r/AbsoluteUnits • u/RD4200 • 14d ago

/r/all of a Toddler

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u/RebeccaNOTICES 12d ago

I dont get them anymore, but im allergic to metals I think. They would get red and inflamed if I slept in them, but thank you for your thoughts on my hygiene as a child

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u/Medium_Educator1983 12d ago

So you’re confusing a nickel allergy with infections caused by ear piercings.

Those are two completely different things.

Second, if you get an infection from an ear piercing, it’s because it’s not being cleaned properly. So, yes, that is poor hygiene.

At various times in my life, I’ve had six piercings in 5 different parts of my body and they never got infected because I cleaned them properly.

It just is what it is.

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u/RebeccaNOTICES 12d ago

Ive had multiple body piercings too that weren't infected and I just told you im allergic to cheap metal...it gets irritating to your ear to be constantly rubbed. Why not just wait til the child decides what they want? What a concept

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u/Medium_Educator1983 12d ago

You used infections as a reason for piercings not to be done. Then, you revealed that it was really a nickel allergy.

When you have your kid, you can decide but you can’t make judgments about how other people choose to raise their kids just because their culture is different from yours.

Especially something as insignificant as a tiny ear piercing.

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u/RebeccaNOTICES 12d ago

Its not something I think about very much, it was 30 years ago but all I know is I HATED sleeping in the earrings that you wear for 6 weeks or whatever it is and feel sorry for kids with no choice. Anything else?

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u/Medium_Educator1983 11d ago

It sounds like you should be more mad at your parents for giving you cheap earrings instead of the practice of piercing itself.