[Gracie2006]

I got my first ear piercings at age 13. My parents said no, so I bought self piercing earrings and did the deed myself. They were hoops with a sharp point on one end and a loop on the other. Each day you squeeze just a bit until one day you have a hole. That was pure torture! Over the next 33 years, I had 9 more put in each ear for a total of 10. All of the rest of them I did myself with a needle and an ice cube, except for one set I did at a jewelry store. The store set were the only ones that got infected. Today, my ear piercings are adorned with very conservative earrings, mostly posts and a few very thin hoops. They are a great ice-breaker/conversation starter and I get more questions about them! I had a thought a month or so ago that maybe I am getting too old to have this many, then I thought, nah!