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eveglassI am currently going through the unfortunate process of trying to re-open my ear piercings. I had my ears pierced when I was 10, wore earrings for a while, and eventually discovered I was allergic to nearly every metal that exists (with the exception of gold and, I assume, medical-grade steel or titanium). So I stopped wearing earrings.
This led to an obnoxious cycle: every 4-6 months, I'd want to wear earrings. So I'd take out the earrings and spend a painful 10 minutes trying to put them on, essentially re-piercing my right ear each time (a thin flap of skin kept growing back inside the hole). Since I don't really own too many gold-post earrings, I'd generally be wearing something I was allergic to anyway, and the holes would get infected. I'd be so annoyed with the whole experience that I'd stop wearing earrings again, until 4-6 months later I'd *really* want to wear some earrings.
So I decided to start wearing earrings again. I found some simple gold-post pearl studs and tried ever-so-hard to put them in. The left, always the more cooperative, went in after one or two tries. But the right, oh my poor right ear. I kept trying and trying. Even though I could get the earring from the back through to the front, it absolutely refused to go through from front to back. I was scraping the inside of the back of my ear, and it hurt like hell. Eventually I realized I was angling it wrong, got it in, and that was that (for a while).
Today, I took out the earrings to disinfect them with alcohol, and realized that in addition to everything else I'd done to my right ear, I also managed to lodge a hair inside the hole, around the earring post. Argh! I'm really hoping I managed to pull the whole thing out, because it was stuck in there pretty good.
Anyway, I'm keeping them in, this time. I don't really have any other gold-post earrings, but I don't want to go through this hassle again. I really, really don't.
This led to an obnoxious cycle: every 4-6 months, I'd want to wear earrings. So I'd take out the earrings and spend a painful 10 minutes trying to put them on, essentially re-piercing my right ear each time (a thin flap of skin kept growing back inside the hole). Since I don't really own too many gold-post earrings, I'd generally be wearing something I was allergic to anyway, and the holes would get infected. I'd be so annoyed with the whole experience that I'd stop wearing earrings again, until 4-6 months later I'd *really* want to wear some earrings.
So I decided to start wearing earrings again. I found some simple gold-post pearl studs and tried ever-so-hard to put them in. The left, always the more cooperative, went in after one or two tries. But the right, oh my poor right ear. I kept trying and trying. Even though I could get the earring from the back through to the front, it absolutely refused to go through from front to back. I was scraping the inside of the back of my ear, and it hurt like hell. Eventually I realized I was angling it wrong, got it in, and that was that (for a while).
Today, I took out the earrings to disinfect them with alcohol, and realized that in addition to everything else I'd done to my right ear, I also managed to lodge a hair inside the hole, around the earring post. Argh! I'm really hoping I managed to pull the whole thing out, because it was stuck in there pretty good.
Anyway, I'm keeping them in, this time. I don't really have any other gold-post earrings, but I don't want to go through this hassle again. I really, really don't.
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Date: 2008-06-08 03:22 pm (UTC)