Getting ears pierced at wdw

[vpack05]

Going to walt disney world in 14 days and my daughter wants to get her ears pierced. Any ideas where?

 

[chris78cpr]

Hey,

Um im not sure if this is of any help but when i was in the area of international drive i went to one of the piercing shops there and my friend got her belly button pierced. They were really professional and very good at what they did. Everything was clean and my friends piercing looks really good and has never got infected either.

Maybe that is a place to consider. Good luck and have a good trip.

Chris

 

[vpack05]

thanx chris! other people said that also so i think we'll go there at the end of the trip. thanx again!

 

[chris78cpr]

Glad i could help!

I hope you and your family have a great holiday.

Chris

 

[EeyoreFan1]

I havent heard of anywhere in Wdw, sorry I couldnt help!!!

 

[Lil_Tink]

I would say go to the nearest mall and get them done at Clairs.

 

[x morgan]

I would say go to the nearest mall and get them done at Clairs.

Oh, god, NO! Piercing guns are HORRIBLE. You should get all piercings done at a parlor with needles.

-Piercing Guns can NOT be sterilized. Some of the newer equipment uses a sterile, self-contained stud, which is all well and good, but the gun itself still can not be sterilized and can become contaminated with blood or bodily fluid when it comes in contact with the ear before or after the actual piercing. In a day and age where viruses like HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C are reaching epidemic proportions no one should get pierced with anything that can’t be put in an autoclave. The really sickening thing about all this is that most of the places that use piercing guns market to younger children and the parents of children, who don’t know the dangers! Every state that allows and licenses body piercing studios requires that we maintain and use autoclave sterilization- and rightfully so- because it’s the only effective way to kill viruses and is an integral part of preventing disease transmission. Why then are piercing guns allowed? Money, plain and simple. Chain stores that sell body jewelry in the malls and offer piercing have lobbied their way into an exemption that endangers the public health! The tattoo and body piercing industry has long recognized this danger and has been seeking to lobby against the use of piercing guns. Unfortunately, tattoo and piercing studios are privately owned and we don’t have an effective organization that can compete with the lobby money of big corporations.


-Piercing guns TEAR a hole using a dull pointed stud as opposed to body piercing studios that use tri-bevel, hollow-point needles to pierce with. Hollow point needles are extremely sharp and make a clean, precise incision the exact same gauge as the jewelry being inserted. This means less pain, less trauma and less potential for scaring! The difference is particularly important when it comes to cartilage piercing. The skin over the cartilage is held in place by a connective layer. When a piercing stud goes through the cartilage, because it is dull, it can tear the connective layer away from the cartilage. If this happens, fluid fills the void between the skin and cartilage and can crystallize and form what is called Cauliflower Ear- not something anyone want! Much less for your child!


-People who use piercing guns have little or no training! Professional body piercers spend years learning and honing their skills- taking time to study anatomy, disease transmission and proper placement. They do this because they care about piercing and because they have dedicated their lives to the profession- in many states the law requires that body piercers be individually licensed. Unfortunately, money has enabled big business to lobby their way into an exemption from the same training standards that professional body piercers are held to. Most of the people handling those piercing guns wee shown one or two procedures and were, then, unleashed on the unsuspecting public. This is in stark contrast to your average body piercer who had to do hundreds and hundreds (if not thousands) of procedures before they were allowed to pierce for money!


This wasn’t intended to scare you; but if it did, that’s probably good. There are some very real dangers to the use of piercing guns. This danger is not going to go away until the public understands the risks and gets scared! We don’t want our kids getting sick because it was a few dollars cheaper to get a piercing at the mall- it’s just not worth it!

Taken from: http://www.bodyadorned.com/content/104/0

 

[Lil_Tink]

This wasn’t intended to scare you; but if it did, that’s probably good. There are some very real dangers to the use of piercing guns. This danger is not going to go away until the public understands the risks and gets scared! We don’t want our kids getting sick because it was a few dollars cheaper to get a piercing at the mall- it’s just not worth it!

Oh great. I got my ears peirced twice with a gun

 

[x morgan]

It's great that nothing bad has happened to you, but that's not always the case, so the information above should always be put into consideration. When I was little, I got my ears pierced with a gun, too. God, I wish I would have known how bad it is, because they got so so infected, even when I cleaned them like I was supposed to.

Some people are really afraid of getting pierced with a needle...they seem to think that guns are less painful. But they're not. I can speak from experience. I've gotten my bellybutton, eyebrow and cartilege done with a needle, and as soon as my eyebrow is fully healed, I'm going back to get my tragus.

 

[Lil_Tink]

Ahh that must have sucked. I liked the gun only because it was done like that.

 

[Princess Ash]

I had it done by gun when I was 4...and I'm still fine.

I agree with this part tho:

-Piercing guns TEAR a hole using a dull pointed stud as opposed to body piercing studios that use tri-bevel, hollow-point needles to pierce with.

My ears were pierced lower so I have longer holes, as compared to small just normal holes because wearing long/heavy earrings has dragged them down and I do not have enough cartilage to hold them up...

Knock on wood tho...no rips and I'm still wearing long, heavy, earrings, just not as often as I'd like to...

 

[Lil_Tink]

Whats funny for me is I have x2 peircings on each side but NEVER wear earrings. With swimming its to much of a hassle as they fall out and you lose them.

 

[WMX:V3]

Awww mannn.....I got my ear pierced. Yes I am a boy! Left ear. It was when I was 5. Hole closed up though. I'm thinking of having it repierced.