Which ear peircing place is better? Wal-mart or Claire's? Why?

Question

I know Claire's does free ear piercings with the purchase of a starter kit. Does anybody know how much it cost? And Walmart? I heard that the place is bad for getting ears pierced. I would love to have ur opinions about the place! If you have ANY RUDE comments, please don't say nothing at ALL!!!

Answer 1

get it done professionally. definitly not wal-mart OR claires.

Answer 2

neither is better, you should get it done by a proper piercer, it's probably going to be more expensive, but it will save you from infections and a prolonged healing time

Answer 3

Neither,they are not trained in piercing,and they don't use proper equipment....Just go to a clean piercing/tattoo shop....Much safer and worth it...

Answer 4

I had mine done at Claire's  um i got birth stone earrings and the ear care for 36 .00  they were really nice i am 10 yrs old though but that's my opinion

Answer 5

Don't go to either Claire's or Walmart... Instead find a professional piercer. If you don't know where to look you can also call tattoo parlors. Some also do piercings, while other can recommend good piercers to go to.

Answer 6

NEITHER!! Go to a tattoo/piercing shop and have them do it. It will be far less painful and they will heal so much better! It very well may be cheaper too.

I wouldn't go to Wal-Mart or Claires..... stay away from places like that for piercing your ears!

Answer 7

I know there have been a lot of answers on here- but let me clear up a lot of misconceptions. I work at Claire's.

They train us very well at Claire's on how to do ear lobe and cartilage piercings.

We read a 100 page diagnostics booklet about the piercing, the jewelry, the ear piercing system, how to handle any issues, etc.

We then observe several piercings as they are done by a certified piercer.

We then assist in marking/disinfecting the customer's ears as we are observed by a trained associate.

We then complete several ear piercings solo while being observed by a trained associate.

Claire's has pierced OVER 80 MILLION ears.

Wal-Mart has no where near as many. Claire's has done the most piercings out of any retailer or tattoo parlor WORLD WIDE....

If they are so much better, or if a tattoo parlor was, then why have we done so many effective yet gentle piercings?

Also- we disinfect all of our equipment using a combination of Alcohol Prep Pads and Benza Cloride. We use single-use gloves and clean everything before and after we use it.

Our earrings a pre-packaged, pre-sterilized and come from a lab based in the U.S.A.

From what I have heard, seen and had done to myself (I had an ear pierced at Wal-Mart just to prove how TERRIBLE they are) they do an absolutely terrible job. First and most important, they do not properly sanitize the equipment or the piercing station.

Also, they do not know how to make the ear-piercing marks very well place and symmetrical. Think about it- you're going to have this piercing potentially your WHOLE life. Why even think about going to Wal-Mart?

Let me know if you have any other questions!