Articles for tag: Ear Care, Ear Piercing

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How to Take Care Your Child’s Ear Piercing

You are excited that your five-month-old baby is going to have his/her ears pierced for the first time. But at the same time you are anxious and scare. You do not know how your baby is going to react to the noise and the pain, when they are piercing their ears. Here are some tips ...

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Extreme Body Modification

Just as with tattooing, other forms of body modification have existed for many centuries. Modifications can be something simple such as ear piercing or more dramatic such as scarification. Ear piercing dates back to ancient times when it was believed that the metal used for piercing would ward off evil spirits. If the ears were ...

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How to Stretch an Ear Piercing Yourself

Do tattoos and body piercing interest you? Have you ever seen people walking around with the large plugs in their ears instead of “normal” ear rings and wonder how they do it? It is a process that must be done slowly so that your piercing is not torn instead of stretched like it is supposed ...

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Earlobe Infection

An earlobe infection is a swelling of the earlobe caused by staphylococcus bacteria that infect the skin of the ear. Also, an injury to the earlobe caused due to earlobe piercing can cause earlobe infection. If your earlobe is pierced with an unsterilized instrument there are chances of getting an earlobe infection. It can also ...

The Health Risks of Face and Body Piercings

Face and body piercings have become very popular, especially with teens. Studies have shown that most of these body piercings come from women. Nearly 83 percent of women have their ears pierced and many in this century have multiple piercings, some on the body and the face. Although face and body piercings can be attractive ...

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10 Steps to Piercing Baby’s Ears

Let me start by saying that I am 100 percent convinced that getting a baby’s ears pierced is not a health or safety issue. In Nigeria where I was born, all little girls got their ears pierced before leaving the hospital after birth. It’s safe to say that opinions regarding infant ear piercing are more ...

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All About Kids Ear Piercing

Most people think that children should get their kids’ ears pierced at a young age. Well for fact, you really should not get your kids’ ears pierced till they are about one year old. I would suggest the age of 4 though. The only reason why I suggest that is because your child can start ...

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How to Take Care of Your New Ear Piercing

Getting your ears pierced is almost a right of passage for any young child, especially girls. One thing I couldn’t wait to do was buy as many dangling earrings as possible to use after my ear’s had healed and the earrings in them could be removed. But there is a lot more to ear piercings ...

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The Many Different Types of Ear Piercings

I like to collect things. I have a decent collection of books. I collect pens that I pick up in the doctor’s office. I collect toys. Yet I have one collection I can take with me anywhere and it’s the one that has cost me the most money. It is my collection of ear piercings. ...