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On Sunday, I pierced my ear myself. I used a safety pin, in the upper cartilage of my ear. I used peroxide first to clean my skin, then I put the pin over flame, then wiped that with peroxide then put that over flame again. I numbed the surface and then did it. I put a potato behind my ear so I didn't poke myself in the head.
I just want to know if this is a bad thing to do. If anyone has done it like this and it worked out just fine. I am just scared of infection. I wash it out every morning and every night with peroxide. I just really need to know if I am up for big problems in the future.

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	Lauren	06-Aug-02

Hey well i wanna pierce my own ear ok well anyway i wanna make another 3rd hole (i have 2 holes on my left ear and 3 on my right and i wanna do my 3rd hole on my left ear)) anyway would it hurt alot?? and my friend did it b4 but she put and apple behind her ear dunno but anyway i was just wondering because i really wanna do this and i know it's gonna hurt but will it hurt more than when i got my others done? ( i got them done at Claires..yes all of them) ok thanks! bye! and keep cleaning your ears!

	L	04-Jul-02

i have the upper part of my left ear pierced but i went to claires and got it done there well mine got infected and i couldnt sleep on that side for months well its been over a year and now its great. so keep cleaning it and it wont get infected. mine only did because i didnt clean it enough. i hope this s.

	Theresa	23-May-02

It was all good until you put a potatoe behind your ear! It has acids in it that will harm you ear!

	Tia	12-May-02

ive only got two piercings on each ear and i wanna get another one... is piercing the upper part safe?

	Lisa	17-Apr-02

My 13-year old sister pierced her nose with a safety pin too. Ow

	¤.::mandee::.¤	15-Apr-02

go to clairs and buy some ear cleaning stuff. they have it specially made. I dont think peroxide shoudl be used tho. Someone told me not to use it when I did my ears myself. I did the bottoms tho...9 times total. But i kept 5 of them. I dont think ide do the top, it would kill. If it does get infected then you should just take it out. There is a REALLY good chance it will too. All of mine have...but I used the stuff from Clairs and its fine. OHHH!! my friend's ears got infected and she wanted to keep the hole. So, she took a needle and thread and tide a little loop in her ear. ((without the earing in)) hope i helped!! good luck

	¤.::mandee::.¤	15-Apr-02

go to clairs and buy some ear cleaning stuff. they have it specially made. I dont think peroxide shoudl be used tho. Someone told me not to use it when I did my ears myself. I did the bottoms tho...9 times total. But i kept 5 of them. I dont think ide do the top, it would kill. If it does get infected then you should just take it out. There is a REALLY good chance it will too. All of mine have...but I used the stuff from Clairs and its fine. OHHH!! my friend's ears got infected and she wanted to keep the hole. So, she took a needle and thread and tide a little loop in her ear. ((without the earing in)) hope i helped!! good luck

	master of minds	07-Apr-02

Okay, piercing your ear that high up is extremely dangerous. It can cause sick infection and you can even hit nerves where you'll become paralyzed. Everyone I know that has done it themselves grows little bumps behind their ear. It is pretty gross. My suggestions to you are the following: Don't take the earring or safety pin or whatever the hell you use out for atleast a month. You should clean around it and stuff...and especially after you wash your hair or whatever. I have pierced a few of my earrings myself, but to make sure they don't get infected and start to hurt like a you know what, make sure you take care of them properly.