Gun or needle? better ear piercing method...

[farouk]

On 7/19/2024 at 10:20 AM, Gracejj said:

 like she did to my other siblings, ... at 7 - 10yrs of age

Hi @Gracejj So were all you siblings girls?

(Because for decades a lot of boys and young men have had it done also.)

[Gracejj]

@farouk nope. But all the girsl definently pierced their ears as a baby.

[Gracejj]

@farouk also im not sure if it was a gun. Most probably it waa a needle. Bcos those days i never even heard of piercing guns. 

[farouk]

5 minutes ago, Gracejj said:

@farouk also im not sure if it was a gun. Most probably it waa a needle. Bcos those days i never even heard of piercing guns. 

@Gracejj

Needles are likely better.

At a mall kiosk a teen that has not received much training may do gun piercing of the lobes and cartilage; whereas a well trained piercer in a tattoo parlor might well use a needle, but at a perhaps substantially greater cost.

(Also, in tattoo parlors they will typically do them only when the young person is above a certain age.)

So you see the dilemma?

[farouk]

On 7/20/2024 at 3:31 AM, Gracejj said:

I think we have to also consider different people and the culture and diffrent traditions they follow. Things that are acceptable and not acceptable in their own culture.  Some culture may look at male ear piercing with a frown and different culture may find it among "must do or must follow" traditional thingy according to them.

@Gracejj In some areas ear piercing seems already to have long been confidently part of life for both girls and boys. (Even beyond having an opinion about it, it's clearly out there.)

most boys i know (australian) have their ears pierced, my boyfriend is the most masculine man i’ve met, 6’2, ......in both his ears just like most guys where I live...athletes are wearing them, the people who are the most “manliest men” source: reddit

[farouk]

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

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

 

Hi @Coruscating Piercings (ears, etc.) and tattoos - if present - are personal preferences that are there in the background; they are not the essence of the individual.

[Coruscating]

10 minutes ago, farouk said:

Hi @Coruscating Piercings (ears, etc.) and tattoos - if present - are personal preferences that are there in the background; they are not the essence of the individual.

Never said or even thought they were.

Is there a particular reason why these topics are so important to you?

[farouk]

FYI @Annisissy..another thread started; any wisdom?

[Annisissy]

On 1/9/2023 at 9:07 PM, farouk said:

On another thread that someone started, a comment was made in the OP that expressed appreciation for ear piercing but not for tattoos. (Let's leave tattoos aside completely here...) This does maybe imply the question of which method is better for ear piercing: gun or needle?

(A sub-text is that at a mall kiosk a teen that has not received much training may do gun piercing of the lobes and cartilage; whereas a well trained piercer might well use a needle, but at a perhaps substantially greater cost.)

Any thoughts?

I don't know which method is better, but BOTH times I had my ears pierce, a gun was used😊

[farouk]

2 minutes ago, Annisissy said:

I don't know which method is better, but BOTH times I had my ears pierce, a gun was used😊

@Annisissy Sounds like for your double pierced lobes the gun proved satisfactory...

Sometimes concerns are expressed about how the often young person in a mall kiosk has received little training. (This is why some ppl prefer to go to a trained person in a tattoo parlor where they would use a needle.)

Thanks...