Piercing Both Ears

“So, I was hoping to get a tragus and a helix on my left side, and then a conch and a flat on my right to balance things out!” At first, this statement makes perfect sense. You want to get a jump on decorating your ear, and you want to keep things balanced. Or maybe you love symmetry and so you want to get matching conches or matching helixes. You wanna be even! This all makes perfect sense.

(there’s always a but)

It’s actually a terrible idea. I know, I know, you hate when I say no. But here it comes again. Piercing both sides of your head at once is genuinely a bad idea. I know you desire balance, or are excited about starting ear projects for both ears. But cartilage piercings are fragile, delicate babies. And the biggest thing about them is they don’t do well with being slept on. Piercing both sides of your head doesn’t give you a side to sleep on, which means as you toss and turn one side or the other is going to take a beating and become irritated. You don’t really think about it but the average human head weight 8-10 lbs. That’s 8-10lbs of pressure all night long when you lay on it. That’s a ton of pressure, and of course your piercing is going to get irritated and grumpy from that! Theres also irritation from answering the phone on that side, wearing headphones and earbuds, etc. In all my years of piercing I’ve almost never seen clients be successful at healing both sides of the head without some issues during the healing.

But I’m a back sleeper/I’ll use a travel pillow/I’ll be really careful!