The Price Of Beauty

It's been a couple of months since the girls had their ears pierced. We thought their ears have healed properly and never knew that it can get infected after they've healed. Anyway, it started with Kierra. She started having pus in the pierced earhole. Mommy diligently started putting the lotion again but it didn't improve for more than a month. That was in October.

Then Kieona's started acting up too. We brought them back to B'Dazzle - the place they had their ears pierced for a check and were told to continue applying the lotion. My, that didn't help although Mommy did it at least twice a day.

I thought about it and even though they advised against taking out the earrings, we decided enough was enough. It was causing too much grief and pain in the kids. We looked around for those earrings that are made in a continuous loop. It was a humongous task, and only after scouring many goldsmith did we find one that is exactly what Mommy was looking for - like hers. They were pretty expensive, but even if it costs more I suspect we would have paid anyway.

The big task began and the day we had the earrings changed was a day deep in pain for the girls. Removing the old earrings wasn't difficult, although it must hurt for Kierra too since the pus had her ear studs stuck fast to her skin. We used the maid's method of applying oil while putting on the new earrings. Both girls cried and Kierra was kicking furiously. Mommy managed to get Kieona's done, but with Kierra kicking and no one able to provide comfort I soon gave up. Thank goodness Daddy wasn't squirmish and persisted to put them on for her.

My, such kicking and screaming but they finally went through. There was some blood shed but it's been two weeks now, and we believe it is finally healing.

For people whose kids are having their ears pierced, one word of advice. You may want to get similar earrings like the ones we bought, as they allow the skin to breath since water can get logged and cause problems if the kids are wearing ear studs. I'll be posting some photos of the loop earrings when I get the chance.