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You’re never too old for another ear piercing…

— by Alyson Walsh

Photo via New York Times

The only problem with midlife multiple ear piercing is fastening the bloody sleepers (small hoop earrings). Think threading a needle at twilight without your glasses on, and then some. I can’t remember it being this fiddly 40-years ago but I guess I had more time on my hands then. Anyhow, having another piercing is something I’ve been considering for a while and I’ve recently added another hole to my left ear. Taking the tally up to three in one lobe, one in the other. No need for a trip to Maria Tash, just pop to the local salon and bam: Bob’s your uncle. The third hole (not throbbing as much as the last piercing but it’s still a little bit sore, thanks for asking) is in a slightly different position to the defunct teenage piercing of yore and I much prefer the new asymmetric spacing. The positioning is like this:

Heloise Letissier/Christine and the Queens photo: ES

Google multiple piercings and you’ll find an array of images, not all good; an ear stretching gone septic and a man with a face like a pin cushion. As a big statement earring wearer I’m missing the chandeliers but it took me so bloody long to get these sleepers in, I’m leaving this arrangement for the time being. And there’s definitely room for a fourth piercing higher up but that will involve cartilage-puncturing and I’m going to have to build up to that one…

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The only problem with midlife multiple ear piercing is fastening the bloody sleepers (small hoop earrings). Think threading a needle at twilight without your glasses on, and then some.