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How do you take the back of the earrings if they're stuck?

I pierced my ears at Claire's and I was given two backs to the earrings; the one I was pierced with (the bigger backs) and the small 9ct Gold ones. Because it's a cartilage piercing I was told to change the backs after 8 weeks.

I have tried to take them out for the past 3 weeks and I just can't. They're stuck. They're not stuck to my ears but just the post. The more I try, the more it hurts my ear. I went to Claire's and they said they're not allowed to take them out.

I don't know what else to do and I'm hoping you can help me.
Thanks.

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Don't use vaseline on it like someone suggested...vaseline is really bad for piercings.

You shouldn't really be messing with the ear rings at 8 weeks...cartilage piercings can take up to 6 months to completely heal, even longer if they were done improperly like yours was.

But if it's stuck, go to a real piercer and they will help you out. And by real piercer I mean one working at a piercing shop or a tattoo shop who uses sterilized hallow needles to pierce...not some girl in Claire's/Wal-Mart/Piercing Pagoda in the mall with a piercing gun...

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• ask someone else to take them out. if that doesnt work go to a tattoo and piercing studio and explain the situation. they will probably help you out, but most likely charge you. for future reference, never get pierced anywhere but a tattoo studio. other places tend to use guns, which are not sanitary and can shatter your cartilage.
  
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• Try to put Vaseline on it, and try to slide it off. It's going to hurt... but you have to :/
  Also try when you clean your ear to turn it, and wiggle it off.
  Good luckk i hope it works!

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How comes the majority of ethnic minorities use cocoa butter than other moisturisers?

Not a racists question, and i am open minded so i aint tryin 2 generalise. i was born n bred in the uk, I'm 3/4 bangladeshi n 1/4 welsh and i have a jamacan nan. ever since i was 7 my nana kept saying to me "use the cocoa butter child". i'm 17 now i use it most of the time after i shave. n wat i'v noticed is there are alot of indians and nigerians using the product too aswell as chinese folks. I'v never seen an english person even mentioning such product. My mum told me it was a cultural secret, n i was like yea right its only a face cream mother, any1 can use it.

so yea back to the question :D

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@ kitthawk : if u read my question it sayds the"Majority" not "all" n how is my question stereotypical? stoopid girl :P

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@ carlos : i want answers not opinions.....racoon :D lol

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I don't know how true it is....but from my experience....skin with more melanin is more susceptible to being dry ( even more in cold weather)...especially since you to can see it more on darker people "ashy". I use vaseline, shea butter and cocoa butter and my Caucasian friends still doesn't understand......That's the way I was raised though. My mom is very light and I can't see her dry skin as much...maybe it just requires more oil content and Cocoa butter can have that.....(not the cocoa butter lotion but the original stuff)...I don't know......just my experience!

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• It probably does just as good a job as a £10 100ml tube of a named (therefore 'scientific') product that Europeans and Americans are fond of buying.
  We love to rip ourselves off with branded items and ignore 'primitive' solutions without realising our branded items ARE the primitive solutions repackaged.
• im white and i use it as a body moisturiser, and have done for a while.ive not noticed only ethnic minorities buying it but i dont know, maybe its true.most people seem to prefer buying more expensive creams because they think they'll work better.more fool them!
• I don't think the 'majority' do. But it is a good oil for the skin as it has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties from memory. Plus it is cheap and lasts forever and smells nice.
• Um, a way to stereotype. I'm 1/2 black and 1/2 white, and I don't use cocoa butter. I use Suave.
  Cocoa Butter smells nice but it is sticky and weird glob on me.
• It matches their skin tone very well as opposed to other moisturizers.

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• no idea.
• im a white boy and i use it

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Is it normal to get pupes growing under your toe-nail?

I might have severe problems...

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hahaha not unless you have a foot with a fanny.

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• If you don't wash properly, you might also find potatoes growing behind your ears.
• Pupe infestation is common among low IQ types.
• errrrrrrr no?

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• Hope you don`t mean pubes, the mind boggles.
• WHAT THE HELL ARE PUPES????
• GO TO THE DOCTOR IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE
• wtf are those??! yuck

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Tattoo healing weird?

i got a nice large koi tattoo on the 13th from my collar bone going down to the middle of my fore arm
and been taking care of it like the artist said rinse over with anti bac soap and water gently dab it dry not rubbing it and applying the cream (bepanthen) that he recommended and all the scabs are flaking off all ready and its Super itchy this is my 4th tattoo and none have ever gone this fast all the others took over a week to flake off and heal could this be because of the position where it is moving a lot ?

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ment to say bicep not fore arm

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Marvelous question. Too a subject that i have inquired into in the past. Some folks will even declare that you should be careful when asking a question of this kind.

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Does not eating enough of the right foods lead to undereye circles?

I am only 21 and have bad undereye circles. I am getting enough sleep now but for about 2 years I wasn't (I was working shift work and my boyfriend snores throughout the night) but now I'm not working and sleeping lots and my boyfriend sleeps in a separate room and they are still very bad. In the summertime I wasn't really eating enough so I'm not sure if it's related to that too. Right now I don't eat or drink any dairy (it gives me pimples! and I have severe acne) could that be a problem for circles? I don't take calcium pills but I drink orange juice with added calcium. I am going to ask my dr about calcium pills next time I go. I get lots of meat and fruit and some veggies. A lot of hair comes out when I brush it too (have had this happen for as long as I can remember but now it's worse). Soo ya hair and undereye issues :( I actually think the hair loss might be normal shedding I have pretty long hair but I'm not sure. And once you get dark circles will they ever improve or are you stuck with them? If they will go away how long does it take and what can I do to help it? I'm sad because 2 years ago I had no darkness under my eyes and I'm only 21 :(

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Does alcohol contribute to dark circles as well? I do drink quite a bit (not as much lately but still)

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Generally, dark circles are genetic. You can never do anything about them.
Drink more water every day. It should be at least 2 - 2.5.
And, do eye exercises.
While sleeping, use a pillow and keep your head at higher elevation than rest of your body. This reduces the blood flow to the eyes and the dark circles may lighten.
Place chilled tea bags or cotton balls on the eyes every day for 15-20 minutes in morning and evening. Also, put thin slices of apple under the eyes. They work just as cucumber.
And, regarding hair fall, I think it is due to lack of proper nutrition so please eat and drink properly.
Eat more of vegetables and fruits.
Avoid caffeine or carbonated drinks.
Drink more of herbal teas.
Hopefully, you should find some improvement.

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• Eat fresh fruits and vegetables.
  
  Drink at least three liters of water in a day.

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• I asked the pharmacist this for my husband - she says it is mostly caused by dehydration - try drinking loads of water and see if it gradually improves

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Cartilage Piercing Help......?

I am having a little trouble with cartilage piercings at the moment and would like some help. I had my scaffold/industrial done almost two years ago and one of the holes has a little lump by it (not sure if it's a keloid) and have been told many reasons why it has happened like that my ears aren't right for the piercing, i haven't looked after it, it has been pierced wrong among others.

And now I have got a little problem with my rook piercing as I am developing a little small lump (like a mini ulcer/spot) around the piercing. I clean my piercings two a day with sea salt water and always wash my hands before I touch my piercings.

Could it be that I should stop cleaning the piercing and leave it be (so to speak) so that it can heal itself? or should i keep cleaning it? I just dont want to aggrivate it and make the piercing worse.

Any help would be really appreciated (preferably people who have had lumps or problems with cartilage piercings) Thank you

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No you do not want to stop cleaning the piercing. Your sea salt soaks aren't what's causing the bumps. Your cartilage is. They are hypertrophic scarring and extremely common with cartilage piercings. It doesn't mean you've done anything wrong, although improper care can provoke one; they just happen sometimes, cartilage is hard to heal.

For the two year old industrial, if the bump's been there for about that long, chances are it's not going away on it's own. You can have it surgically removed if it bothers you a lot.

For your rook, keep doing the sea salt soaks, and use more warm compresses. You may also want to try some emu oil to massage on the bump (keep it out of the piercing itself). There's a good chance the bump will go away eventually. However if not, again, they can be surgically removed.

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• I had the same thing with my helix a couple of months ago.
  I just left it be, and after about a week; it went away :)
  
  Bye :] x
• cartilage delenda est !
• Heey i have a bunch of piercings adn many on my ears including the indurtial, the helix and the tragus and rook. Mine never really got bumps on em, and i have veyr sensitive ears. So maybe your ears are allergic to the type of metal used, so you can go to your piercer and ask him to swithc the jewleery, maybe to a ball closure ring which is what i have on all of them except obviously the industrial. Definitly keep cleanign it, and if it doesnt get better i would got see your piercer because after all thye would definitly know what to do.

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Need some ideas for a tattoo?

Hi I'm 22 and thinking of getting a tattoo either just above my ankle or on my back/shoulder. I want something quite small, I was thinking maybe a sea shell or some of my favourite beatles lyrics. Or a small lion head.

Does anyone have any original ideas? I like to think I'm quite quirky, I don't want something that lots of people have like a star or a chinese symbol. I really like music and literature. I also like nature.

Any other kind of discreet places I could get it? Suggestions welcome! Thanks!

PS how much does it hurt? like really really badly?

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I am also really into music and literature.... and The Beatles! I would get a tattoo of some lyrics. If you did, maybe have them go along the curve of your shoulder. For me, I would probably go with lyrics from Blackbird. Just choose your favorite song and find some meaningful lyrics.

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• heya, well first of all you could do what you say like get a seashell that would be really cute and nice or get the lion head or get the beatles lyrics across you shoulder, pick it yourself so it means something to you either from your favourite song by them or just a nice meaning in the song.
  
  You could get a music note or a big music note and two other small ones around it. since you like nature maybe a nice flower or a leaf and even if you want get a leaf and put music notes around it.or if there were any of the beatles sond lyrics to do with nature you could incorperate the picture in to the lyrics.a bird like a dove or something. is there any type of bird that has a personal meaning to you? a paw print maybe?
• how about your star sign symbol? or maybe a small butterfly. i think both them ideas are really nice.
  or even a small cherry blossom, and if your getting a writing tattoo shakesphere quotes are very cool and orginal.
  
  ankle is a good place. if you are gettin a writting tattoo how about up your side like from your waist up to your ribcage? even you could get it below your belly button but over to the side? like at the side of your pelvic bone.
  
  a few of my friends get it and they said the pain was really sore like a hot needle sticking in and out of you. its not going to be unsore so it will definatly be painful but worth it.

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• Do u have like a best friend or loyal boyfriend or sibling or husband? you could have their bday tatooed on. i would suggest these lyrics that i love (listen to song if you are not familiar):
  "marry me juliet,you'll never have to be alone"-love story,taylor swift
  "The stars lean down to kiss,i lie awake and miss you"-vanilla twilight,owl city
  "because the spaces between my fingers are right where yours fit perfectly.."-vanilla twilight,owl city
  "Without a warning,i realize your laugh is the best sound i have ever heard"-jump then fall,taylor swift
  "I love each freckle on your face"-jump then fal,taylor swift
  "i think i love you more then life itself"-doesnt everyone want to fall in love,kristinia debarge
  
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• Look on http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/bme-tatt.h… for ideas.
  Most of the suggestions made so far are popular subjects which means a lot of people will have them.
  Probably the easiest way to describe having a tattoo is that it feels like a hard, irritating, prolonged scratch. And after it's like sunburn for a couple of days.
• If your not sure give youself time to think of somthing that reflects your personality. Don't get anything u will regret. I'm looking for a tat myself and soo eager to one asap!! Still holding off till I'm sure I'm getting the right 1. Just read kat von d high voltage. Her quote was ask anyone with a body suit n they will tell u the *** is the sorest tat! Full of nerves!!
• you could always get a musical note[:
  I heard it wasn't as bad as getting a cut. lol.
  Just a bit of stinging[:
  xx