We pierce the child’s ears: when, where and how

It is generally accepted that earrings are beautiful and feminine, so mothers and dads of girls very early begin to ask themselves the question “When to pierce the ears?”. You will find the answer to this question, recommendations regarding the procedure and care after it below.

Is it worth it to pierce the ears?

When a boy is born, no one comes up with a question about earrings and ear piercing, although today there are many teenagers and adult men who wear earrings or tunnels. Another thing is if you have a baby girl ...

In some cultures, women are required to wear earrings. In this case, ears are pierced on the first day after birth. There are modern maternity hospitals abroad that offer to do this procedure in the first birthdays of the baby.

Opponents of the procedure for piercing the ears to young children indicate such reasons for refusing this:

• risk of infection;
• nickel contained in piercing earrings can cause allergies;
• the risk of touching important points on the earlobe, responsible for vision, hearing and other important organs;
• the likelihood of an ear injury due to an earring if a child catches it during active play;
• not everyone agrees that earrings in the ears of the baby are beautiful;
• the baby may lose an expensive earring if precious jewelry is worn;
• A child may swallow an earring if it falls out.

Contraindications for ear piercing

• ear diseases (including chronic ones);
• other serious diseases (diabetes mellitus, skin diseases, etc.);
• illness (wait at least 2 weeks after the final recovery of the crumbs);
• poor blood coagulation and wound healing;
• other blood diseases;
• weakened immunity (how to strengthen immunity);
• low pain threshold;
• allergy;
• feeling unwell;
• tendency to keloid scars.

At what age do you pierce your ears?

Psychologists recommend piercing the ears to 1-1.5 years. Some call a more specific age - 8-10 months. This is explained by the fact that at this age the child has a higher pain threshold and the pain pain suffered will be forgotten faster.

Pediatricians do not recommend piercing the ears until the crumbs are reached three year milestone. This is associated with possible risks of catching an infection. By the age of three, the baby will have a more formed immunity and it will be easier to treat it. In addition, after 3, it’s easier for a child to explain the procedure and why you can’t touch such interesting new earrings in her ears.

At the same time, doctors advise ear piercing under 11 years old, because later there is a higher probability of ugly keloid scars in the wound healing site. Since this place is often enough in sight, a similar cosmetic defect will upset any girl and her parents.

Moms and grandmothers for the most part decide to pierce the ears of the baby when "she herself asks." This can happen in a year, and at three, and at ten. To pierce or not to pierce the ears of a daughter at an early age is still at the discretion of the parents.

Mommy's answers from forums

I will pierce my daughter’s ears at a conscious age so that she herself can say what hurts and what is wrong.

Ears need to be pierced by the child when the child consciously knows that if you drag by the earring it will hurt or God forbid, steal and swallow. Plus, at the age of 2-3 years, the girl herself will ask you to do this, then it will be possible.

It is necessary to pierce when the girl herself asks. My daughter approached me when she was 5 years old and asked me to pierce her ears. I took her to the salon, thought, would change her mind. And she sat down to the master and did not even utter a peep when pierced.

I want to advise the girls. By education, I worked as a beautician before the decree, first as a beautician in a beauty salon. I pricked the children’s ears. Then I worked in a clinic and went on maternity leave. As a person who knows, I think that I need to be pricked before the year the child does not understand. When I was brought children from 3 years old and the girls above cannot convey in words how they screamed. They ask mothers what the earrings are. Here you all talk about conscious age, they are usually afraid to stab later. My aunt, 45, she always dreamed of piercing but was afraid. And she didn’t dare. She pierced her in 1 2 transferred easily. I deducted that it is necessary to prick correctly when the cherry blossoms and did so and healed very quickly

To pierce ears and when is everyone’s personal affair. I am on the side of those who believe that the sooner the better. The daughter was pierced with ears at 8 months, in the spring, so that it would not be hot and heal faster. The cosmetologist was very good, the child did not even feel anything. Just do not advise you to wear earrings, rings, the child often clings to them with his fingers, simple little neat earrings are the best option.

What season is the best time to pierce a child’s ears?

It is believed that ears should be pierced during the flowering period of the apple tree, that is, in May. Say, then everything will quickly grow up and there will be no problems with suppuration. Such a belief among the people appeared for a reason. It is late spring and early autumn that doctors recommend for piercing earlobes. This is due to the lack of strong summer heat and dust, as well as the need to wear warm sweaters under the throat and hats in the cold winter.

Doctor cosmetologist Irina Sysueva: when to pierce the ears of children

Piercing options

There are two main ways to pierce the earlobes - this is a needle and a special gun.

The process of piercing the ears with a needle is quite lengthy and more painful (you need to make a puncture first, and a loan to insert an earring or thread) than in the case with a special gun. On the other hand, after piercing with a needle, permanent gold or silver earrings can be immediately inserted. For little girls, this option is still not recommended.

Poking through the ears with a gun is now a virtually painless procedure. Therefore, now mothers can safely lead even the smallest children into the salon.

Pierce the ears with a special sterile gun. They are disposable and reusable. Puncture with a disposable gun costs a little more, but you will be sure that your baby will not be infected. The gun is loaded with an earring made of medical hypoallergenic steel, which can later be worn as an ornament. The puncture procedure takes a split second. A gun, like a stapler, secures a carnation on the eye with one click.

Where to pierce

This must be done, of course, by specialists, since there are many points on the earlobe responsible for the activity of the internal organs of a person.

Now, in almost every beauty salon, you can quickly pierce the earlobes of a child of any age safely and almost painlessly. This procedure is quite affordable. Immediately put on the selected earrings - cloves, or earrings with a handle (everything is sterile, stored in special containers).

You can also go to specialized piercing salons (because ear piercing and earlobe piercing are identical concepts), where skilled craftsmen will make the procedure using disposable needles.

The choice should fall on a proven salon or medical center, where this procedure will be performed by professionals - cosmetologists who know in which place to make the correct and beautiful puncture, how to make it quickly and without pain.

Be sure to ask if the master has a medical education. Beauticians without the appropriate “crust” do not have the right to pierce their ears.

And in no case do not allow punctures to those who are not doing this professionally, but “experimenting” only on themselves and their friends!

Puncture Procedure and Recommendations

If you decide to pierce a child’s ears from the age of 8-9 months, then be sure to explain where and why you are going. Do not scare the baby, try to hold this event in a relaxed atmosphere of the game. Let me choose earrings, touch the gun, get acquainted with a beautician or doctor who will perform the piercing. If it was not possible to reach an understanding with the child and the situation is unnerving for the baby, then postpone the procedure for several days, months or even years.

The procedure for piercing the ears with a gun is very simple and the same for any age:

1. Disinfect equipment and earlobes.
2. Select and insert the earrings into the gun.
3. Punctures are made in the center of the earlobe.It is very important to make a puncture in the center - any deviation threatens to hit important points in the area associated with speech, hearing, vision, and teeth.

However, the most important thing in ear piercing begins immediately after the puncture is performed - it is care during healing.

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Pierced Ear Care

Even despite the fact that you pierce the ears of your baby in the best cosmetology clinic, wound healing may not be as fast as you might think. It depends on many factors - on the immunity of the child, on some inflammatory processes in the body, as well as on the care of pierced ears. Usually the healing process takes from 1 to 3 months.

1. Explain to the child that touching the earrings during this period is undesirable. Especially dirty hands.
2. During the entire healing time, it is undesirable to change earrings-cloves to other earrings.
3. Throughout the entire healing period of punctures, the child's hair should be removed in a ponytail or braided. Otherwise, they may cling to the earrings, which will cause discomfort.
4. At least 2 times a day, it is necessary to wipe the puncture site with antiseptics: hydrogen peroxide, alcohol solution or other antiseptic agent on the advice of a doctor. 4-5 days after the piercing, during the treatment procedure, scroll the earrings so that the product gets inside the puncture.
5. After the procedure, it is not recommended to wet the lobes for 3-5 days.

If you notice yellow discharge from the puncture site (pus), then it is necessary to additionally treat it with a solution of manganese. If the pus does not pass in 2-3 days or the suppuration is quite serious, then you need to see a doctor. Ears are a very important organ, therefore pus in the earlobe after piercing should not be neglected!

In the first 5 days after the puncture, do not wash your baby's hair and avoid the pool or natural bodies of water. Contacts with water and detergents must be seriously limited, so it is advisable to wash your baby's hair before the procedure.

The duration of the healing process depends on many factors - from the immunity of the child to the level of his activity.

The main thing is to observe the rules of personal hygiene, be careful and treat earlobes every day until complete healing.

Some tips on how to choose the first earrings for your child:

• When choosing earrings, preference should be given to gold or silver models. Products from these materials practically do not cause allergic reactions;
• Earrings should not be heavy, have sharp corners, large stones;
• Preferred are models with an English lock, which is reliable enough - the child will not lose the jewelry and will not be able to unfasten it on his own.

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