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I have both ears stretched currently at a 2 gauge but have had them a little bigger (00 gauge) in the past. Have had them stretched for about 5 years or so now and I am 30 for reference. Mine are not stretched big, about the size of a pencil eraser, and typically close to where you can barely see through them after being out for a few hours.

It obviously doesn't bother me if others have ears pierced. I have had 1 boss in the past who didn't like them and I took them out while she was my boss and after she got fired, they went back in. Other than her, no one else at work has ever complained about them. I am a trauma nurse so my "clients" just care that I do my job and do it well.

only your one left ear?  why wouldn't you pierce both left ears? 

I'm sensitive enough about my second left ear, so I didn't want to draw any more attention to it.

I pierced my left ear in high-school some 30+ years ago.  It was the cool, rebellious thing to do at the time.  Over the years, I've gone from wearing an earring often to not at all.  Just a couple weeks ago I thought to myself, "why not be symmetrical and pierce your right ear too?"  So I did.  But I had second thoughts the next day, so I chickened out and removed it.  

Personally, I just like how it looks, and have no interest in making some kind of social statement by wearing them.  But I realize some people will draw conclusions about guys with earrings, and I just didn't want to deal with that right at the moment.  I may very well decide to do it again down the road.

How Orwellian of you.

I got mine pierced senior year in high school or so.  We were on a cross-country church mission trip and I got it pierced in Oklahoma.  I figured that would be enough miles between me and my father that he wouldn't drive out there and kill me.  I split the piercing with this girl who was getting her second in the same ear.  Her dad and my dad were friends, so they drank a beer together and commiserated about their idiot children.  I got over it about a year later.

That's a pretty broad way to describe it. Is shaving "artificially altering"? After all, you take a razor to your face and remove nature's face warmer. How about cutting your hair or nails? 

I think all these things (shaving/piercing/tattooing) are all just ways of deciding what you think looks good on your body. That becomes obviously in part a matter of personal taste as well as of the times. I think (as has been expressed elsewhere) that a single piercing in a guy is about as timely as a mullet. Or flannel shirts as a fashion statement. 

I was 1 year old in 1984 - you expect me to remember that discussion? 

Get the ear done, by all means (go to a shop, and make sure they use a needle--NEVER a gun). But for the love of all that's good and wonderful, don't shave the legs. ;-)

What's Orson Wells got to do with this?

Uh.....OK....whatever. 

Here....I'm not intentionally poking holes in my body....happy now?

You need to see a doctor. 

you are the one who originally said that piercing your ears was disrespectful to your body...remember?

Just curious, why the needle instead of a gun for piercing the earlobes? I thought it was ok for that but not good for any cartilage piercings? an inquiring mind wants to know

main reason - you cannot properly sanitize a gun.  a needle can be autoclaved.  needle over gun for ALL piercings.  secondary reason - you have no control with the gun, you can push an earring straight through the ear.  the gun can be used by any teenager making $7 an hour...you want that person putting holes in your body?

All good points! (no pun intended)

Yes, I did....I said piercing MY body was disrespectful to MY body....I don't give a rats arse what anyone else does with theirs.  I'm pretty sure I made that clear.  I will say it again....you can have all the holes in your head you want to have....I don't care.  I will have none.

Guns aren't sterile, for one. Most guns have some plastic in their assemblies, meaning they cannot be autoclaved. And when that happens...you've got itsybitsy contaminants form the last person in the chair all over it.

Guns are basically blunt force trauma-a needle is much easier on your ear. The needles are hollow, one-time use, sterile, and hurt less.

Also, you get better jewelry and jewelry more suited to your lobe type with a professional piercer and a needle. Plus, a professional piercer is much better at giving you aftercare instructions--the stuff you get at Claire's is bad for your piercing and can slow healing.

I've got 14 piercings, some from guns, some not--and I will never recommend a gun (or a mall-type store) to anyone.

Nope....I have some buds who dye their hair.....we have a blast making fun of them. (yes, for the politically correct crowd, it is wrong to laugh at them....it's still great fun)

I earned every gray hair on my head....no way in hell I'm dying them out.