ThreeSmileys
Earning My Ears
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My 5yo is very interested in getting her ears pierced, is there a place at DW or DS where we can get this done?
https://plandisney.disney.go.com/question/anywhere-wdw-disney-springs-ears-pierced-soontobe-302207/My 5yo is very interested in getting her ears pierced, is there a place at DW or DS where we can get this done?
Great advice, I wish I took my girls to one for their first piercings. Live and learn.I haven't done this myself, but I hear tattoo parlors are great places to get them done as well. I know, it sounds sketch, but most tattoo places do take sanitation very seriously and their piercers usually have a ton of training and know exactly what to do. I've heard of some even offering specific packages for children. Check around your area and see what you can find. If anything, avoid doing it at a mall kiosk or a place like Claire's. Those piecing guns are not supposed to be very easy to clean, and thus aren't as clean as they should be, plus the employees who operate the guns don't usually get a lot of training on it. The piercing guns also shoot the dull earring post through the ear, versus a sharp needle.
But going back to Disney, if you are spending time at Universal they have a tattoo shop in Citywalk, but no idea if they do piercing there as well.
If your pediatrician doesn't do it, definitely consider a tattoo parlor. The needles they use hurt way less than the guns and they line the piercings up so much better.
The guns also don't always push the earring all the way through. I vividly remember the gun catching while having my ear pierced and my mom having to push the earring the rest of the way through my ear.
Our state prohibits people under the age of 16 from going to a tattoo parlor. My DD's pedestrian didn't do them either. We went to Clair's and it was fine.I remember someone describing it this way "Which would you rather, the random employee who got a few hours training on the gun, or the tattoo parlor who is licensed/regulated by the state?"
Piercings should be done with a thin needle that is properly sterilized, not a gun that cannot. I wish I knew this when my girls were little, now with multiple piercings the Claire’s ones look terrible (a few got infected even with proper cleaning and had to close up and start again). A quick google will bring up how much better professional piercings are.Get them done professionally by a piercer. Do not go to a mall store. I’m sure there are piercers in Orlando if that is what you really want to do but despite how common they are a piercing is still a wound that requires care and a theme park is not the cleanest place. I would not want theme park grimy hands accidentally touching a fresh piercing. Best to do it at home when you can give it the attention it deserves.