Having not had my ears pierced until after I turned 65, it's hard for me to put the studs into my ears and correctly get the backs on the pin to lock the earring in place. When I attempt to put the pin in one hole, I have trouble getting to make the pin come out the other side. And then, it's even harder to get the little backing into place, so that the stud is locked in my earlobe. AARGH!
Removing the studs after 7 weeks was a problem in itself. But I did this, so that my brother wouldn't have much to talk about. The last thing I needed would be to open up a conversation regarding my transgender nature with a brother who buys into Fox News' falsehoods. Luckily, my sister in law never got close enough to notice the new holes in my lobes, nor did my brother pay attention to a face he's seen many times before.
Given that I irritated the lobe and caused a small amount of blood to come out (enough to discolor a Q-Tip), I figured that the piercing is healing slower than expected. So I decided to see how my dangling earrings would look in my ears (they looked nice, but would have looked better had I was in Marian mode), and then put the studs back in. And that was a big headache. It took me over a half hour to get the studs through the pierced holes, and then to get the backings on. I figure that I'll wait until month-end before I remove the studs again.
Will I wear the studs again after I give the piercings an extra month to heal? I doubt it. I will likely stay with jewelry that is much easier to put on and to take off - and these studs do not fit my needs.
