chickencam Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 ED has wanted hers done for a while and we decided that we would get them done together. My mum wouldn't let me until I was 18 and i never got around to it. I have always looked at the lovely earrings in the shops and clip on ones are so uncomfortable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Yay! Don't forget to dab your ears every day with surgical spirit. I was 13 when I had mine done, one of my best days ever When I was 19 I got my left ear pierced again while I was down in Gillingham so my mum wouldn't shout at me. That hole has now healed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Well done Liz - get your credit card ready - you've just opened up a whole new world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keanie Bean Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 My mum was the same, but i've still never got round to getting mine done and I turned 30 this year . Hope it didnt hurt too much. Sarah.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Didn't hurt at all until I took my jumper off to try on a new top and caught them both I turned 40 last year so you have about 10 years yet KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clucky1 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 What a GREAT first for you. Now what other 'firsts' can you now do..... The world is your oyster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilda-and-evadne Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Yes, keep the holes scrupulously clean - they very easily become infected. I didn't use surgical spirit, just soap and water and cologne. I had my ears pierced in the my mid-20s - one of the best things I have ever done - being able to wear ear-rings all the time, painlessly. I love ear-rings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Good for you!! I had mine done when I was a teenager. Fancy a discrete tattoo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I had mine done when i was about 19 i think, maybe 18. 18 i think. I never liked them before then, but i ONLY EVER , wear pearls. I dont like any other type of earrings, i think the look funny on me. I have a tattoo though, its 'Seth' in Carl baratts hand writing, on the front of my wrist. It actually looks pretty, very dainty. However, as i hate change, it took some getting used to. and i regretted it the next day as i wa unsure, I love it now tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillicat Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Well done! I had a second ear pierced at the same time as my daughter aged 9 had both ears peirced so we could "bathe" and "look after" each other. We did this until it came to changing the earrings. Drama struck and we never got them back in her ears! I also had to take my step daughter to have her belly pierced. That healed up and we won't be going there again! However, OH and I are planning tattoos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Well done chickencam, you can buy lots of lovely earrings now. I found it highly addictive: I got my first ear piercing at 11, second at 13, third at 15, top right ear at 20, cleaned all of these using salt water and cotton wool, no problems at all - belly button at 22, tongue at 24. I think that's it for me regarding piercings as I'm 32 now and havn't felt the urge anymore. I started on the tattoos from age 23. Rose on my right boob, ivy round my belly button (hurt), a poinsetta (sp) on the top of my back and most lately a flower design on my foot from big toe across foot ending beneath the ankle (very very painful, would not recommend!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Well done. Just think of the"bling" you'll be able to purchase now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I had a tattoo 4 years ago when me and the ex OH called it a day. I had felt very stifled for years and years so wanted to do something that was just for me. I am still chuffed to bits with it. It's on my bum and is a cat stretching up as if it's on a scratching post "Ooops, word censored!"ody else gets to see it, but that suits me just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Well done! How exciting - lots of lovely new earrings to buy. I had mine done for my 5th birthday because that was the youngest the jewellers would do them. My younger sister had hers done when she was 2, in the hairdressers as I recall, but I think there was a trend of very small children having them done back then! DD aged 4 hasn't mentioned it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I used to pierce my own ears whenever I felt like I wanted a new hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I lost lots of weight (5 stone) and discovered for the first time in my life I had hip bones I had a very small chinese symbol tattooed on my right hip. I like it. Would never get another one as it hurt like mad. It is discreet and no one else sees it. Well, not many people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Well done chickencam, you can buy lots of lovely earrings now. I found it highly addictive: I got my first ear piercing at 11, second at 13, third at 15, top right ear at 20, cleaned all of these using salt water and cotton wool, no problems at all - belly button at 22, tongue at 24. I think that's it for me regarding piercings as I'm 32 now and havn't felt the urge anymore. I started on the tattoos from age 23. Rose on my right boob, ivy round my belly button (hurt), a poinsetta (sp) on the top of my back and most lately a flower design on my foot from big toe across foot ending beneath the ankle (very very painful, would not recommend!) You sound like me. I've gradually let all mine go though. two in my belly didnt feel worth keeping when my stomachs racked with stretchmarks. A lot of th eones in my ears I wool out when I go married and never got round to putting back in. If I ever had themoney I would be tempted to redo them all to claim a little bit of the mad me that I was pre 'normal' husband. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 ED can't sleep she is really scared that her long hair will get caught all around them and rip them out overnight. She is a worrier and I expected her to wimp out this morning but she really wanted them doing. Hey ho first night of 6 weeks she might be a bit grouchy tomorrow or for the next 6 weeks Off to bed myself now, no ill affects so far but I like to sleep on my side so we will see Can't wait to buy earrings, it's my birthday next Saturday and OH took kids out this afternoon to buy things I wonder what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudgley Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Had my ears pierced the first time when I was 1 year old. Had them done loads of times when I was at school, got loads of holes in my right ear! Wish they'd all heal up now, but they won't. My daughter got hers doen in Feb thsi year for her 10th birthday. She's chuffed to bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Both my girls had their ears peirced when they were about 10, & Cleo has just has a second one done in each of her ears as her birthday pressie. She is now campaining forher tummy to be done I actually think tummy piercings are cute,but not on a 13 year old - she will have to wait until she is at least 16. Of my 2 girls she,the youngest,is the adventerous one & I know she will have a tattoo one day too. I don't mind,but think she should have the ink that fades away after 5 years first,to see how she likes it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 I had my ears pierced at 17 for the first time. When I was a student nurse a fellow student did me another piercing whilst we were on night duty together. The third I did myself. I also have nose and belly button piercings and 3 small and discreet tattoos (lizards on right shoulder, flower on right ankle and ying-yang motif at the base of my spine). I do not regret any of them, but that is enough now. Lets not mention the barefeet and ankle bells of my hippy days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 It makes me cringe to see littlies with their ears pierced. I just think it doesn't look right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 I think in some cultures it is done when they are very tiny babies. I don't like it either. I think that 10 is about the ideal age - I made it a double figures birthday pressie for my girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Claires accessories I had my last holes made at. They were very good & the solution they sell is very good too. Ear care it's called! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Dont go anywhere where they use a gun. Always have it done with aneedle its much better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
