How to Pierce Your Ear with a Safety Pin
Disinfect your safety pin by boiling in water for a few minutes., Numb the part of your ear you wish to pierce with ice cubes., Fold your towel over a few times, then 'brace' the part of your ear you are piercing with this so you won't stab...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Disinfect your safety pin by boiling in water for a few minutes.
Remember whatever you put your pin down on will contaminate it, as will your fingers, so be careful. -
Step 2: Numb the part of your ear you wish to pierce with ice cubes.
This will be the most painful part of the the piercing process.
Hold the ice to your ear for as long as you can stand, or at least say, 3-5 minutes. ,,, The hardest thing here is keeping the pin straight so you get a straight hole.
It's easy to end up with a piercing at an angle
- so be careful.
If you are piercing your upper ear or through cartilage, be prepared for a weird crunching sound as you break through.
Wonky piercings are the most common problem from DIY jobs
- so really
- be careful! If you don't have the stomach to do it properly, take it out and get a professional to do it for you.
You don't want weird sideways holes through your ears.
Note in the picture the model has holes that slant upwards.
Also you will want the closure of the pin to be at the front of the ear since this will the the easiest part of the pin for bacteria to collect and you will want to keep an eye on it. , Remember not to double dip if using a container! , Leave it alone, only twisting it once or twice a day and disinfecting it.
Don't touch it with your grotty fingers all the time. , This means if you put a stud or sleeper in straight away or after it has healed, it will be a lot less painful then if you DIY pierce with a needle. -
Step 3: Fold your towel over a few times
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Step 4: then 'brace' the part of your ear you are piercing with this so you won't stab yourself.
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Step 5: Pat your ear and pin down with your disinfectant or salted water.
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Step 6: Push the safety pin through your ear and close.
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Step 7: Dab again with your disinfectant or salted water.
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Step 8: Leave to heal for at least a week
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Step 9: treating it as you would any new piercing.
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Step 10: When you remove the pin the hole will be of a similar gauge to most earring posts
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Step 11: as safety pins are thicker than needles.
Detailed Guide
Remember whatever you put your pin down on will contaminate it, as will your fingers, so be careful.
This will be the most painful part of the the piercing process.
Hold the ice to your ear for as long as you can stand, or at least say, 3-5 minutes. ,,, The hardest thing here is keeping the pin straight so you get a straight hole.
It's easy to end up with a piercing at an angle
- so be careful.
If you are piercing your upper ear or through cartilage, be prepared for a weird crunching sound as you break through.
Wonky piercings are the most common problem from DIY jobs
- so really
- be careful! If you don't have the stomach to do it properly, take it out and get a professional to do it for you.
You don't want weird sideways holes through your ears.
Note in the picture the model has holes that slant upwards.
Also you will want the closure of the pin to be at the front of the ear since this will the the easiest part of the pin for bacteria to collect and you will want to keep an eye on it. , Remember not to double dip if using a container! , Leave it alone, only twisting it once or twice a day and disinfecting it.
Don't touch it with your grotty fingers all the time. , This means if you put a stud or sleeper in straight away or after it has healed, it will be a lot less painful then if you DIY pierce with a needle.
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