How much does it hurt really?

Honestly…most children and adults cope with the piercing extremely well, feeling very little discomfort and they are smiling within seconds. But if you, or your child are worried, you can read more about how I work and check out useful tips at my page on dealing with anxiety.

What do you use to do the ear piercing, is it a needle?

I do needle piercing, which I offer for teens, or adults. For children, the main system that I use is a hand operated ear piercing system, specially designed for piercing ear lobes. The instrument inserts the earring into the ear using a very quick and smooth movement. It’s hygienic, fast and effective.

Do you pierce the cartilage of the ear, or do you do nose piercing?                  
Yes I also pierce the cartilage of the ear and the nose and this is a different type of tissue, ideally suited to a needle piercing, which allows more flexibility about where you can have the piercing, especially on the cartilaginous part of the ear.

How can I be sure things are hygienic?

For needle piercing, as is standard, I use single-use sterile needles, with sterile tools and sterile titanium jewellery. Otherwise all earrings are sterile and during the piercing this is the only thing that makes contact with the ear. I wash my hands thoroughly with antibacterial soap and hot water, then I wear medical grade surgical gloves and further use an antibacterial/antiviral hand gel. I use an antiseptic alcohol wipe to clean the ear prior to marking it up with a surgical marking pen.

The ear lobe piercing instrument is thoroughly cleaned before and after each ear piercing, with a very powerful and fast acting disinfectant hygiene system that which has a 99.99% germ kill rate within 60 seconds on bacteria and fungi – also effective on viruses within 2 minutes, including COVID 19. (read more about this at the link below).

www.saloncidesolutions.co.uk/saloncide-and-covid

Can I bring my own earrings to wear when you pierce my ears?

As it’s essential to use sterile earrings that are of a suitable metal, so you must use the ones that I provide and then you must keep these in your ears for 3 months (6 months for cartilage), before changing to another pair. These also must be made of a safe metal…gold, gold-plate, stainless steel, or titanium, (silver only after 6-12 months).

How old do you have to be to have your ears pierced?

There’s no legal minimum age for ear piercing in the UK, but many piercers impose their own minimum age, or choose to work with only older children, or teenagers. I pierce ears from age 7.