Best age for boys' ear piercing?

[Dom]

It seems we have a lot of child abusers on here.

[Cautious Mum]

My husband had earrings when I first met him & I thought it a bit unusual. As I met his family I realised that all the males had pierced ears.
Our first child was a girl and we had her ears pierced when she was only a few months old. She is now 9 and has three piercings in each ear plus a nostril stud.
Our second child was a boy and when he was three months old my husband enquired when I proposed to have heis ears pierced. I took quite a bit of persuading but eventually gave in and had them done. He is now 7 with two piercings in each ear and has always been very proud of the fact that he wears earrings.
When a second boy arrived I automatically had his ears pierced at an early age and he will be getting a second pair for his fifth birthday.

[Guest]

Lisa,

If your son wanted both ears pierced then I think you were right to have them both done. After his ears have healed he will always have the choice to wear earrings in one or both ears. I gave my son the gift of pierced ears on his fourth birthday. We never considered having only one ear pierced. Like you and your son, my husband's parents were very critical of their grandson wearing earrings. My husband was also very cool to the idea, mostly because he knew how his parents would react. My son is now 10 years old and has worn earrings continuously, day and night, ever since his ears were pierced. My in-laws have accepted the idea that their grandson enjoys wearing earrings and have stopped making any negative comments, but my son has also learned to wear small, conservative earrings when he is going to be around his grandparents. My son wore earrings for more than a year before he started school. When he strated kindergarten the other children just accepted him as another child who wore earrings with no particular reactions either way. In a week or two the teachers and the other children get used to your son wearing earrings and will not have any more comments about them than they would a girl who had just gotten her ears pierced.

As soon as my son's original piercing studs were first removed I had a jewler file the sharp points off of them so he could wear them like regular earrings. Then I made certain he wore his piercing studs once each week for at least 24 consecutive hours so his holes would remain at their original size and not start to close up. Normally we would put his piercing studs in his ears one night at bedtime. He would wear them that night, the next day and the following night. Then we would remove them the second morning. By doing this regularly we have also kept his holes perfectly round.

You said your son is happy and pround both of his ears are pierced. To me that is the only thing that really matters.

Tammy

so tammy you have left the boys ear piercing thread and started your crap about "giving the gift of pierced ears" in this thread instead, you've once again gone back to your other crap of getting the jeweler to file off the sharp bits i mean seriously where the F*** do u get off bitch? everything u write is soooooooo fake and copy and paste!!! your obviously a guy with some wild fantasies about having earrings because I BET YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR EARS PIERCED!!!

[IanKR]

so tammy you have left the boys ear piercing thread and started your crap about "giving the gift of pierced ears" in this thread instead, you've once again gone back to your other crap of getting the jeweler to file off the sharp bits i mean seriously where the F*** do u get off bitch? everything u write is soooooooo fake and copy and paste!!! your obviously a guy with some wild fantasies about having earrings because I BET YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR EARS PIERCED!!!

What an extraordinarily vitriolic attack!

[earring]

As soon as my son's original piercing studs were first removed I had a jewler file the sharp points off of them so he could wear them like regular earrings. Then I made certain he wore his piercing studs once each week for at least 24 consecutive hours so his holes would remain at their original size and not start to close up. Normally we would put his piercing studs in his ears one night at bedtime. He would wear them that night, the next day and the following night. Then we would remove them the second morning. By doing this regularly we have also kept his holes perfectly round.

So much care for a boy's earholes is an impressive demonstration of true love - really!

[Guest]

I'm a 24 year old male and since I was very young I've always wanted to get my ears pierced - just the one when I was younger, but these days I would love to get both done. My family are very disaproving of men with earings, so it has never been something which I have talked to them about.

Since I was about 13, I've been piercing my left ear and putting earrings in - normally for short periods, but sometimes, if I'm travelling, I leave them in for longer - but always take them out before I return home(normally no longer than 24 hours). These days I have a small bruised patch on my ear lobe from having done this for the last 10 years.

My parents always said if either of my brothers or I got any poiercings or tattoos we'd never live under their roof again. And although both my brothers left to go overseas studying, they never got anything done to I could never guage my parents reaction. Whilst I was away studying I did tell them I'd got my tongue pierced, and they didn't email back for weeks until my friend wrote to tell them I was only joking.

I guess there is the whole stigma that people may think you're gay by wearing earrings, but although I'm very confident in my sexuality, I'm not generally a confident person and I would/do find it hard to walk around with earrings in my ears.

I suppose, what I'm trying to say, is if your child has their ears pierced from a very young age, then they will always have the choice to wear earrings if they want and so it will never become a tabboo subject.

I still hope to get my ears pierced permanently, and although I live on the other side of the world from my parents, I still feel I would in someway be abusing their trust (?)

[Guest]

I'm a 24 year old male and since I was very young I've always wanted to get my ears pierced - just the one when I was younger, but these days I would love to get both done. My family are very disaproving of men with earings, so it has never been something which I have talked to them about.

Since I was about 13, I've been piercing my left ear and putting earrings in - normally for short periods, but sometimes, if I'm travelling, I leave them in for longer - but always take them out before I return home(normally no longer than 24 hours). These days I have a small bruised patch on my ear lobe from having done this for the last 10 years.

My parents always said if either of my brothers or I got any poiercings or tattoos we'd never live under their roof again. And although both my brothers left to go overseas studying, they never got anything done to I could never guage my parents reaction. Whilst I was away studying I did tell them I'd got my tongue pierced, and they didn't email back for weeks until my friend wrote to tell them I was only joking.

I guess there is the whole stigma that people may think you're gay by wearing earrings, but although I'm very confident in my sexuality, I'm not generally a confident person and I would/do find it hard to walk around with earrings in my ears.

I suppose, what I'm trying to say, is if your child has their ears pierced from a very young age, then they will always have the choice to wear earrings if they want and so it will never become a tabboo subject.

I still hope to get my ears pierced permanently, and although I live on the other side of the world from my parents, I still feel I would in someway be abusing their trust (?)

Growing up in a conservative family, my father always told my brother and I if we came home with an earring he would rip it out. Because my father was very vocal about earrings and tattoos, my brother and I would never go through with it. Last year, I got both lobes pierced and at first my father appeared a little upset, but later accepted me and does not have a problem with them now. Since that time, I have added a second set to my lobes and have pierced both upper cartilage. I also have three tattoos (2 of which are on my back and are part of a project that will eventually cover 2/3 of my back when complete). My father has finally realized that piercings and tattoos do not change a person and even though he would never do it to himself, he has realized that this is what I want and has come to accept that.

I do believe a person can go too far with piercings and tattoos, and I will never get a tattoo that cannot be covered easily. I do respect my father and his opinions, but through my piercing and tattoo experience, I have proven to him that just because a person has tattoos and/or piercings, they do not change the person in any way.

I guess what I am saying is, if you really want to pierce your ears, then go and get them pierced. I too would always pierce my ear and wear an earring for short periods of time when I was younger, and always worried that someone might notice the hole. Even after piercing my ears, I started to question whether or not I should leave them in, but I finally decided that I would go through with it and found that people did not have any negative reacations to me wearing earrings. My confidence level has increased greatly since getting my ears pierced! I can't explain it, but I have noticed that I am more confident with myself that I was before the earrings.

Good luck and let us know how things go.

[Edified]

I just wrote a brief article on this subject at http://edified.org/articles/piercings. Basically I think that many times we under estimate the beauty of our bodies without piercing. Secondly I think that piercings are given way to much clout in our society. Hope you enjoy,

Ed Palma[/url]

[earringed_lad]

If a teen boy asks, lots of parents will let him do it.

But what about younger boys, whose initiative ought it to be, do you think, to get his ears pierced?

The initiative should be that of the boy

[Salsito]

i dont think any parent has the right to pierce there kids ears untill the child is old enough to decide for themselfs.

fizzxx

Totally agree, any kind of body modification should be the choice of the person invovled, not their parents or anyone else. Its common in Italian families for children to be pierced shortly after they are born, my daughter was done at her choice when she was 10.

[UR MUM]

i think boys/gals should be alloud to choose whether they want earrings or not. I dont think little babies should ave their ears done coz it dont look rite. I personally think boys/gals should ave em done wen theyre 5.

[Silky sophie]

:withstupid: i think boys/gals should be alloud to choose whether they want earrings or not. I dont think little babies should ave their ears done coz it dont look rite. I personally think boys/gals should ave em done wen theyre 5.

I think that you should concentrate on your spelling and grammer love rather than what age kids should be allowed pierced ears!! Did you go to school?

[Silky sophie]

:withstupid: i think boys/gals should be alloud to choose whether they want earrings or not. I dont think little babies should ave their ears done coz it dont look rite. I personally think boys/gals should ave em done wen theyre 5.

I think that you should concentrate on your spelling and grammer love rather than what age kids should be allowed pierced ears!! Did you go to school?

[Jenny D]

My sister pierced her little boy's ears at age 4. he's 6 now and I'm used to them...just be prepared for everybody thinking he's a girl!

[Lors]

I think that you should concentrate on your spelling and grammer love rather than what age kids should be allowed pierced ears!! Did you go to school?

Oh the irony!