Wedding Forum - Do I get my ears pierced...? *YES* What...

Earrings will look beautiful if you have your hair up and no veil. I can imagine sparkly earrings!
My personal opinion, hope it helps xxx

Get clip on ones !!!

I know what you mean, I think that would be beautiful :) xx

I'm just a wuss really lol.. I don't mind getting them pierced, just need to find some courage ! Haha.. I've had a bad piercing experience before.. I think they'd definitely take some getting used to ! xxx

Georgie when you say bad experience what was that if dont mind me asking?

Id recommend going to a decent jewlers to have it done (i had 1st holes done in jewlers and no probs, 2nd at college & one had problem, 3 at hair dressers and NEVER AGAIN!)

Like Rachael says if your not going to wear them otehr than the wedding I may think again x

I have had them done before but I was only 8 and got fed up with them as they just wouldn't heal properly..

My bad experience Mrs Bram to be was with my belly button.. The woman froze everywhere but where she was piercing, I ended up flat out on the floor of the shop as I was leaving, it got swollen and horrible so I had to take it out but repierced it (and passed out) every day which was so painful.. But well worth it now as it's fine and I love it :-)

I'll definitely go to a proper piercing place ! xxx

Yeah it was horrible :-( Had to do it for 2 weeks until the swelling finally went down.. I hope she did it right for the bloke going in after me though as he was getting his wotsit pierced !!!!!!!!

Oooo my friend went into town and got the next size stretcher she needed and decided to do it in our Psychology class.. There was blood pouring down her ear, neck, hand... Urgh made me feel queeeeeeeezy !!!

also if you're worried about the pain (tbh, i've had loads of piercings and i honestly found my ears the worst!!! i think it's cos of they use that gun rather than a needle!) if you go to a professional piercer they can either do it with a needle or numb the area first xx

I've had my ears pierced since being a child and had both my eldest two daughters done when they were about 3(my youngest hasn't had hers done yet as she's under 3 and I think sometimes they can be too young, I disagree with seeing 5month old babies that have them done) .... I think earrings look great but u can get some really good clip on ones if u choose against the idea xx

U can get the area numbed, it takes about 20 mins to take effect, so u go to the place, get it numbed, go away then go bk, x

H2B tattooist said vodka works just as well haha ! (rubbing it on the area, not drinking it..) Though drinking it might work too haha ! xxx

Linzi-Jo - I'm not sure :-/ Most of my friends have run out of places to pierce lol.. H2B will come with me, he's my calming tool lol.. I know I'll be fine once I've had them done, it's just getting into the shop first haha !
Aww thats brilliant ! My dad would just sit there and make silly jokes lol, I'd end up with wonky holes from laughing haah xxx

Definitely need silver or gold, couldn't wear cheap earrings in my ears when I had them done before either..
Aww thanks hun :-) Will try and find the courage after holiday ! Don't think I'm going to have the money before then as it's bills month this month (gas, elec etc) and I have quite a few bits lined up to buy as soon as payday comes around :-) xxx

I was debating this last week and got mine pierced at the weekend at c1airs, they were really good and had a nice selection to pick from. x

EDIT: By good I mean they kept me calm. Also my h2b didn't tell me we were going to get them done until we were outside the shop so I didn't have time to wimp out. x

Id suggest clip on ones too!

Georgi, if you want to know anything about ear piercing, i used to pierce ears for a job in major accessory store. The thing I would say is it's best to get them done sooner rather than later if you are going to have them done, they take a while to heal (6-8 weeks for first ones, where you need to clean them 3 times a day, then after that you'd need to keep some more earrings in for a further 5 months without leaving any out, as they can still heal over during that time) plus there can be additional factors which cause infections, which sounds like what you had the first time, sometimes it can be improper after care procedure, if your hair gets tangled in them, can cause infection and also if you're allergic to a particular metal, that will cause the ears to flare up. If you go in to the accessories of cl@ire store, they have some fab sparkly clip on earrings, or alternatively, you could try having them pierced with titanium, which carries much lower risk of allergies xxx

Aww right, yeah, would definitely suggest the titanium ones then hun, should get on much better with those! :-) Good idea about getting them done after hols, best with the cleaning process to do it in the comfort of your home where there's nothing to distract you from it. If it helps, the accessories of cl@ire's website has a chart you can download that you can print and tick off when you've done each clean so you can keep track of what ones you've done, just a handy little thing :-) xxx

Aww bless you, hehe, it is pretty cool :-) xxx

I think earrings can make an outfit too Laura and Clip on's definitely aren't a choice.. I just have to man up lol xxx

I think a nice pair of earrings can make an outfit really have the wow factor, that said I personally wouldn't get my ears pierced just for the wedding, however if you want them done then go for it! Alternatively there's always clip ons! xxx

Deffinatley get your ears pierced as you have been wanting to do it for a while and deffo go for sparkly earrings are you going to go for diamond earrings??

I really wanna pierce my ears again used to have 3 in each ear but the 3 rd piercing didn't stop hurting so took it out but want to get my ears pierced as many times as i can it doesn't hurt your ear just goes warm and all the blood rushes to the new piercing that's it then just keep it in for 6 weeks clean twice a day and you a ok to change the earring =D

Maybe something like this :-)




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Just to re-iterate what MrsMoran said: if you have issues, get them done with titanium. Silver and gold are not a good idea as lots of people are allergic to them.

Georgi, I cant pick - Theyre all lovely! Maybe see if you can get a matching set?