Ear piercing for an adult ... Where to get it done ??

:hello:Hi all,

I am interested in getting my ears re-pierced ... i last wore pierced earrings about 10years ago ... i think from memory i just didn't wear earrings for a few months then when i went to put my earrings in they wouldn't go through the hole ... so i just didn't bother again as years before on and off for years i would have problems with slight infection then they would be fine :rolleyes:

Anyway, i would love to wear pierced earrings again and was wondering if it would be best to get them done at my GP if i want to re-pierce them ... Do GP's do ear piercing ?? :dunno:

It's just in the past i had them done by a chemist assistant at the pharmacy (twice for two different areas on each ear) and i felt they didn't know what they were doing :doh:

I guess i don't want to end up having them ' not ' re-pierce on the same hole that can still be seen (but is blocked).

Would love to hear any suggestions ;)

Thanks for any advice ... Hugs from Lorelle xox

most beauty places offer peircing services or tattoo shops. umm some hair dressers still do it

Not sure if Essential Beauty is in Vic but I am not impressed by some of their policies and refuse to go to them. If you want more details feel free to PM. I would suggest a tattoo parlour or a price attack hair salon.

i'd go to a tatt shop myself.....as far as infection goes i've jad mine done 4 15 yrs and i still get infections from cheap earrings......

Local pharmacies, hairdressers, tattoo shops...ask your local friends who they'd recommend. :)

look up a specialist piercing place or tattoo shop that does piercings - you want somewhere that will do the piercing with a needle and NOT a gun (too much scar tissue with a gun).

I got mine done about 2 years ago at the hair dressers :)

I would recommend going to a piercer who will do it properly with a needle (as opposed to a gun).

after getting my ears pierced at chemists when i was younger, now i only go to a proper piercer - as someone else said, a needle is far more gentle than a gun (and hurts less i think).

it looks like you're in ballarat - i know of a piercer up there so send me a PM if you'd like the name, they work out of a tatt shop i believe. they've done my nose and two cartledge piercings in my ear that i've been very happy with :)

Go to a pro piercer and get it done with a needle.

Gun piercing carries the risk of mass infection.

The same gun is used for every other person who got their ears done where as at a pro piercer only single use, medically sterilised and sealed needles are used.

Doesn't hurt that much - just a bit of a sting.

I'm full of piercings and would always, always reccomend people go to a REPUTABLE and PROFESSIONAL piercer. The safety and health of your ears is worth the bit of extra money they cost.

If you google Essential Beauty you'll find a lot of gross stuff about them. I have been in there myself for an eyebrow wax (I was desperate) and they didn't even clean up the room after their last wax. There were stips and hair absolutey covered in blood laying in plain site all over the benches. Mega gross. I certinally wouldn't get anyone there to pierce me.

^ Eww @ Essential Beauty - never heard of them (I'm in QLD) but that is just AWFUL.

I agree with other posters recommending going to a piercer who will do it with a needle rather than a gun - guns are just the most awful contraption and really only useful for piercing ears on babies/toddlers who squirm and need both done at once.
They are inaccurate, cannot be sterilised properly (therefore can harbour some VERY icky diseases or at the very least, germs), and because they're essentially thumping a blunt piece of metal through skin, they cause a lot of trauma to your flesh and you run a very high risk of things like cysts (and I've had four removed under general anaesthetic, so yes, they can be quite serious in some cases). I've heard that many horror stories, and I've worked with them myself as a hairdresser, I wouldn't recommend them to anybody.

Professional tattoo/piercing studios will charge you a bit more than a hairdressing salon for ear piercing, but it is definitely worth it. Pick a reputable studio in your area that will confirm and/or show you the equipment they use - prepackaged, one-use sterile needles, quality jewellery (nickel-free is always a good start), and autoclave sterilisation system should be what you're looking for.
If you want the piercing done through the existing holes, having them done with a needle will guarantee the accuracy, and reduce the risk of scar tissue, infection and cysts developing.

HTH :)

Oh THANK YOU " Donna " for that heap of info as i truely believe i did have a cyst in one earlobe for many years (but no longer) ... and i just always had infections on & off for years and i always wore very high quality earrings and i couldn't work out why ??? :rolleyes:

Yep, a professional piercer sounds like the go ... and also cause i want it done with accuracy on the same holes that i had before (but are now blocked).

*** DOES IT HURT MORE THAN A GUN ???? :rolleyes: ... CAN THEY NUMB THE AREA ???? (and HOW ???) ... (Just want to prepare myself ;))

Thanks a million to everyone for your kind & helpful replies :dance:

Big hugs to you ALL from Lorelle :hug:

Yes they can numb if you request. Pain wise, it feels like an extended pinch but once the needle is through you might feel a little sting as the jewellery goes in and that is it.

For a pain scale

<---*--*--*--*--*----------------------------------------------------------------*----->
Ears, tongue and navel, surface, dermal anchor...........................Nipple! (yes it HURT)


In that order :-P

So basically the ones down the left end hardly hurt at all...little more than a sting.

They can use a bit of numbing spray if you ask but I've never used it...it's not really needed.

Hi, if you know where your holes are or can see them clearly by looking into a mirror, you can re- pierce your own ears with a brand new needle & Ice cubes,to numb the area. I`ve had to do mine a few times,i do it at home,it doesn`t bother me,& i don`t find it painful, good luck.

No problems Lorelle, glad I could help :)
As far as pain goes, well obviously everybody's an individual and has a different pain threshold, but earlobes are incredibly low on the ouch-scale, and I personally think needles are less painful because they're not crushing the flesh like a gun will, kwim? And because the holes are already established, you just need to punch a bit through at the back, it'll be less painful than getting them done freshly because the job is already half-done!!
The clamps will be a little painful, because they have to hold the skin completely taut, but it actually helps numb the piercing site so you'll barely feel the needle go through - if anything, it's a sting like a mosquito bite and you're all done.

Lol cysts are actually extremely common, but since they really only cause problems in a few cases nobody worries much about them. Mine were just lumps of hard tissue in my ears that would be completely painless and not warrant a thought for months, then would flare up, become red and ooze and be very painful, and eventually I just got tired of them flaring up and had them removed. If yours haven't given you any trouble you should be fine to go ahead and put earrings back in them, if they do flare up later on most are as simple to get rid of as a trip to the GP and a little scalpel job (the reason I had mine done in day surgery was because I had three in each each and they were pretty big). They're caused by a little piece of flesh from the outside of your earlobe getting stuck inside rather than being pushed out the back (which is extremely common with guns, as I said, blunt instrument = bad news) and because the two types of 'skin' are different, your immune system recognises it as a foreign body and walls it off - like an oyster coating a speck of sand in smooth material to stop the irritation - creating scar tissue and a big lump that won't go away.
Lol sorry for going on hahaha, just thought you might be interested in how they come about :)

Oh yeah I agree....my pain scale is def mostly based on clamp pain! :-)

Ear lobes are fleshy...no muscle or anything so very minor pain.