The first earrings for a child — Which children’s earrings are better? │ Silvers.in.ua.

A top­ic that con­stant­ly caus­es a lot of fierce dis­putes both among par­ents and among doc­tors is the first ear­rings for a child. As in any busi­ness, there are sup­port­ers and oppo­nents of ear pierc­ing in young chil­dren.

Which ear­rings to choose for a girl is an indi­vid­ual ques­tion. The answer to it depends on the mate­r­i­al, the type of fas­ten­ing and the appear­ance of the dec­o­ra­tion. But it is worth know­ing about the advan­tages and dis­ad­van­tages of dif­fer­ent types of prod­ucts.

How to choose the first earrings for a child?

Accord­ing to most sci­en­tif­ic and med­ical stud­ies, for a quick heal­ing of the pierc­ing, the first chil­dren’s ear­rings, as well as the ear­rings for adults who pierce their ears for the first time, should be made of pre­cious met­al — gold or sil­ver.

Here we are talk­ing not only about dis­in­fec­tion, but also about the pos­si­bil­i­ty of an aller­gy to the raw mate­ri­als from which the jew­el­ry is made.

Many cos­met­ic fac­to­ries that have mod­els for ear pierc­ing and pierc­ing in their cat­a­log pro­duce spe­cial ear­rings for beau­ty salons from cor­ro­sion-resis­tant sur­gi­cal steel, which con­tains up to 35% chromi­um, which guar­an­tees cor­ro­sion resis­tance, and up to 25% nick­el, the task of which is the strength of the struc­ture met­al

The main prob­lem is that both chromi­um and nick­el are aller­genic ingre­di­ents for 15% of the world’s pop­u­la­tion, so they are not suit­able for chil­dren. This is an impor­tant require­ment because the prod­ucts come into con­tact with the post-pro­ce­dure wound, which can eas­i­ly get infect­ed. Gold and sil­ver ear­rings not only speed up the heal­ing of the punc­ture, they also pre­vent infec­tions, infec­tion and inflam­ma­tion from enter­ing the wound.

Which children’s earrings are better, more convenient and safer?

Jew­el­ry for lit­tle girls should be light and as small as pos­si­ble, com­fort­able to wear, do not dis­turb dur­ing sleep, because the first time they can­not be removed.

An impor­tant require­ment is that they do not cling to hair and clothes, so as not to injure the child, not to cause pain and dis­com­fort.

For this rea­son, as the first ear­rings for a child, it is impos­si­ble to choose hang­ing and rich­ly dec­o­rat­ed mod­els with stones, which do not suit small chil­dren at all. In such jew­el­ry, they look tense, unnat­ur­al and afraid to move once more.

The ide­al option is the clas­sic first gold ear­rings for a child with col­ored enam­el in the form of minia­tures:

It is cus­tom­ary to choose the col­or of the stone insert accord­ing to the col­or of the baby’s eyes or accord­ing to the zodi­ac sign accord­ing to the date of her birth. White trans­par­ent zir­con is con­sid­ered uni­ver­sal — a neu­tral stone that suits every lit­tle lady.

As for the design and lock, chil­dren’s ear­rings of a smooth and round shape, with­out sharp edges, are pro­duced with a clas­sic fas­ten­ing, which is locat­ed in the front for ease of dress­ing and wash­ing the wound. It is called “brisura” and is con­sid­ered the most reli­able, safe and fas­tens with a click.

Pus­sets are allowed from 6 months, but it is uncom­fort­able to sleep in them. Some­times such a fas­ten­er weak­ens, and they can get lost.

Mod­els with a “screw” fas­ten­er are allowed from 9 months. But their pecu­liar­i­ty is the loose fit of the lid, under which dirt, dust, cream, soap fall, so you will have to peri­od­i­cal­ly remove and clean them.

It is unde­sir­able to buy ear­rings with adult Eng­lish, French and Ital­ian locks for small chil­dren due to the risk of injury and dis­com­fort.

When to give the first earrings for a baby?

Most pedi­a­tri­cians rec­om­mend pierc­ing the ears of a child between the ages of 3 and 6 months, pro­vid­ed that he is com­plete­ly healthy. It is dur­ing this peri­od that bap­tism is per­formed. On such an occa­sion, ear­rings are a good gift from god­moth­er or father.

Chil­dren’s jew­el­ry with the sign of the zodi­ac is suit­able for a birth­day, with a beau­ti­ful shiny stone — for the New Year. Such an acces­so­ry will cause more joy and delight in a lit­tle fash­ion­ista than tra­di­tion­al sweets.

Anoth­er rea­son why you should not delay pierc­ing chil­dren’s ears for too long is that at the age of one year, the child is not yet very mobile. Old­er chil­dren have more strength, they move more and faster, they can touch their ears, so their wound will heal longer.

The first proven method, which is quite fast and almost imper­cep­ti­ble, is pierc­ing the ears with a gun, where spe­cial stud ear­rings made of sur­gi­cal steel are imme­di­ate­ly insert­ed. How­ev­er, this method is not suit­able for every­one due to a pos­si­ble aller­gic reac­tion to this mate­r­i­al. Only when the punc­ture site heals can you put on and wear the select­ed ear­rings made of any mate­r­i­al. To pre­vent the holes from get­ting over­grown, the child must wear the ear­rings with­out remov­ing them for at least 6 months.

The sec­ond option is to use a pierc­ing nee­dle. This pro­ce­dure lasts much longer and is more painful. It is desir­able that it be per­formed by a pro­fes­sion­al cos­me­tol­o­gist or a spe­cial­ist with a med­ical edu­ca­tion. Its big advan­tage is that you can imme­di­ate­ly put on the desired jew­el­ry.

What earrings to choose for little princesses?

The most used pre­cious met­al is nat­ur­al 14 carat gold. Sil­ver is more afford­able.

Almost all chil­dren tol­er­ate gold very well with­out irri­ta­tion. Since it is resis­tant to exter­nal influ­ences, such prod­ucts can dec­o­rate a child’s appear­ance for years and be inher­it­ed by sev­er­al chil­dren.

• Yel­low gold is marked with the num­ber 585/1000, which indi­cates the ratio of gold to the total gold alloy. 58.5% of the entire alloy is pure gold, the oth­er 41.5% are oth­er impu­ri­ties.

• White gold is an alloy of pure gold with oth­er met­als such as pal­la­di­um and nick­el. How­ev­er, nick­el some­times caus­es aller­gic reac­tions.

• Rose gold is a com­pro­mise between white and yel­low gold. It is made with the addi­tion of cop­per, which gives it a red­dish tint, which is espe­cial­ly suit­ed to the face of peo­ple with light skin.

• Sil­ver with min­i­mal addi­tion of nick­el for strength — 925/1000. It con­tains 92.5% sil­ver and 7.5% oth­er met­als.

Get acquaint­ed with our assort­ment direc­to­ry. There you will def­i­nite­ly find orig­i­nal prod­ucts for the fash­ion­able image of lit­tle princess­es. In order not to make a mis­take with the size, mea­sure the dis­tance from the place of the pierc­ing to the end of the ear­lobe and add a few mil­lime­ters as a mar­gin so that the child can wear the jew­el­ry for sev­er­al years.