Getting 2nd ear piercing

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I am getting a 2nd ear piercing next to my first one on Friday and I'm excited but also kind of nervous because I'm worried it won't suit me. Has anyone had the 2nd piercing done? What do you think of it?
By 2nd ear piercing I mean like this:
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I have my ears pieced 3 times in one ear and 5 in the other (3 at the bottom and 2 at the top). That isn't forgetting the tattoo I had done last month :)) If you really want your ears piecing twice, I would say go for it so long as you have your parents permission as even if you change your mind and don't like it, you could always take the earrings out and let the holes close up,

Good luck, I am sure it will look fab xx
 
Thank you :) I'd like to get the top of my ear pierced at one point but I might wait for a while before I get that done. My Mum said I can get my 2nd ear piercing :)
 
I've got my ears peirced 3 times and 4 in the other i want it all the way up ideally but i have other stuff to pay for right now, maybe christmas:)

It looks lovely by the way:)
 
I used to have 5 in each ear before they started to annoy me :)

One thing though please please please go to a proper piercing place and don't get it done with a manky gun!
 
I used to have 5 in each ear before they started to annoy me :)

One thing though please please please go to a proper piercing place and don't get it done with a manky gun!
 
Hello, I have 2 in one and 1 in the other and I love the way people always say " are you going to get the other one done?" it seems to really bring out the obsessive compulsive in people. Anyway I've always been happy with mine!:)
 
I had mine done a few years back and it grew over and closed up as i took it out too soon! It also hurt well bad as when i had my first holes done i was only a baby so didn't notice the pain.
 
Thank you. I was 9 when I had my first hole done so I hope it will just be pretty much the same as then. Did anyone's get infected? That's what I'm most worried about happening to mine. When I had my first holes done it didn't get infected and I never put any antibacterial stuff on it or turned the earring, I never knew that I was meant to, so I guess I was just lucky that it didn't get infected. I'm going to the same place I got the first holes done so I hope it won't get infected this time either.
 
According to my piercer, it's better to not put any antibacterial stuff on, and don't turn the earring, cos it just damages the healing skin. :)

He says to just mix some boiled water and sea salt (not table salt, but the stuff that says sea salt) and let it cool to luke warm, and then bath the piercing, maybe twice a day.

Also getting it done with a needle is better than a gun :) and doesn't hurt more.

I have my ears pierced three times in each ear. I love it. After a while I got sick of it and took two out of each ear, but recently I put them back in! :)
 
Ive got 5 earrings in one ear (3 bottom, 2 top) and 3 in my other ear. I'm must say that they didnt hurt, the top ones did hurt more than the bottom but thats because it more 'tough' so dont worry too much about the second piercing as you will be fine. Also i never bathed my piercing and they healed very well, the only time i do bathe them is if they get dirty and i used tcp mixed with cooled boiled water.

:)
 
Ok thank you. I like the top of the ear and I couldn't decide between the top and the 2nd but I've heard it hurts more and I'm a bit of a wimp :)) Also all my friends who have had it done have had it infected, and I know it depends on where you get it done but it put me off a bit. Did it hurt for much afterwards? I was talking to my friend about the first ear piercing and she said hers didnt hurt straight away but hurt for a few days afterwards, but because I got my first piercing such a long time ago I can't remember if it hurt or not afterwards, I know it hurt for a few seconds as I got it pierced but that's it and that wasn't that bad. Sorry for so many questions I'm just kind of worried about it just because I don't know what it will be like. I'm excited because I can't wait to have it done though! Also, how long should I leave it in for? I know they'll probably tell me. When I had my first piercing I left it in for 6 weeks before I started changing earrings and taking it out etc.
 
I've got two piercings in my ears, like the picture you showed. Maybe I was lucky, but I never had any problems - the first pair was done with a needle, and the second pair with a gun many years later. I didn't want to risk the holes closing up, so I left the earrings in for several weeks, but I used a salt water solution to bathe them. I don't remember that they hurt very much. I rarely wear two pairs of earrings now, but the holes don't close up, because I've had them done for so long.
 
ive got lots of peircings t one point I was an addict :(|) I sy go for it hun :) x
 
It's more likely to get infected if you get it done with a gun, the guns themselves harbour bacteria and it also causes trauma to the area when it goes in. Needle is the way forward then ensure to bathe it with warm salt water :)
 
I've got 2 piercings in each ear (like the picture), my eldest daughter Sam, she's now 18, has 3 in one ear and 6 in the other including a cartlidge piercing at the top and she's never had any problems at all - they all healed fine and really quickly :)

I'd certainly go back to where you had the first ones done if they healed fine - obviously they have very good hygiene standards.

Good luck................xx>>>

Teresa xx
 
Thank you. I don't know what I was worried about really because I know it won't hurt much if at all, and as long as I get it done at a good place and keep it clean it is less likely to get infected. I'm excited for tommorow now :)
 
I got it done earlier today, and it was fine :) She told me to bathe it in either surgical spirit or sea salt water, and I thought I had some of that at home but I've found out that I haven't. She said bathe it in it twice a day, where can I get either surgical spirit or sea salt? And is there anything I can use as a substitute until I can get either of them tommorow? I know a lot of you have said that I don't need to use any antibacterial stuff but I think I'd just feel better doing that instead of leaving it.
 
Hello, I have 2 in one and 1 in the other and I love the way people always say " are you going to get the other one done?" it seems to really bring out the obsessive compulsive in people. Anyway I've always been happy with mine!:)

I've got 3 in my left lobe & 4 in my right lobe, I have major OCD so it's strange I don't have a matching amount lol

The 4th in my right I did my self using a needle, heated the needle in a candle flame and then went for it. I nearly passed out and had to tell my Dad what I'd done") He'd told me how to do it though so I think he felt a bit guilty lol

I got it done earlier today, and it was fine :) She told me to bathe it in either surgical spirit or sea salt water, and I thought I had some of that at home but I've found out that I haven't. She said bathe it in it twice a day, where can I get either surgical spirit or sea salt? And is there anything I can use as a substitute until I can get either of them tommorow? I know a lot of you have said that I don't need to use any antibacterial stuff but I think I'd just feel better doing that instead of leaving it.

congrats :)
Any big supermarket should sell sea salt :)
 
I would just use ordinary salt in water until you can get some surgical spirit.
 
I have 3 in each ear :) Have you got any Vodka? not to drink! to put on your ears :D
 
Use black tea to bathe it, its brilliant, my belly piercing was sore and infected and its all i ever used! it cleared up almost straightaway. I had my ears pierced 3 times and used black tea to bathe those too.:):)
 
Sorry for my ignorance, but do I put a bit on a bit of cotton wool and dab it around the earring?
 
Hello chicken.. I'm a qualified ear and body piercer..
Regarding the ear lobe the second piercing that you had done that can be done by a gun or a needle .. With the gun as someone sd earlier they harbour bacteria.... However there is a new gun on the market using a disposable piercing piece so there is no cross contamination so it can be done with a gun .. But if its anywhere else other than the ear lobe i personally recc a needle with clamp xx hthx
 
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