piercing and boys

[Guest]

I think that is an interesting point that Daddy makes. I think it is very off putting for a lot boys and men wanting their ears pierced because most of the places that do ear piercing are very girly shops especially claires. Maybe it is time time Claires had a male section where boys and men would not feel quite so self conscious about having their ears pierced. I think it is time these shops realised how popular it is for males to wear earrings. Maybe its just a matter of time before males wearing earrings is as popular as males wearing a chain round their or a ring on their finger. In the meantime its upto us females to encourage our boys/men to ignore the girly surroundings of Claires and just get them pierced, after all it only takes a few minutes to have them pierced, surely we can persuade our men to sit in the girly surrounding a few minutes while the the studs are put in.

[Guest]

Hi - thanks for the advice so far. I didn't summon up the courage this weekend, but hope to persuade my wife soon (given that Bruce Springsteen is her favourite artist and he wears earrings).
Are you lot from the UK? (I still don't think earrings are as acceptable here as they are in the US)

Thanks a lot!

[linda s]

Hi Guest,
I am also in the UK, sorry to see that you have not got your earrings yet.
Sounds like your wife is starting to come round to the idea of you wearing earrings. We live in Yorkshire, it is not so common to see men or boys with an earring in each ear however, a single earring is very popular. My husband has had his left ear pierced since his college days it is only recently that he has had his right one done. He hadn't worn an earring in his left ear for about ten years up until he had his right one pierced recently. It was quite difficult getting an earring back in his left ear after all that time but i managed to put in a piercing stud that my daughter had when she had hers pierced the first time which matched the stud in his right ear, now he has both pierced he wears earrings all the time. He wears piercing studs during the week and through the night and wears a pair of celtic design studs which i bought at the weekend. Wearing the piercing studs during the week keeps his holes nice and free. If he just wears the celtic studs the holes start to close because of the smaller diameter stem, so bare this in mind when you finally get yours done.
Once again good luck, maybe you go for it this weekend.

[Guest]

Fiona
What type of earring does your son wear? Is he allowed to wear it to school? Did it hurt getting his ear pierced?What do the teachers say?
I am deciding whether or not to get my sons ears pierced as it is more fashionable now.

Yes, it's really fashionable, isn't it?

Why not take your son to do it, Camilla?

[Guest]

Today after school I picked up my 14 year old son and took him to Claire's
to get his ears pierced. I asked for two piercings one in each ear and for diamond studs. I waited and after five minutes he came up to me and hugged me, thank you mum for making such a good decision. His diamonds were really nice and very shiny. Thank You for the advice.

Oh you did it, Camilla!

I'm sure he's really thrilled. I'm sure you really deserved the big hug he gave you! His hug there must have been a lovely moment for you!

I've just been in a net cafe and boys about your son's age came in and they had diamond studs in their earlobes as well. (Their moms must have got big hugs as well for letting them!)

[Guest]

I am a single parent of twins and I myself hav both of my ears pierced. When my daughter had her ears pierced at the age of 7 my son asked me why she had hers done and I had mine but he didn't so I let him get both of his ears pierced. Then when my daughter got her 2nd holes done in each ear when she was 10, my son wanted 2nd holes as well so he got his dun. They are now both 16 and my daughter has 6 in 1 ear and 5 in the other, her nose pierced and belly button pierced and my son still has 2 in each ear.

David

[Guestt]

Claires in the local mall has a poster advertising ear piercing and it shows a man
and a woman with pierced ears.

[Guest]

Both Studex and Inverness brand earpiercing systems offer hoop-style piercing earrings. Go to a store using one of these two systems and they can pierce your ears with post-style hoops as the starter earrings. Most CLAIRES (at least around my home) use the STUDEX system, some use Inverness. Piercing Pagoda uses Inverness.

[Helen2]

Me and my husband were at the hairdressers on Saturday having our hair done. I was finished before my husband as he was having highlights put in his hair, so I was sat watching a boy about 10 years old having his ears pierced with his mother holding his hand as the ears were pierced one at a time. Once he was done he turned to his mother and thanked her for the best bithday present ever. I thought what a lovely birthday present, he looked really good with a gold ball stud in each ear. I went over to Brian my husband (looking fab with his rubber highlighting cap on sat under the dryer Ha Ha!!!) and asked whether he had ever thought about wearing earrings. I suggested that a pair of gold studs would look really good with his highlighted hair. Unfortunately we did not have time for him to have them pierced on Saturday at the hairdressers. On Sunday we went shopping with our son (age at a local shopping centre, as we walked around I noticed a Claires Accessory shop with a notice up advertising ear piercing. As I looked across I noticed a little girl sat on a chair in the window with her mother choosing some piercing studs. I said to Brian shall we go in and get your ears pierced, James our son overheard what I said and asked whether he could have his ears pierced. I explained to James that it might hurt a bit and that his ears would have to be taken care of very carefully. We went in, the ladies doing the piercing were busy taking care of the little girl, James was fascinated watching the girl have her ears pierced. Unfortunately the girl cryed as the studs went in but she soon got over it. Now it was our turn, i asked James whether he wanted to go before Daddy or after, he wanted Dad to go first which he did, Brian went for White Gold ball studs which look fantastic with his highlighted hair. Now James sat on the chair looking a bit afraid as his ears were marked up ready for piercing. Less than a minute later James was sat there with the same ball studs as his Dad just in yellow gold. I could see tears welling in his eyes but once he was shown his ears in the mirror a smile came over his face and everthing was OK. Both Brian's and James's ear lobes looked a little red for a hour or so afterwards but now both are fine. I do the cleaning and rotating for Brian and James twice a day. I am so proud of both of them especially James
PS Claires is a great place to have your ears pierced whether you are male or female, they are so friendly, very gentle and explain everything at every stage. Well done Claires!!!

[Guest]

"Both Brian's and James's ear lobes looked a little red for a hour or so afterwards but now both are fine. I do the cleaning and rotating for Brian and James twice a day. I am so proud of both of them especially James"

Helen2:

I'm sure you are!

It's a lovely custom isn't it Helen

[Helen2]

Dear Guest,
Yes, we all enjoyed the experience, James hasn't stopped talking about it since he had them done. I going buy Brian and James each a pair of earrings for when the six week healing period is over. I am looking forward to that, in the meantime I am enjoying looking after their ears and making sure there is no problems. Brian has said he has received nothing but complements from the girls at work, they all love his highlighted hair and earrings. James said two of his friends now want their ears pierced.

[Sammi]

A few weeks ago i asked my husband whether he would wear earrings he said maybe but he not know whether earring would suit him. So i bought him a pair of magnetic studs which really suit him. Now he wears them all the time but he is very reluctant to go and have his ears pierced. How can i convince him that having his ears pierced is better than using these magnetic studs

[Hargrave]

Hello all. I came across this discussion board quite by chance, and I’ve been following this particular thread with interest for a week or so now. I would like to tell my story but it’s a bit of a long post so please bear with me.

I’m just a normal 30-something bloke and for many years I had wanted to get my ears pierced but I was never able to pluck up the courage. Many has been the time I have stopped outside Claires, looked at that chair in the window and thought “should I, should’nt I?”. As previous posters have said Claires’ girly atmosphere can be off-putting. Rather embarrassing for a man to sit in the front window for all the world to see.

Then in April last year I had a week off work for Easter. I went on a shopping trip to my local market town and found myself walking past the local branch of Claires. It’s not in some huge shopping mall but tucked discreetly out of the way in a quiet arcade.

Well, you can’t miss that big neon “Ear Piercing” sign in the window, and I just don’t know how but something in my head clicked and I found myself inside and at the counter asking the girl about ear piercing. She replied that her colleague did all the piercing, but she was away on her coffee break. If I came back in half an hour she would be in and able to help me.

I still could’nt believe what I was doing but I had 30 minutes to kill so found a local coffee shop, sat down and mulled things over. The time seemed to flash by and, again I don’t know how, I was soon back at Claires and sitting in that chair in the window. I picked a pair of silver ball studs and left the shop soon after with them in my ears. I can’t begin to tell you just how I felt. Very euphoric and feeling on top of the world.

The next few days were just fantastic and I spent as much time as I could going out and about with my new look. But then the doubts started to creep in. Just what had I done ? What would my family and friends say ? What would my work mates reaction be ?

I’m afraid that my sensible side came to the fore and I took out the studs. My lobes healed over without any fuss and no-one was any the wiser about my little adventure into fashion.

May, June and July came and went. It was now August and I had been lately thinking if I had done the right thing in April by taking the studs out. I had a holiday booked in Cornwall and saw it as a second chance to do something. To cut a longish story short I broke my journey in Exeter, found a body piercing emporium and had my ears pierced again. This time with closure ball rings using the needle method rather than a gun (not actually as painful and scary as it sounds). This time around I stayed the course, kept the rings in and hav’nt regretted it. My family have accepted my look, and I’ve heard nothing but good comments from my friends. As for work, well, my appearance did’nt go unnoticed. Yes, plenty of remarks on the first day back but that has been it.

All I can say to any man thinking about getting his ears pierced is “go for it”.

[Helen2]

Hargrave's story just shows how popular earrings are with boys and men. There is probably lots of men / boys out there that would like to have their ears pierced but are reluctant because of other peoples reactions. That coupled with the embarrassment of sitting in the window of your local Claires shop is enough to put most men off the idea. Let me reassure all you boys / men out there who are thinking that wearing earrings would be nice. Brian my husband has had no negative comments about his new look. Brian is a conservative kind of man sometimes annoying conservative but a couple of weeks ago Brian said to me that he was fed up with his hair and would like to have a new look. I said OK, i booked an appointment at the haidressers as i mentioned in a
previous post. Now Brian has spiky highlighted hair and pierced ears.
If Brian can do it anybody can.

[daddy]

Well done Helen2.
What a great experience for a dad and his lad to get their earings together. And well done James for still going through with it after the girl cried. Please let us know how the 'change' goes in six weeks.