ear piercing

Posted by sunita26 (86 days ago)

hi i wanted to do my daughter ear any one know good shop where i can do her ear piercing not very pain
give me add or phone no pls

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by cara (86 days ago)

i think that the pain is the same no matter which shop you go to... you are sticking a pin through the ear after all...

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by sunita26 (86 days ago)

u know any shop pls tell me the shop name

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by katclarke (86 days ago)

Sunita, go to Isabella, they are very good and have a great after-care service. They are a chain so should have shops all over HK but the one I know (and have used myself) is the one in Queensway Plaza in Admiralty (hope it is still there as I went several years ago). Hope this helps

(I am based in Macau)

Posted by sunita26 (86 days ago)

thanks i will find out

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by katclarke (86 days ago)

sunita, here's the webpage - they are still in QUeensway (and Mongkok & CWB)
http://www.isabella-asia.com/earpiercing1.htm

(I am based in Macau)

Posted by cara (86 days ago)

there is a place in sai kung that does it as well, if you are in this area...

i have toyed with the idea of getting my 1 yr old daughter's ears pierced, haven't come to a decision yet though.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by Vbarnettx (85 days ago)

I pierced my daughters ears at 3 months old. She took it really well and she couldn't pull on them or get them dirty at that age. When they get older they are so active and into everything, I say the younger the better. Also check your baby's doctors office, alot of them do it now. (atleast here in the USA)

(I am based in Guangzhou)

Posted by axptguy38 (85 days ago)

Why not wait until they're teenagers and actually want their ears pierced? To each his own but is it really necessary to pierce the ears of babies and toddlers?

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by 788 (85 days ago)

If done before 4-6 weeks old, newborns feel no pain- the tissue is so soft. My sister and I did not even wake up when our ears were pierced at 2 weeks. Its a very common practice in India- has been for centuries. No guns, just a sharpened gold wire is pierced through and knotted in the end. My niece just turned her head in irritation when done at 12 weeks and went right back to sleep.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by Wheelymate (85 days ago)

in singapore, you can go to clinics to get them done.
i got mine done at isabella when i was 7....gosh i really cried but look who's the earring addict now!!!!

(I am based in Singapore)

Posted by cara (85 days ago)

i have a hard time believing there is no pain...that's what's holding me back...

i waited until i was in grade 7 to have mine done, and it was a difficult decision then as i was afraid of the pain....

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by ldsllvn (85 days ago)

am with axpatguy on that one - will wait till they are teenages and actually want it done... I asked for my ears to be pierced when I was 13 - hurt like hell.. but same is wheelymate - love my earings now!

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by cd (85 days ago)

The Hairdressers on Wyndham St does ear piercings. Both my daughters had theirs done aged 4, I never thought I would let them have it done so young, but they were very sure of what they wanted.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by Chalupa (85 days ago)

Actually, I did my self for both of my daughters when they were
2 weeks old, in the old fashion way, you need to massage and press the nibble
until is no more feeling and then you snap the needle or ear ring.

I’m sure can be painful at any age, but when they are younger is easy to heal since as some one state before less activity so less chance to touch it and get hurt.
However in my country we use an spry call Xilocaine (is an anesthetic in aerosol)

If you wait until they are 13/14 year the skin is harder and they never stop talling you about it

Well good luck with the piercing

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by specks (85 days ago)

788 I think you may be in denial! How can a human being not feel pain, at any age! That's like saying a baby boy doesn't feel the pain of being circumcised. I had my ears done when I was old enough to a) make the decision myself and b) pay for it myself. I appreciate some people think it looks good, but I think babies look perfect the way god created them. Why take away that innocent look with piearcing.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by ldsllvn (85 days ago)

agree with specks - baby with earings does not look right to me - but it is a personal and sometimes cultural so have to respect that..

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by evildeeds (85 days ago)

I'm on the side of wait until their older myself. I would never do that to my daughter, why does she need earrings at that age anyway! Wait until she wants them when she is older......

Me as a teenager had 6 pierced holes in my ears, and even when older went for a pierced nip, so I remember the pain.........of course all these adornments are long gone!

So no way, nada for my kids......!

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by 788 (85 days ago)

Sunita, not sure how old your daughter is but ear piercing at an older age is best done with the gun where ever it may be. At 18 and 19, I got four more piercings- 2 with the gold worker and 2 with a gun. All 4 of them hurt but the gun is the way to go. It was clean and simple, and I was less scared because it seemed to get over so fast.

Specks, you are free to have an opinion just as I am and others are too, but I would like you not to be rude because you assume the higher moral ground to disagree with mine. If I am in denial then accordingly about a billion of us may be in denial too. The feeling does come as you get older plus you know what fear is too. Thats why its been so traumatic for most of you. Since I have seen babies not even wake up (my sister included) when the ear is pierced through and I was not traumatized by my own, I must wonder.... why western opinion is more right or that you understand pain better?

And I find it very strange to compare circumcision to ear piercing specially when done on the ear lobe. There is a reason local anesthesia is given for circumcision and not for ear piercing. Next time it would be woman defacing (which does happen in India, not denying that) is same as ear piercing.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by axptguy38 (85 days ago)

"How can a human being not feel pain, at any age! "

The nervous system is not fully developed at a very young age. Same with dogs who don't feel their tails cut off when a couple of days old.

"Sunita, not sure how old your daughter is but ear piercing at an older age is best done with the gun where ever it may be. At 18 and 19, I got four more piercings- 2 with the gold worker and 2 with a gun. All 4 of them hurt but the gun is the way to go. It was clean and simple, and I was less scared because it seemed to get over so fast."

Also it's going to be straight with the gun. Doing it yourself may lead to a crooked hole.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by sunita26 (84 days ago)

Thanks for all good opition and good advies thanks for all ladys my daughter r 8y 7y and when ever i done i also like the gun thing less pain coz i know goldwire thing hurt so much
once again thanks for all godd word for my kids
any one pls tell where in hk they with gun

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by katclarke (84 days ago)

Isabella only pierces with a gun!

(I am based in Macau)

Posted by specks (84 days ago)

I never assumed a higher moral ground, but each to their own. I have seen little ones have their ears pierced before and they cried, so I am going by my own observations. I certainly wasn't meaning to be rude, maybe it is a culture thing that you would be offended by the comment. I also never alluded to western opinion being more correct than any other . But as I said before, god created beautiful little human beings that are perfect

(I am based in Hong Kong)