Monday 3 February 2014

Ear-piercing II

Coco had an unpleasant ear-piercing experience about 2 years ago.

I took her to an OG in Bugis to have her ears pierced by an auntie, thinking that an auntie should have ample experience in doing it. 

Big mistake.

It was a painful experience for Coco: figuratively and literally.

The auntie pulled at her left ear in an attempt to remove the piercing gadget when it was still attached to the ear-stud! It must have been excruciating for Coco.

After the painful session, Coco's ears never did heal, probably due to the fact that a pair of silver ear-studs was used. Her ears kept showing signs of an allergic reaction to the ear-studs by emitting transparent liquids.

In the end, we had to 'close' the pierced holes so that the allergy could stop.

2 years on, she requested to have her ears pierced again.

She saw that Bedazzled at Wisma Atria had this claim of 'Painless ear-piercing' in print and alerted me to it.

So we went ahead and did it. We chose a pair of white gold ear-studs that cost $85, inclusive of the piercing service.

The Filipino salesgirl sprayed some anaesthesia-like substance on Coco's ear-lobes before she did the piercing.

Surprisingly, everything was over within a minute. 

"Is it really 'painless'?" I asked. "Just a bit painful lah," so said Coco.

We have to apply a $10 ear-care solution twice a day on her pierced ears. So far, it looks great. No sign of allergy.

We will return to the shop for a review to check for allergy, and after six weeks, we will return again to have the ear-studs removed.

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