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raccoon

(31,126 posts) Tue Mar 24, 2015, 02:04 PM Mar 2015

Those who have pierced ears, do you ever have trouble finding the hole? Sometimes I do, especially

for the ear that is opposite the hand I use.

I have found it's better to find the hole by touch than by sight. At least with that opposite ear.

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Those who have pierced ears, do you ever have trouble finding the hole? Sometimes I do, especially (Original Post) raccoon Mar 2015 OP

All the time! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2015 #1

`Pretty common, actually. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 #2

my ears are double pierced. irisblue Mar 2015 #3

all the time. USE WATER to help open the hole. trueblue2007 Mar 2015 #4

this is such a loaded guestion olddots Mar 2015 #5

I didn't think it would take this long for somebody to come up with something like this! nt raccoon Mar 2015 #6

Forget it, Jake. It's the Lounge. sarge43 Mar 2015 #7

only on my upper ear pierces the ones on the lobes and in between are easy to find azurnoir Mar 2015 #8

My holes pipi_k Mar 2015 #9

Same here. No problem with studs, but sometimes with hoops that have wire catches. nt Fla Dem Mar 2015 #11

Yes! I'm 59 & I had my ears pierced when I was 12. catbyte Mar 2015 #10

Mine have been pierced for 41 years now, and I was always careful not to wear heavy earrings lest hedgehog Mar 2015 #12

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,719 posts)

1. All the time!

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 02:06 PM

Mar 2015

But I'm the opposite--I need to be looking at the earlobe.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

2. `Pretty common, actually.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 04:29 PM

Mar 2015

Poor vision, so sight does not help.
I pull the lobe down a bit, which helps as I poke around in the right area.

irisblue

(33,034 posts)

3. my ears are double pierced.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 04:38 PM

Mar 2015

mostly by touch....looking in the mirror doesn't work for me.

trueblue2007

(17,240 posts)

4. all the time. USE WATER to help open the hole.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 05:01 PM

Mar 2015

olddots

(10,237 posts)

5. this is such a loaded guestion

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 05:36 PM

Mar 2015

raccoon

(31,126 posts)

6. I didn't think it would take this long for somebody to come up with something like this! nt

Reply to olddots (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 08:07 AM

Mar 2015

sarge43

(28,945 posts)

7. Forget it, Jake. It's the Lounge.

Reply to raccoon (Reply #6)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 08:40 AM

Mar 2015

And yes, for me it's one of those "One thing, you just had to do one thing" moments.

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)

8. only on my upper ear pierces the ones on the lobes and in between are easy to find

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 08:55 AM

Mar 2015

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)

9. My holes

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 09:11 AM

Mar 2015

have been there for almost 50 years, so I don't have trouble finding them.

I have diamond studs that I wear all the time, and I can sit at the kitchen table, remove them, clean and dry them, and put them back in without even using a mirror.

Fla Dem

(23,765 posts)

11. Same here. No problem with studs, but sometimes with hoops that have wire catches. nt

Reply to pipi_k (Reply #9)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 02:14 PM

Mar 2015

catbyte

(34,458 posts)

10. Yes! I'm 59 & I had my ears pierced when I was 12.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 10:47 AM

Mar 2015

You'd think I'd know where the freaking things are by now, but nooooooo...I've had my ears pierced for so long, I had to go to a doctor to have it done, lol. Piercing guns weren't even invented yet.

God, I'm old.

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

12. Mine have been pierced for 41 years now, and I was always careful not to wear heavy earrings lest

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 02:47 PM

Mar 2015

I end up with stretched out holes. Now I have problems finding the holes, and my daughter wears gauge plugs.

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