piercing my own ear

[Lee]

k, i know this has nothing to do with training, and i appologize for posting it here, but i trust the people on this board to not give me bad advice. im gonna pierce my own ear lobe, and i was wondering if anyone knows exactly what i need to do. i know i need to sterilize the needle and my ear, but im not sure what to do to maintain it so it doesnt get infected.

again, sorry for posting this here but i dont wanna get bad advice from the people on the other boards here.

 

[Zact16]

Go Lee!

 

[Zander1983]

Why are you doing it yourself?

 

[BlkWS6]

Well dude I did this back in sixth grade in the middle school bathroom with a thick ass sewing needle............that is the first thing I don't recommend. Secondly, try to numb it up with some ice first or something. Be careful though, after I did mine my ear turned green about a week later. It got majorly infected. Also be careful of what kind of earring you put in. Some people have reactions to cheap earrings. I got my gf some nice ones from Tiffany's that dont bother her ears at all, but when she put in some cheap ass silver ones she got an infection. Make sure you keep your ear and surrounding area clean after you pierce it.

 

[HANSEL]

k, i know this has nothing to do with training, and i appologize for posting it here, but i trust the people on this board to not give me bad advice. im gonna pierce my own ear lobe, and i was wondering if anyone knows exactly what i need to do. i know i need to sterilize the needle and my ear, but im not sure what to do to maintain it so it doesnt get infected.

again, sorry for posting this here but i dont wanna get bad advice from the people on the other boards here.

I like you Lee, dont know why but I really like you bro. (Not in a gay way dont worry)

anyways,
You may want to Ice it a bit, but it doesnt hurt very much so thats up to you.

Get a Potatoe to hold behind your ear...This gives you a good base for the needle to enter upon penetration.

I actually do not recomend using a needle, I would use either the Stud your gonna have in there or just some earing that you can get a good grip on.

Soak it in Alcohol or Hydrogen Peroxide before you use it.

Just get it centered where you want it and punch that bastard through. You will hear a "pop" but there will not be much pain at all if any. trust me, it freakin painless, and after that locker incident you had it will feel like an itch.

I would remove it only for a second every other day and put some Polysporin/Neosporin on it. Keep the area generally clean and if it gets red and starts to hurt...take it out. It could be infected or even that your allergic to the metal that you used, this is why you should use a good silver, surgical steel, or gold earing.

Keep us posted, you Pirate you, Arrrg.

 

[gettinlarger]

If I were to do it myself, and I wouldn't, because that's retarded (jk man) ... Sterilize whatever you are using VERY WELL. Wear latex gloves. Put the needle or what have you in a pot with some water and boil the fucker. Then I'd soak it in alcohol to make sure it's clean. Numb your ear nicely with ice. Maybe you can find some topical novacaine-type stuff somewhere. And like BlkWS6 said, don't put some cheap ass silver in there. It will get infected. Find something made of gold, white gold, surgical steel, whatever.

 

[HANSEL]

Has anyone ever heard the song "Lee" by Tenacious D ???

I sing it everytime I read one of Lee's threads, lol.

 

[BowlingForSoup]

Has anyone ever heard the song "Lee" by Tenacious D ???

Is that the one about their stalker fan? Have you seen the show on HBO? It's utter heee lare it eeeee. On the ear thing, the only advice I could give would be to sterilize, sterilize, sterilize. Also, I know there's something called ambysol (I think that's it) that can numb your tongue when you have a cut or something on it. Could it be used on your skin? If so, try that.

 

[AustinTX]

jezus, they do it for free at the mall if you just buy a cheapo stud, you gotta put something in there....

 

[KAYNE]

TAKE A NAIL GUN, AIM IT DIRECTLY AT YOUR EAR (PICTURE AN IMAGINARY LINE GOING FROM ONE EAR TO THE OTHER EAR), AND THEN SHOOT. DONT MISS.

 

[HANSEL]

Have you seen the show on HBO? It's utter heee lare it eeeee.

Dude....you Rock. Lol, Their HBO shows were some of the funniest shit ever, I have always been a huge fan. I saw them when they came to PHX and bought their album the day it was released. KG and JB are so talented its scary.

 

[Paulos]

Pay teh 20 dollars to get it done professionally.

 

[WarriorPL]

Pay teh 20 dollars to get it done professionally.

Exactly. No need in taking hte chance of infection and all that.

 

[RusPA81]

I may be wrong, but I believe that Lee isn't 18 which means without parental permission he can't get it pierced. This brings up the problem of hiding it from your parents if they don't want you to pierce it.

 

[Nonerz]

okay, so it may be stupid but...

I pierced my ears in high school. I guess I was just bored and wanted another hole in my ears! I didn't know to numb it with ice...I wasn't aware of putting a potato behind my ear, or anything else. It was just me and my safety pin! I did sterilize the needle by putting it into the flame on the stove...should've killed anything potentially harmful. That's all that I cared about! I actually did a really good job, spaced out nicely too.

btw, they usually use a marker to draw a dot on your ear...better to test it out in marker first to make sure it is pierced where you want it!

 

[Drunken_Weasel]

I used a large safety pen, a lighter, some alchohol and some plain studs..

sterilize the needle, mark some spots on your ears with a felt tip pen.. make sure they look even on both ear..
then cram that fucking pin thru. doesnt hurt to bad.. take needle out, put in studs.. try and get some ear care solution (the kind they give you if you get it done anywhere...)

 

[ariolanine]

No offense, but is piercing your ear still a cool thing to do?

 

[SofaGeorge]

When I was a kid we did it with a safety pin and a potato. Ice your ear... put the potato behind it... push the pin through... then lock it for 6 weeks while it heals.

 

[out_at_sea]

When I was a kid we did it with a safety pin and a potato. Ice your ear... put the potato behind it... push the pin through... then lock it for 6 weeks while it heals.

is potato included for 6 weeks too??

 

[the nature boy]

I used a railroad spike when I was a kid. it kinda hurt when it went into my cerebral cortex or whatever that thing is called.

 

[rjl296]

No offense, but is piercing your ear still a cool thing to do?

i dont know. ivew had both ears pierced for 10 years. the first couple people called me gay, then BAM everyfuckingbody has got them . whatever