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I got my ears pierced when I was seven under duress. I didn't really want to, but my stepmother convinced me that I should. They used one of the gun things, and it burned for hours, and I got a terrible headache. Then I was allergic to the cleaning the solution and got a terrible scaly infected rash. Furthermore I had to sleep with the studs in my ears, and the backs of the earrings dug into the base of my skull and caused a large painful sore on both sides at my hairline, behind my ear.
Once they were healed, I wore earrings infrequently, maybe once every couple months for a few years, as I got older I wore them less frequently. Now I wear them once or twice a year. It's nice if I want to do something different, but I don't know if it was worth it. On a daily basis I find earrings to be a nuisance. They get tangled in my hair, dig into my neck/skull (I guess my earlobes are closely attached to my head), get caught on clothing, and bug me when the dangle. But like I said, it's nice if you want to 'dress up' with little effort. Because I don't wear them often, I think they add a much flashier look to even everyday outfits.
So I guess my recommendation is to think over how much you like to wear jewelry, if you're sensitive or if there is a family history of sensitivity to metals, and go for it if you're sure. Some people love having their ears pierced, and there are some really cool earrings, I'm rather indifferent.
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If sleeping with the earrings in bothers you, you can take a small piece of a cotton ball and stick it on the back of the stud at night. That really helped me for the first few weeks, until I got used to it.
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