ali-s Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I have my ears pierced twice on the lobes. First set of holes when I was 12, done at the local hair salon. The second time was a year later when I was on holiday in Blackpool with a friend and her family. We went out for a bag of chips and came back with our ears pierced. Had my belly button pierced when I was 39. I was out shopping for wool and popped a few doors to the piercing place on a whim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted August 6, 2010 Author Share Posted August 6, 2010 OK, here we go then. Can I have some virtual hand holding for about 2.00 this afternoon,please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HENthusiastic Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 (edited) go for it. Nothing to loose. Take it out if you dont like it. Edited August 6, 2010 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Ooh, good luck then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyChickenLover- Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 I won't be here at 2 so Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westie mum Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Good luck My youngest daughter had her nose pierced this week and is having her tragus done at the end of the summer hols.Let us know how you get on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 I have ear lobes done and 2 at the the top of the same ear. Would love to get my tragus done but I think you have to have it done with a needle. No point in getting belly button done, I would never see it. Let us know what it's like if you get it done. Sage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted August 6, 2010 Author Share Posted August 6, 2010 I am afraid I totally bottled it today. In my defence,I am feeling 'coldy' so want to wait until I am 100%, & the shop was full of loud teens screaming & squawking over what they had & are having done It just didn't feel right for me today..... My eldest has her ear cartilage done & it looks good,but they put a ring in it instead of a little stud,by mistake They can't change it for 2 weeks Just hope work don't spot it or she could have a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 If you have it done at a later date let me know how it goes. Sage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millihelen Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 I feel like a real innocent here - but I have finally decided to get my ear lobes pierced. Apparently it was part of the deal for me "allowing" my sons to have theirs done! Not sure how they that worked out.... They are both over 16, but as Dad is so anti-piercing, they said they wanted to have it done with our approval, rather than just doing it! Anyway - back to me - the problem is, I have no idea where to go. At the age of.... you really don't want to know ... there is no way I am sitting in the window of Claires, but the tattoo and piercing place they went to doesn't appeal either. When my sister got hers done 40 years ago, jewellers used to do it!!! Where do mature ladies go to get their ears pierced??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 I had mine done in a ladies hairdressers when I was 14, so maybe that would be better for you. I agree though, I wouldn't want mine done in the window of any shop. Why do they do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 They do it at the back of my chemist, subtlety for older ladies lol Look in chemist windows its usually advertised on the door! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 I was going to say chemist, too - and I completely understand why you wouldn't want to sit in Claire's Accessories! However you might be pleasantly surprised by the tattoo/piercing place, they look a bit scary but in my experience the people inside are usually very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millihelen Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Never thought of the chemists - I'll have a look at our local ones. I could try the tattoo place, if I can get son or son's gf to come with me.. however, I think they only have one person piercing, and somebody advised that it is a good idea to get both ears done together, at the same time, (yes, I'm a complete wimp!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 I had mine done at 40 in our local House of Fraser store, I would have thought, big department stores with beauty departments, or hairdresser with beauty salons attatched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Cant see point of having raspberry rips and nether regions done I mean ok OH sees but unless you are a nudist no sees them or do they I'll leave it there shall I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Starting to feel but thats another thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadietoo Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I feel like a real innocent here - but I have finally decided to get my ear lobes pierced. Apparently it was part of the deal for me "allowing" my sons to have theirs done! Not sure how they that worked out.... They are both over 16, but as Dad is so anti-piercing, they said they wanted to have it done with our approval, rather than just doing it! Anyway - back to me - the problem is, I have no idea where to go. At the age of.... you really don't want to know ... there is no way I am sitting in the window of Claires, but the tattoo and piercing place they went to doesn't appeal either. When my sister got hers done 40 years ago, jewellers used to do it!!! Where do mature ladies go to get their ears pierced??? My daughter had her's done at a hairdresser/beauty parlour ... I think many of them do them, as did my beauty therapist (waxing lady..ouch!!) Re piercings I loved Billy Connolly talking about having a piercing done and the man doing it saying..."one less of them, one more of us" afterwards... I have my ears pierced twice (although I tend only to wear one pair of earrings) and I also have a third piercing at the top of my right earlobe..which I haven't used for years..although the older I get the more attractive the idea is of using it again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millihelen Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I'm going to ask at my hairdressers next week - I am pretty sure they don't do it, but they might have suggestions. I like the beauty salon approach ... I've bought 2 pairs of earrings this week, so I have to have it done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 get them done with a needle not a gun. Far more hygienic and less likely to have problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 the girls working at my hairdressers seem to have a competition going for the number of piercings and tattoos - never really appealed to me, but some of them look nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millihelen Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 get them done with a needle not a gun. Far more hygienic and less likely to have problems Do they still do ear lobes with needles? I thought everyone used a gun now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 They use a needle at my local piercing shop,in Reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millihelen Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Oh dear - sounds like I have another decision to make! Not only where to get it done, but how! The piercing shop my sons went to seems to do lobes with a gun and other places with a needle. They have had no problems, though the 17yo's ear has taken much longer to heal, probably because he kept taking the stud out because it was "too tight".... Son's gf had the upper part of her ear pierced twice (needle) on the same day but ended up taking both out because they were painful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
