More than one ear piercing is all well and good. Except that all this shit then starts happening.
**You are always searching for butterflies. **
Not the beautiful winged kind but those tiny little buggers which seem to fall out of your ears *constantly; *either in bed, where you'll find them implanted into your cheek, or on the street, resulting in multiple trips to Claire's Accessories to bulk buy replacements.
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**There will be lots of gags from old men.
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‘Did you get attacked by a staple gun?’ they said. ‘She’d be pretty if she didn’t have nails up her ears’, they mocked. 'Your ears must look like lace!' they laughed. Not funny. And no.
You will snag everything.
Or end up ensnarled in your new Cos jumper, shouting for help, as you try to pull fabric over your head.
They are very easy to get wrong.
Lots of tiny hoops and/or a scattering of different studs, good. Big hoops worn with big studs and a cuff or two: bad.
People may think you are wilder than you actually are.
Because of the back history of punk piercings people will assume that you are either a tragic hipster, or a massive goer. Most of the time, neither is true. But ready yourself nonetheless.
Your constant refrain is, ‘my hole will close up!’
No, not that hole. The speed at which an upper ear hole may close up (within it’s first 3 years at least) is as irritating as the person who is screaming about their lost earring and now vacant hole.
The statement necklace is not your friend.
Don’t cry, we're not saying you’ll never be mates, it's just that a ton of earrings and a supershiny cocktail necklace with gems the size of individual hamsters, can look a bit much. Right?
Sometimes, you will cry.
So you think you’re really brave because you’ve got 5 ear piercings and you’ve had your nose pierced twice, right? Wait till you encounter an angry piercing technician, whose clumsy command of the piercing gun makes it really, really hurt - and you’ll be wailing like the first time you fell off your bike saddle and smacked your shin on the frame.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.