Ear piercing

Try Claire's in the mall. They did my daughter's and no issues

@Emmanuella I've heard bad things about Claire's not piercing ears right, and people say you're not supposed to pierce ears with a gun anymore, which Claires does. I'm not sure, but I don't want to risk them messing up. I doubt she'll be ok to get them pierced twice, lol.

Oh I see. My girl was pierced at 4 months and it's still open and nothing happened. But I understand where u coming from

ok. Well, maybe I can try then. How much is it for both ear lobes and do they take walk ins?

Definitely don’t go to Claire’s!! You could try enchanted dragon off of broadway but they might only take her if she’s 12 🤷🏼‍♀️ also sacred art off 4th Ave has good piercers too. I would call the shops before going in and ask what age they’ll do lobes at first though.

I was going to originally take her to Sacred Art but why do you say not to go to Claire's?

They use the piercing guns, like you said, which a terrible for you. They don’t properly sterilize the guns (from what I know) and they hire 16 years olds, give them all of 5 minutes of training for how to use the guns, and then let them pierce people… in my opinion, it’s not sanitary and they don’t have the proper training. You’re definitely better off going to a professional piercer.

When my LO is old enough to ask for a piercing, if she wants one, we’ll definitely be going to a shop.

Yes they do walk ins and they sterilized everything they used in our presence. We went to the one at the Tucson mall. And it was $40 for both piercing and the earrings. She just recently changed the earrings to something else.

If your daughter has skin sensitivity issues Claire’s might not be the best place sadly, I had to have my first lobes re-pierced twice, they got infected twice no matter how much I followed the cleaning regime. I know everyone can be different and a lot of girls do better with Clair’s because the environment is more comfortable , my mom ended up caving and just got my ears done professionally with a needle because I kept having issues with claires. I also have scar tissue on my left ear because the first two times my ear was pierced diagonally almost so it was also super uncomfortable. Just do what you feel is best, none of us will judge you just letting you know some kids just do better if it’s not done with the gun.

Straight to the point, make an appointment w Lisa (the owner), shes only in on the weekend, she's absolutely amazing! All the staff is great but I wouldn't trust all of them w my child