Deejay Grantmyre and Brock Bassels at Perfect Image in Wasaga Beach doing a double ear piercing on one of their youngest customers.
Needles Not Guns
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82 responses to “Needles Not Guns”
The poor girl looks like she’s in hell, but thank god her parent/s are doing things the right way. I was about that age when I got my ears done and suffered the gun. When I was 15, I took my mom back to a real piercing studio and showed her the right way…lol
The poor girl looks like she’s in hell, but thank god her parent/s are doing things the right way. I was about that age when I got my ears done and suffered the gun. When I was 15, I took my mom back to a real piercing studio and showed her the right way…lol
Awww, she’s probably expecting it to hurt loads. It’s rather endearing to see a tandem piercing done for it, just get ‘er done all in one shot. I’m so happy to see that at least some parents take their kids to the right place.
Awww, she’s probably expecting it to hurt loads. It’s rather endearing to see a tandem piercing done for it, just get ‘er done all in one shot. I’m so happy to see that at least some parents take their kids to the right place.
I have personally done a few ear piercings on young children and it’s really great to see parents doing the right thing, opposed to taking them to the mall and having it done with a gun. I bet the little girl is more intimidated by the piercers though. She looks so scared. It’s kind of funny.
I have personally done a few ear piercings on young children and it’s really great to see parents doing the right thing, opposed to taking them to the mall and having it done with a gun. I bet the little girl is more intimidated by the piercers though. She looks so scared. It’s kind of funny.
good choice, i hate guns, i remember some time ago, a girl came to our studio with her daughter to get her pierced…3 months old
good choice, i hate guns, i remember some time ago, a girl came to our studio with her daughter to get her pierced…3 months old
smurf: it happens. My youngest has been 10 but that’s partly because I want to be sure the kid wants the piercing and much younger than that it’s hard to tell whether they do.
smurf: it happens. My youngest has been 10 but that’s partly because I want to be sure the kid wants the piercing and much younger than that it’s hard to tell whether they do.
I’ve pierced quite a few younger kid’s earlobes, and generally they’re pretty cool with it – and by younger I mean 7 or 8, not like little little kids. That little girl looked really freaked out, poor love! 🙂
I’ve pierced quite a few younger kid’s earlobes, and generally they’re pretty cool with it – and by younger I mean 7 or 8, not like little little kids. That little girl looked really freaked out, poor love! 🙂
Forgot to link this: Gun piercing
Forgot to link this: Gun piercing
Good for her parents! I wish that my mom knew better when it came to me (3 years old w/ gun). Lol, thought that it was an actual gun too! Man, I was a sadistic little kid…
Good for her parents! I wish that my mom knew better when it came to me (3 years old w/ gun). Lol, thought that it was an actual gun too! Man, I was a sadistic little kid…
Haha poor little girl, her mother dresses her like a member of the Brady Bunch.
Haha poor little girl, her mother dresses her like a member of the Brady Bunch.
I love the look on her face.
I love the look on her face.
*aww* poor girl- BUT perfect that her parents know the best way to get lobes done: by piercing them! no gun- thats perfect.
*aww* poor girl- BUT perfect that her parents know the best way to get lobes done: by piercing them! no gun- thats perfect.
aww, poor girl. at least she’s getting it done right by professionals instead of some random teenager in claire’s with a gun. i wish my mom had the sense this girls parents had. i had my lobes done with a gun at the mall when i was five years old. they didnt know what they were doing. the gun actually got STUCK in my ear. as in, when they shoved the earring through, the gun locked up, and the girl who was doing it LET GO of the gun. so it was hanging from my ear. yeah. thats safe.
aww, poor girl. at least she’s getting it done right by professionals instead of some random teenager in claire’s with a gun. i wish my mom had the sense this girls parents had. i had my lobes done with a gun at the mall when i was five years old. they didnt know what they were doing. the gun actually got STUCK in my ear. as in, when they shoved the earring through, the gun locked up, and the girl who was doing it LET GO of the gun. so it was hanging from my ear. yeah. thats safe.
The horror… the horror…
The horror… the horror…
Aww, she looks terrified! My own daughter’s had her lobes pierced with needles twice in each lobe. I have to say, although she was scared she hid it a lot better 😛
Aww, she looks terrified! My own daughter’s had her lobes pierced with needles twice in each lobe. I have to say, although she was scared she hid it a lot better 😛
I looked like that when i got them gunpierced when I was a little girl:)
I looked like that when i got them gunpierced when I was a little girl:)
Brave lil person.
Brave lil person.
Oh my.. At least this girl will have great lobe piercings that will prolly won’t do any problems to her. {unlike with holes done by a gun}
This pain will be worh it.. 🙂
Poor girl though 😛
Oh my.. At least this girl will have great lobe piercings that will prolly won’t do any problems to her. {unlike with holes done by a gun}
This pain will be worh it.. 🙂
Poor girl though 😛
Aw, those guys are just big kittens… I used to live in the Beach and that studio (studios, they have 2 in the area) is one of the best. Poor kid is just expecting the worst… 🙁
Aw, those guys are just big kittens… I used to live in the Beach and that studio (studios, they have 2 in the area) is one of the best. Poor kid is just expecting the worst… 🙁
i wish my first lobe pirceing was done like this. instead my mom had some niegbor guy hold an ice cube on my ear and shove a safety pin through to make the hole.
i wish my first lobe pirceing was done like this. instead my mom had some niegbor guy hold an ice cube on my ear and shove a safety pin through to make the hole.
I agree w/ Vespere. They are just big kittens. That is so cute.
I agree w/ Vespere. They are just big kittens. That is so cute.
i just wanted everyone to know that i had to talk her mom out of the GUN and in to the proper way to do it
And the after pictures are great of her smiling
i just wanted everyone to know that i had to talk her mom out of the GUN and in to the proper way to do it
And the after pictures are great of her smiling
Hey!!!! Good job guys!!!!!!!!! congrats!!!!!
Hey!!!! Good job guys!!!!!!!!! congrats!!!!!
Good job D proud of ya Bro keep up the good work
Good job D proud of ya Bro keep up the good work
I felt like a pretty shitty person when I first saw this picture after we pierced that girl!
Although I’m glad her mom brought her in to get it done in a safe and sanitary fashion.
I have a lot of respect for that girls mother, she waited until her daughter was old enough to say “I want my ears pierced”
P.S. We’re no kittens! Hahahaha.
I felt like a pretty shitty person when I first saw this picture after we pierced that girl!
Although I’m glad her mom brought her in to get it done in a safe and sanitary fashion.
I have a lot of respect for that girls mother, she waited until her daughter was old enough to say “I want my ears pierced”
P.S. We’re no kittens! Hahahaha.
I took my goddaughter to a piercer for her first lobe piercings and she’s 9. He did a fabulous job with her and her ears *never* got infected. Her mom commented as we were leaving that the piercer was more sanitary than their family doctor!
I took my goddaughter to a piercer for her first lobe piercings and she’s 9. He did a fabulous job with her and her ears *never* got infected. Her mom commented as we were leaving that the piercer was more sanitary than their family doctor!