Piercing the earlobe with a gun
Technique for ear piercing: “cock” the pistol and “load” the earring into it (the technique of this procedure is described in great detail in the instructions for the pistol).
The gun has a free stroke, during which there is no click. This is necessary to fix the earlobe and bring the tip of the needle earring to the intended puncture point. If everything is ready and the point is at the tip of the needle, we overcome the resistance of the “trigger” and the gun fires. The earring is fastened in the ear. Using a downward movement, remove the gun from the earlobe.
Features of ear piercing
Ear piercing is a responsible procedure; to avoid complications, you should know the specifics of the procedure.
When starting the procedure, masters or parents are required to take into account several factors.
Piercing of children's ears must be carried out only in specialized salons, using sterile instruments; it is not recommended to perform the manipulation yourself.
The first decoration after piercing should be carnations that do not cause allergies; they should be made of high-quality surgical steel. If the wound does not fester and there are no complications, after a month and a half, parents can insert light weight gold earrings.
Silver earrings cannot be used until the wound has completely healed. The limitation is due to the fact that upon contact with blood, oxidation of silver occurs, this process reduces the healing rate.
After the piercing is performed, the wound should be carefully treated with disinfectants for several weeks.
In some situations, it is better to postpone the puncture or completely abandon this procedure. Ear piercing is not recommended if a person has diseases such as eczema or dermatitis or has problems with the endocrine system. The procedure should be postponed until the end of viral and infectious diseases.
Treatment of ears after piercing
Ears after a piercing will need to be treated not only immediately after the piercing. The wound is susceptible to infection for a month; germs and bacteria can enter it.
The following liquids are suitable for carrying out the procedure at home:
- medical alcohol;
- hydrogen peroxide (3%);
- chlorhexidine;
- weak solution of potassium permanganate.
You should treat your ears twice a day; an additional procedure will be required after taking a shower, walking, or touching your ears with dirty hands. Caring for your ears involves regularly doing the following:
- The earring is rotated in the ear several times a day; hands should be washed thoroughly beforehand; earrings should not be removed during this period.
- Wipe the puncture site with the above-mentioned antiseptics twice a day.
- Only a month after the earring is pierced, it is necessary to remove the hole in the ear and thoroughly treat the earring itself with hydrogen peroxide.
A special product has been developed to help care for pierced ears - this is medical glue. It is applied to the puncture site; nothing else needs to be done until the product comes off on its own.
Everyone's wound heals differently: for some it heals within a week, for others it will take two weeks to heal. During the cold season, the wound will take longer to heal; people often suffer from the appearance of pus if they have poor blood clotting.
How to care for pierced ears?
After the ears are pierced, the piercer usually tells the parents how to care for the wounds so that a proper and painless tunnel in the ear is formed faster. The process will indeed require concentration and mandatory adult supervision. First of all, this concerns the treatment of wounds. The puncture sites should be treated daily, 3-4 times a day. It is best to carry out the procedure in the morning, lunch and evening.
The mother should carry out the treatment only with clean hands. Hydrogen peroxide or any other antiseptic is instilled into the wound - “”, “Chlorhexidine”. Children should not treat their ears with alcohol or alcohol-containing solutions.
After instilling the antiseptic, the earring is carefully moved back and forth if it has a bow (such earrings can be inserted into ears pierced using the traditional manual method using a piercing needle). If the puncture was carried out using modern methods - with a “pistol” or “System 75”, then there is a “stud” in the ear
After instillation of the antiseptic, it is slightly moved back and forth and carefully scrolled clockwise.
For some time after ear piercing, some changes should occur in the child's life. The girl does not need to be bathed for the first 5 days after the puncture. This also applies to visiting the bathhouse, sauna, and swimming pool. There is no need to take your child to a public pool for the first 3-4 weeks after the puncture. With water, pathogenic bacteria and viruses can enter the wound; water chlorination agents can cause serious inflammation. For the first five days, it is better to refrain from washing your hair. There is no need to swim in the sea or river for a month.
While the holes in the lobes are healing, proper hair care is important. It is advisable that the hair does not come into contact with the wounds. A girl with a short haircut has nothing to worry about, but if her hair is long, it is best to keep it constantly tied up in a high hairstyle - a ponytail, a bun at the back of the head, a basket braid. You should be very careful when combing your hair; you should not touch the earring with the comb.
It is better to leave physical activity and active entertainment for later. While running, jumping, playing sports, or dancing, sweating increases, and sweat (a rather caustic substance) causes additional inflammation in unhealed wounds of the earlobes. If the child is small, it will be quite difficult to ensure that the baby does not touch her earlobes with her hands, but this should be done.
During this time, if the wounds are properly cared for, the holes cease to appear, are covered from the inside with an epithelial layer, and you can change the first earrings for any others without any particular fears. The main thing is that these other jewelry are made of high-quality gold without nickel impurities, so that they are not bulky and heavy and have a comfortable and reliable clasp.
It can be psychologically quite difficult to remove the medical “studs” that have already become habitual during the first month for the first time. Mom is scared because she is afraid that she will not be able to put other earrings in her ears and cause her daughter severe pain.
If you do everything carefully, it will not hurt the child. You can remove the carnations in the following way:
Prepare hydrogen peroxide and a piece of clean gauze or sterile medical bandage. Wash your hands, sanitize them, and place the child’s head on your lap. With one hand you should grab the front part of the earring, and with the other hand, the stud clasp and slightly begin to pull the clasp towards the edge
It is important that the second hand at this moment securely fixes the earring stem so that it does not move in the ear and does not cause pain to the child. A common problem is the tight fasteners of medical studs. Get ready for the fact that it will not give in easily, especially since most of these earrings fasten with two clicks.
Sudden movements are prohibited. Only smooth and careful, but decisive movements. It is important to distract the child, calm him down so that he does not jerk his head or resist.
Inaccurate movements can lead to injury to the earlobe. After the clasp is removed, you need to carefully remove the stud rod with a twisting motion, lubricate the lobe front and back with hydrogen peroxide and leave the child alone for 15-20 minutes. After this time, the lobe is again lubricated with peroxide, and new earrings are treated with it. The edge of the earring bow is carefully felt for the hole and the bow is carefully inserted into the lobe. If at the same time droplets of ichor or pus appear, it’s okay
After inserting the earring, it is fastened and the lobe is once again treated with an antiseptic.
Ear piercing for children - review
I am sharing our story of piercing a child’s ears to warn parents against possible problems.
WHY DID I DECIDE TO PICK MY CHILD’S EARS AT 1.5 YEARS OLD?
Let me start by saying that I had my ears pierced when I was 5 years old. I myself asked my parents about this, after children with earrings in their ears began to appear in the kindergarten every now and then (apparently there was some kind of boom). I thought it was very beautiful.
But I remember very well how scared I was to have my ears pierced, I spent a long time getting ready and changed my mind a couple of times, just before the procedure itself. Apparently it was stressful for me, since I remembered it at such a young age. Still, they pierced me.
What am I talking about? Besides, when I was 5 years old, I thought it would be better if I had my ears pierced when I was younger, so that I wouldn’t remember anything. So I thought that my daughter might have a fear of the procedure when she wants to get her ears pierced as an adult. I decided to do this to her at 1.5 years old, when events are quickly forgotten.
Piercing children's ears with steel studs
WHERE TO PIERCE EARS
I chose among nearby beauty salons, this was probably my first mistake. Still, I do not recommend choosing such establishments for ear piercing. My daughter had her ears pierced by a cosmetologist.
️ Choose specialized salons, they have a conveyor belt of children and adults, more experience and a more full hand.
EAR PINCING WITH A GUN / DESCRIPTION OF PROCEDURE
They pierced my daughter's ears with a pistol. I chose in the salon, stud earrings made of medical steel with a stone. Such alloys do not cause allergies and prevent inflammation; they are also used in surgery.
The cosmetologist treated the earlobes with an antiseptic and made incisions on each ear with a marker. The first ear piercing was quick and without tears. The earring ended up in her ear so quickly that my daughter didn’t understand anything. She squeaked a little and I distracted her with conversations and a toy.
The second ear was difficult. The daughter nevertheless saw through the unpleasant moment and no longer allowed the master too much access, constantly turning her head. The master also took aim for a long time this time. With grief, the second one was also pierced in half. If I hadn't distracted my daughter, she would have cried.
️ I advise you to buy a new toy and give it to your child during punctures, this will significantly distract from the pain.
Piercing a child's ears with a medical pistol, result:
Ear piercing with a gun
CARE AFTER EAR piercing
After the procedure, we were given recommendations for care.
- do not bathe the child in the first 5 days;
- try not to touch the earrings with a comb, etc.;
- Do not swim in open water for a month;
- treat wounds every 2 days with antiseptics such as Chlorhexidine;
- scroll the earrings back and forth in your ear so as not to overgrow and pour antiseptic directly into the puncture site
Ear piercing for children
We had no problems with treating punctures. My daughter calmly allowed herself to perform the recommended manipulations. Our ears took about 2 months to heal. My daughter did not get caught in her earrings and did not hurt her ears. She seemed to try to touch them at first, but I explained that it would be bo-bo. This helped and she soon forgot about them.
I thought it all ended there, but it wasn’t so...
CROSSLY PICKED EARS
I liked the result, the earrings are beautiful. Everything was fine until I decided to change the studs to gold earrings, about half a year after the piercing.
Ear piercing with a gun
Having exchanged studs for French lock earrings, I somehow accidentally saw that on one side of the ear the earring was hanging, and on the other, the earring was tightly adjacent to the earlobe. This can be seen in the photo.
From the outside, the punctures on the earlobes themselves were almost symmetrical.
pierced a child's ears crookedly
A child's ears were pierced crookedly
Who would have thought that on the reverse side we had ONE EAR CLOSELY pierced. Those. on the outside the puncture is relatively in the middle of the ear, and on the back the puncture came out at the very edge of the cartilage (it did not go straight, but upward).
A child's ears were pierced crookedly
I couldn't see this before, because... the clasp of the studs did not tell the whole story. My poor girl, she was clearly not comfortable that the clasp was located on the cartilage, but the baby can’t explain.
CONCLUSION
We had the unfortunate experience of piercing a child's ears. It turns out that I was in vain tormenting my daughter and going through all the manipulations to heal the punctures. Still, a child is a person and only he has the right to decide whether to pierce a part of his body or not. I hadn’t thought about this before, and it’s bad.
There is also a theory that by piercing the ears, at the energetic, astral level, a hole is formed in a person’s aura in this place, which does not have a very good effect on his biofield. As the saying goes: “Measure a hundred times, cut once.” That's all I wanted to say.
Child's ears pierced crookedly
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