His two hooped gold earrings caused one visitor recently to describe him as looking like a bohemian pirate.
Rotate the piercing at least twice a day from day one; if you don't it could grow connected to the earring and cause discomfort when you try to remove it.
One boy wore an earring, which caused him no end of grief that particular summer -- including a lot of menacing talk among his co-workers about sexually assaulting him in the woods and sending him "back to San Francisco".
Heavy earrings may tear out and cause injury.
Believe it or not, one of the causes of ear piercing infection is earrings worn too tightly!
THE jewelry designer Eddie Borgo has a habit of making refined, punk-inspired pieces -- slender spike earrings, metal fringe cuffs -- that cause fashion editors to go into a tizzy.
Certain types of metal used for earrings can irritate the skin or cause an allergic reaction in the skin.
Most damage is caused by wearing heavy earrings all the time without removing them.
"I'll tell you a quick thing," she added, leaning in conspiratorially, causing her vintage gold-hoop earrings to lurch forward.
The most extreme manifestation came from Miuccia Prada – a woman who once caused a furore by wearing earrings shaped like a pair of plastic bananas.
