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Nov 07, 2007 14:02

would you ever consider having your daughter's ears pierced when she was an infant ( Read more... )

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matchstick_139 November 7 2007, 20:53:45 UTC
I know for some people it's a cultural thing. When my aunt and uncle adopted my cousin Suzie from Guatemala, she was six years old and already had ear piercings for quite some time.

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matchstick_139 November 7 2007, 23:23:53 UTC
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poor kid.

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nikkitheshort November 8 2007, 22:00:20 UTC
that's a good point, but i doubt that Suzie had it done with a piercing gun by some 20-something-year-old at the mall. Piercing guns are actually pretty violent...it shoves a piece of metal through your ear with sheer force. at least when someone does it manually with a needle, it's probably a bit more gently done...

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nikkitheshort November 8 2007, 22:02:50 UTC
that i can deal with. i'd trust a surgeon with my infants ears waaaay more than a 20-year-old at the mall

and next time i see you i am totally gonna stare at your ears and measure. (actually i probably won't, i highly doubt that i'll remember to)

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anonymous November 9 2007, 02:25:00 UTC
i'm sure anesthesia makes it easier, too.

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nikkitheshort November 9 2007, 15:13:00 UTC
yeah definitely

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wolverine741776 November 9 2007, 17:24:42 UTC
Ya, idk, for ear piercings... it's definitely better to wait until the kid decides whether or not they want them.
Conversely, for things like circumcision? WAYYYYY better doing it in the kid's like first few days of life so he has NO idea what's going on and will never, ever remember how horrible that felt.
I'm glad I don't remember that... *shudders*

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nikkitheshort November 11 2007, 05:03:49 UTC
yeah i'll agree with that

and also, that isn't performed by some teenager at the mall.

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wolverine741776 November 11 2007, 17:24:58 UTC
i can just picture it now "free circumcision with purchase of earrings" that would get a response.
however, the ears don't have that many nerve endings...ear lobes are far less sensitive than the area cut at circumcision.

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