<p>I recently had my ears un-pierced and have two questions:
Where can I find clipon earrings? Everywhere I look in Asia or on the internet seem to be designed for pierced ears. I need some ideas for New York.</p>
<p>Is it possible to convert pierced earrings into clip ons? Where would you begin to find such a service?</p>
<p>(Okay, three questions.)</p>
<p>How do you un-pierce an ear? Isn’t that like un-ringing a bell?</p>
<p>momrath will you be going to NY? I really don’t think you’ll have a problem. I often see clip-on earrings. I’ve noticed them in both small shops and department stores.
Why did you un-pierce your ears-- just out of curiousity? Clip-ons hurt.</p>
<p>Bead shops offer all kinds of jewelry making equipment, including wires and clip-on backs. There may be one in your town; if not, try this one: <a href=“http://www.jewelrysupply.com/noframes/beadingindex.htm[/url]”>http://www.jewelrysupply.com/noframes/beadingindex.htm</a></p>
<p>Department stores sell clip-on earrigns in the same section that they sell pierced-ear eearrings; in the NY area, Lord and Taylor, Bloomingdale’s, and Macy’s all have a large selection of clip-ons in the costume jewelry section.</p>
<p>I am curious, how do you “unpierce”- do you mean let them close or have something surgically done…and if so how and why? Nothing wrong with doing that, but what was the reason…you don’t have to answer, I am being noisy, its just not following the trends I guess</p>
<p>Personally, I can’t stand clip ons- I have had too mnay that hurt my ears</p>
<p>Re un-pierce, I was just avoiding providing too much information. The pierced holes had become stretched out so I had them closed by plastic surgery. They could be pierced again, but since this is the second time I’ve had this issue I thought I’d go clip on, then I encountered the availability problem. Also, what to do with those pierced favorites? Maybe I’ll just switch to necklaces. :)</p>
<p>I’m not a huge fan of clip-ons. I think that even the best kind look cheap. I can’t wear earrings because I’m extremely allergic to them, even the nickel-free and real gold and silver kind. :p</p>
<p>Momrath - you might want to try magnetic earrings - these look like pierced but are held on with a small but powerful magnet. You will find a lot of these online - just do a search for “magnetic earrings” on Google. I would suggest that you start by buying something inexpensive, to get a sense of whether these are comfortable for you to wear, as well as whether they are any more or less prone to being lost than pierced earrings are. </p>
<p>I’m also an unpierced person, as is my daughter - we both went the natural route of letting the holes close on their own over time. My d. was the first in her class at age 6 to get her ears pierced, but had problems with stretching of holes similar to what you describe, and ultimately decided to let the holes close, right around the time she got her navel pierced instead. For fancy occasions, like prom, my daughter glues on earrings - that is, she gets costume-type gemstones and uses eyelash glue to hold them on. She’s a dancer, so she knows the ins and outs of exotic stage makeup & how to glue jewels and sparkly stuff to her skin. I don’t know where she finds the “jewels” - my guess is that they come from crafts or fabric stores. (My daughter is very artsy - she also does a lot of her own alterations & improvements on her clothes, so she probably has drawers full of beads & baubles for whatever she wants).</p>
<p>Small jewelers can make the switch for you. Be sure to get the clip on pads to prevent soreness.</p>
<p>I got an ear pierced for a fund raising party once and let it close up. Before you blanch, let me tell you that another team of surgeons made a dash to an OR and pierced each other’s belly buttons. That looked painful–especially since they lost the game. </p>
<p>Though I don’t often wear earrings, I have found a place that does conversions pretty readily.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Got it…my mom had to do the same thing on one of her ears, it got ripped, she got it re pierced and wears really light earrings now…</p>
<p>Go to a craft store, they have inexpensive clip on attachments you could use to convert your earrings…get some wire at the store and voila…not perfect, but cheap and quick and you can test out different clipon to see what feels comfortable!</p>
<p>My D got a second piercing in each ear and let them close up…wasn’t really her style</p>