Gun or needle? better ear piercing method...

[Coruscating]

10 hours ago, farouk said:

FYI @Coruscating Another thread started.........comments have varied......

My view on piercings is identical to what I said in the tattoo thread.

But if you want to know more (and here I am also replying to the last cc's on the tattoo one): I am on the frugal side and I too gain from having a neutral presentation. I don't even dye my hair. I don't care about tattoos, piercings, etc. I also don't argue about them. I do have my opinion, but it would be a pointless discussion. May God keep using the way we look as a means to make people at ease with all of us.

 

[farouk]

7 minutes ago, Coruscating said:

My view on piercings is identical to what I said in the tattoo thread.

But if you want to know more (and here I am also replying to the last cc's on the tattoo one): I am on the frugal side and I too gain from having a neutral presentation. I don't even dye my hair. I don't care about tattoos, piercings, etc. I also don't argue about them. I do have my opinion, but it would be a pointless discussion. May God keep using the way we look as a means to make people at ease with all of us.

 

@Coruscating Thanks. Yes, some ppl do prefer un-pierced and un-tattooed. Re. hair, my wife preferred to keep it really dark mauve - rather striking - but now she doesn't any more.

[farouk]

PS: @Coruscating Yet if they are going to have it at all, right from the start young women and men need to figure that the holes could close up easily if they have nothing in them, so if presumably they don't want that to happen, then keeping at least tiny studs in most of the time is wise as a life-long habit.

cc @Grace j

Edited August 5, 2024 by farouk

[Daniel Marsh]

gun

[Daniel Marsh]

rth

[farouk]

@PraiseHim1004 ..................It's a commitment; when young men or women decide to pierce their ears, it's really advisable for them to figure that if they don't keep rings or studs in most of the time, the holes may easily close up.

46% of all adults aged 19 & over who were pierced in the last 5 years or plan to be pierced this year are male. source: invernesscorp dot com

So many parents of adolescent men as well as adolescent women of course increasingly realize this to be an option for a lifelong preference.

cc @Indentured Servant

Edited August 6, 2024 by farouk

[farouk]

On 5/8/2024 at 1:15 PM, Coruscating said:

May God keep using the way we look as a means to make people at ease with all of us.

 

@Coruscating

Indeed so. For a lot of Christians, simply having the readily available hole facility to put modest rings through their earlobes (often women, sometimes younger men also) would be a natural part of how they would expect to be in a more formal environment (such as a church service, etc.).

[Daniel Marsh]

I still like the gun

 

[farouk]

Willa said:

"Some of us lived in the day when they clamped gold onto our ears with inhumane painful vice grips, and it was more merciful to get the pain done with once and for all. .. Got over the guy's studs & rings making me uncomfortable 10 years ago..I adapted to men wearing ear rings"

Today both women and men just go for it confidently and it's probably just the best thing to take all teen girls and boys that want to have their ears done to have rings put in at a reputable place.

PDM_1969 said recently:

"My brother and I wanted ours done, my Dad hated the idea...mind you this was in the 80s. So my Mom took us to get it done.

About 15 to 20 years later I visit the parents and my Dad has one reddit dot com"

Since it's seemingly part of life for so many ppl and in so many areas and can be basically benign, then if teens would like it done for earrings, rather than let them 'experiment' on their own with needles, it's probably just the best thing to take all teen girls and boys, that want to have their ears done, to have rings put in at a reputable place.

cc @D. Adrien @Grace j

 

Edited August 2, 2024 by farouk

[Willa]

12 minutes ago, farouk said:

Willa said:

"Some of us lived in the day when they clamped gold onto our ears with inhumane painful vice grips, and it was more merciful to get the pain done with once and for all. .. I adapted to men wearing ear rings"

It's probably just the best thing to take all teen girls and boys that want to have their ears done to have rings put in at a reputable place.

PDM_1969 said recently:

"My brother and I wanted ours done, my Dad hated the idea...mind you this was in the 80s. So my Mom took us to get it done.

About 15 to 20 years later I visit the parents and my Dad has one reddit dot com"

 

This was evidently the 80s. Insofar as I even remember at all, likewise, decades ago in my area all the boys without exception who played ball in the street would likely have had their ears done with rings.

@Willa is wise (again).

If teens would like it done for earrings, rather than let them 'experiment' on their own with needles, it's probably just the best thing to take all teen girls and boys, that want to have their ears done, to have rings put in at a reputable place.

 

I did mine with "self piercing"rings that were supposed to go through on their own in time....they were extremely painful and got infected pretty bad in spite of my carefully following instructions.  I ended up jamming them through just to get it over with.  These days the stores here that pierce are inspected regularly and precautions are taken to avoid spread of disease and infection.  It is done as a surgical procedure and those who do it are well trained.