My daughter got her ears pierced about 8 weeks ago and lost the back of her earring at school. The school just called me b/c she was freaking out b.c she thought her hole would close. It won't close in 3 hours will it? I could run another set to her if needbe....I've had mine pierced for so long that I can't even remember...
Tell the school to tell her to keep them in & use the eraser top of a pencil (cut it off) & stick it on the back of the earing. Just pierce the eraser. This
should work until she gets home.
If she just lost the back of the earring she can take the eraser off a pencil and use it as an earring back. I've done it a couple times.
No. It won't even close in a few days as long as you put a new one in. Get screw on backs.
Meh, they *shouldn't*.
Of course, it also depends on the kid. My daughter had to have an x-ray done on her skull about 3 months after her ears were pierced, and I had a hard time getting the earring back in after they were out for about 1/2 hour. I'm not sure if it was because of her age or something though... (She was 11 months at the time.)
Even now, her ears have been pierced for a few years now and if I take them out, they will start closing overnight.
Couldn't the teacher just put the earring in, and stick a piece of tape on the earring to hold it in place? It may look goofy, but would solve the problem without you needing to make a trip.
I was 13 when I had mine pierced and had to take them out for a couple basketball games, a total of maybe 4 hours. One started to close, the other didn't. I still remember the trauma of trying to shove it back through (I succeeded, but it was pretty unpleasant). Everyone is different, I would second taping the earring on for the rest of the day just to be safe.
