately. It often takes six months to a whole year for the hole to fully take shape and not close up when you leave it without an earring for any duration of time. Wash the piercing daily.
Wash your ear with a warm saline solution. The salt cleans out the piercing and keeps the hole from getting infected. Clean the piercing until it is fully healed up to approximately six weeks. Don't use rubbing alcohol once the ear is pierced.
Put a towel under the cup to catch any overflow and then lay on the couch and lower you ear slowly into the warm, salty water. You can also dip a cotton swab in the warm salt water solution and rub it around and against the piercing.
There are also antiseptic solutions specifically made for newly pierced ears. You can buy them at beauty supply stores. Again, dip a cotton swab in the solution and then rub it in and around the piercing once a day. Rotate your earring when you clean it. Hold onto the stud part of the earring the part in the front of your ear and twist it so that it rotates in the hole. This will open up the hole you have made in your ear and will keep the hole from closing too tightly around the earring.
Remove your piercing earrings and put new earrings in. Do this only after six weeks have passed. Put the new earrings immediately after taking the original earring out and cleaning the hole. Yes, but it also depends on your own pain tolerance. Most people liken the pain to getting pinched. Not Helpful 27 Helpful Can I switch I earrings early as long as I clean it and always have an earring in? No, you should only switch earrings after 5 to 6 weeks.
Otherwise, the hole won't heal as fast as it would if you had left it in. Not Helpful 25 Helpful No, it ends up looking like a small scar the size of the needle you pierced it with. Not Helpful 10 Helpful You could, but a safety pin is typically thicker and sharper, which makes the process easier and makes it less painful to put earrings in afterward.
Not Helpful 34 Helpful They may be a bit swollen for a few weeks while they are healing. Not Helpful 9 Helpful You can have doctor treat it, wait for it to heal, and get it done again professionally.
Not Helpful 20 Helpful Should this be done with the earring in or out? Amelia Schroeder. For six weeks, it should be done with the earring in. Afterwards, it should be done with the earring out. No, you shouldn't remove the earring for six to eight weeks. Not Helpful 13 Helpful Gold is generally a good starter earring, just make sure it isn't gold plated.
Preparation can take a long time; the longer the better really. However, putting the needle through should be done as quickly as possible, and jewellery should be put in immediately after. Taking a long time will cause a natural inflammatory response and the needle may get stuck halfway through which would be painful.
Not Helpful 21 Helpful Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Make sure that you use a pillow that does not have loose fabric when you go to bed. Wondering why you should stick with a non-antibiotic ointment? Unless you have an infection, using any type of antibiotic is not necessary.
Also, antibiotic ointment can aggravate an open wound if you manage to break through the skin with an earring. According to Columbia University , around half of at-home piercings end up requiring medical attention.
Re-piercing your ear s at home puts you at risk for complications ranging from infection to tissue and nerve damage. Seeing a trained professional with the proper equipment in a sterile environment reduces these risks. Book a consultation with a piercing professional who can examine your former earring hole s and decide if you can re-pierce the same spot without opening yourself up to complications.
If your hole s closed due to an allergic reaction or because of an infection, piercing the same spot may not be the best idea — depending on how the area healed. The piercing professional will check for issues in or around the old piercing that could make it hard to re-pierce, and they will advise you on how to proceed.
An infection, allergic reaction, or removal of your initial piercing earrings too soon could result in the development of scar tissue, like a hypertrophic scar or keloid.
Some people are also just more prone to keloids. Depending on how much scar tissue there is, you might be better off avoiding another piercing entirely.
The key is to listen to your body. You can find a professional through the Association of Professional Piercers. Adrienne Santos-Longhurst is a Canada-based freelance writer and author who has written extensively on all things health and lifestyle for more than a decade. Ear piercings are one of the most common types of piercings.
DON'T use alcohol as it tends to burn the skin! To all parents: Make sure the person that's piercing your baby or child has experience! Do NOT pierce your baby with surgical steel as the gauge of the post is thicker and will remove tissue from the lobes. You want to pierce the lobe not remove tissue! Piercing at an early age is always the best - 3 months - as a baby gets older it's harder on the baby and on the parents.
Older children will touch and play with the earrings and want to switch out before the piercing is totally healed. There is a lot more to piercing than shooting an earring on a lobe. Ask for references; even if it's your doctor!
Don't be afraid to ask questions before the piercing. If you're NOT happy with the piercing, remove the earrings immediately! It will become a permanent piercing. It will NOT close up! Removing the earring immediately will ensure the tissue will grow back together. Ear Piercing for Kids. By Dina Roth Port September 25, Save Pin FB More. What is an appropriate age to get my child's ears pierced?
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