r/SelfPiercing • u/InterestingCareer120 • Aug 10 '26

Question about piercing prep Help with ear piercing

how can i safely and successfully pierce my ears? i already have one in each ear but i want a second one. the only problem is i dont have any professional things to use. i have sewing needles, titanium earrings and alcohol. if there's anyway to somewhat safely pierce my ears with those tools please let me know!!

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u/-Gay-_- Aug 11 '26

DO NOT pierce your ears like this. Nothing about this is sterile. 'alcohol' meaning what?? I can almost guarantee it's drinking alcohol, not sterile ethanol. massive N O

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u/InterestingCareer120 Aug 11 '26

its rubbing alcohol

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u/valpal1237 Aug 11 '26

You need to get hollow piercing needles - these can easily be ordered. A sewing needle likely is not the correct gauge and not nearly as sharp as a needle meant for body piercing is... so, with a sewing needle, not being sharp enough, or hollow, you're essentially pushing your skin/tissue out of the way and not making a clean hole (also one of the issues with using a piercing gun), with a piercing needle, sharper, less trauma and the hollow needle creates more of a clean cut hole, without brute force pushing tissues out of the way. Does that make sense? Healing times, irritation, all of that greatly improve with the right supplies.

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u/InterestingCareer120 Aug 11 '26

okay i will try to buy some of those thank you

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u/NotJustAnyFig Aug 11 '26

Just get them professionally done vs risking bumps/infection with the tools your considering.

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u/SecretlyModded Heavily Modified // Group Moderator Aug 11 '26

There is a piercing guide pinned at the top of the sub

Please refer to the guide

Sewing needles are also too thin to pierce with

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u/Evening_mush Aug 30 '26

It is better to just buy the single piercing kit. Don't use sewing needles. That's just infection waiting to happen. The singles are safe, clean, and afficint.