I don't do either, lol.
I wear earrings and love them with hair up
I wear earrings but don't like them with my hair up
I don't wear earrings because they snap my hair
I got earrings when I started growing my hair out and wearing it up
I stopped wearing earrings when I started growing my hair out
I feel half-dressed without earrings
I feel too tarted up with earrings and my hair up
Hair up and naked ears is a NO-NO for me
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I don't do either, lol.
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I know it's scary, but I would actually recommend the professional piercing studio. You will most likely wind up with less inflammation and quicker healing due to the method used.
The difference between a jewelry place and a piercing studio is this:
A jewelry place will most likely use a "piercing gun" that forces the earring straight through your earlobe. The earring will probably be somewhat sharpened to facilitate this.
The piercing studio will most likely use an 18 or 20 guage hollow needle to pierce your earlobe, which takes a small amount of tissue out, then insert the earring. It's actually less trauma.
Imagine cutting with a butter knife versus a scalpel.. Same principle. Scalpel will do less tissue damage and be easier.
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I have had my ears pierced for 50+ years
Over the years my interest fell away; most days I would just wear a simple ring.
Then when I started growing my silver hair out from chin, learned updos, and bought hair toys.... I regained my interest.
I knew at my age I had to 'rock it' so I began buying etsy earrings that matched/coordinated with my etsy hair toys.
Dangling/unique earrings has become MY SIGNATURE LOOK
I love my collections; it is such a joy to style my hair and bling it up each day!
I'd encourage you to get them pierced; you can wear anything that appeals to you....don't listen to your mother lol
Last edited by Groovy Granny; April 10th, 2016 at 01:38 PM.
That "strange looking guy" has put holes in things that are a lot more sensitive than your earlobes, and he knows what he's doing better than that normal-looking person at the jewelry store. And that "scary atmosphere" is more comfortable to us strange-looking people than bright and cheerful-looking places. That said, if once you look past the surface trappings you still get a creepy vibe, or they treat you badly because you're a normal-looking person who just wants her earlobes done, or they don't practice proper hygiene and safety, find another place.
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I pretty much always wear earrings and feel half-dressed with naked holes.
However, I should mention that I have stretched lobes, and so the holes in them are noticeably larger than normal; at 8mm they aren't gaping, but you might see daylight through them. I pretty exclusively wear plugs -- dangling styles are just not for me, even if they're pretty on other people.
ETA: in case you're wondering, this is a typical earring for me. This one is hematite.
http://i.imgur.com/c4w54tW.jpg I was pierced at a normal size (18g / 1mm) and very slowly and gently stretched to this, 8 mm in the narrow part.
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I wear earrings all the time even sleep in them(studded kind) one thing i learnt with earrings and long hair is a single strand can wrap tightly around the earring without being noticed until it hurts your piercing...and boy does it hurt!
had my ears pierced 24 years ago now
I got mine (4 holes, 2 in each ear) all done at jewellery places. With a piercing gun (those were the 80s & 90s, gals). I don't regret it one bit. They came with medical grade material ear studs, so... They all healed up nicely and didn't get infected.
Thank you for the encouragement. Reading the answers and watching the poll I'm more and more convinced to do it. I always wanted it and I LOVE seeing pretty, unique earrings on other women and I always think, WHY don't I have them... and now, having long hair and wearing it up always there's like... something missing... I don't wear jewelry, I don't wear necklaces, no rings, really NOTHING. I don't even wear a watch. And I don't wear lipstick or eyeshadow, no eyeliner... I've bought my first hairtoys some weeks ago. I wear only mascara sometimes and powder or BB cream and blush... So... when I go out in the evening I feel half-dressed around the face compared to other women... It'll be a very exciting and completely new experience for me to wear earrings. Like a little child that learns how to stand on its feet.
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