[Lady-Loki]

I got my ears pieced when I was 11 (1967 - way before most of you were born).

Back then we did it ourselves with a sewing needle, cotton thread & a raw potato.

We used the larger needles in a pack so that we could get three or four strands of thread through the eye of the needle.

We would numb the ear lobe with ice. We cut the raw potato in half and put the cut side of one half against the back of the ear lobe and then stick the threaded needle through the ear lobe and into the potato and then pull it on through by backing the potato away from the lobe.

Once we had the needle through we just tied the threads into a loop and twice a day we would soak the thread with rubbing alcohol and pull the threads so they moved a little at a time. We kept that up for two or three weeks until the ears were healed a bit and then we switched to regular earrings.

My ears are still pierced even though I may go for weeks or months without wearing earrings at all.