/hb/ - Health & Beauty

went to a cheap mall shop and had my ears pierced with this kind of thing when i was younger.

it got hella infected and my skin grew over the actual jewelry. had to go to the doctor for them to literally cut it out of my ear and it's left a scar lol.

now i have 14 piercings just in my ear, all done professionally with the proper needles, and haven't had any issues with infections.

i don't really think it's worth it to mess with those.

Please don't do these, they're not sharp enough at the end so what they'll do is create tears in the skin and invite in infection.

What you want is a hollow needle / gauge needle (of adequate size) and something to clean your desired earrings with, like an alcohol solution.

If you can go to a piercer. But if you want to do it yourself, please use the needle and make sure to angle it well while piercing. Keep it in there for a little and hold it perpendicular to your lobe.

I did my lobes and one of them puts up a fight when inserting earrings because I didn't hold the needle perpendicular.

i had my ears pierced with these at the mall when i was a kid and had no issue personally. i just remember it feeling like a pinch and then sore for a few days.

if you do use them just be sure to keep it clean after as that is what causes them to get infected. i cleaned mine a few times a day and they were healed after 6 weeks.

also make sure to check what metal the earrings are made out of incase you are allergic to them.

When I was 10 my mom let me use these to pierce my own ears. But as an adult, with adult knowledge and adult money I would never. You can buy actual piercing supplies online for the same price.