Anyone knowledgeable about piercing in the house?
I got my ears (re) pierced about two months ago. The guy who did the piercing was sad and resigned as he examined my ears. "Oh dear." He said. "Have you been wearing cheap and nasty mall-earrings?" Yes. "Have you been forcing cheap and nasty mall-earrings though the holes and making them bleed?" Yes.
Dude seemed so terribly sad in telling me that the repeated injury and exposure to nickel had caused the holes to grow right over, and that the blue marks on my ears would never go away and the disfigurement was, unfortunately permanent. (This, coming from a man with a trachea tattooed on his throat).
Its been two whole months and I'm scared to take the original hoops out. For the life of me, I can't figure out what to wear in my ears now. No cheap mall earrings - got it. But he also said, "No sterling silver. That can stain, and can be toxic. Forget gold, its usually just plated and has nickel underneath. No nickel - ever."
Back in my day, we just jammed random safety pins in our ears and called it a night. Now it seems so complicated. What's "safe" jewellery to wear in pierced ears now?
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