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I agree with you,Roly that little baby was about a week old,its far from ok to do that,can you imagine babies that age sleep on their tummy and the pressure on the ears,i got my ears pierced at 6 years old,when i told me mom i wanted to get my ears pierced! Love you xxx
babies need a LOT of things. diapers, milk, clothes, toys, doctors, medicine, pacifiers. but do they need a piece of metal shoved through their body without their consent just because the parents want them to look “pretty”? NO. ❤️❤️
And babies like to grab things. How do they not consider how they baby is going to constantly be messing with it? Now I wonder how many babies have ripped out their piercing or gotten really bad infections bc of their horrible parents.
Piercing your baby's ears is a big thing in my culture and I hate it as well. My ears were pierced as a baby and I got keloids. Pretty sure it was done at a mall kiosk too.
@@tutu8896 are u seriously comparing a piercing that the pain goes away in half a second too getting stabbed someone that can cause death BYE that’s the worse comparison i’ve ever heard in my life
“Never ever be with anyone who stops you from expressing yourself or stops you from being you..” Facts!! I wasted 11 years on a guy who didn’t agree with me getting pierced or tattooed. I was SO afraid to anger him or leave him. It was toxic. (Btw, if you’re curious.. long story short.. He left me when I got sick and left me a single mom of 3)
My mum worked at Claire's, she used to give away her lunch so she didn't have to pierce the babies. The workers would literally trade their lunches so they didn't have to pierce small children, like they wouldn't eat lunch because they didn't want to pierce kids.
even through the blurring, you can still see how distressed the baby is! i couldnt imagine seeing someone in that much pain and continuing to cause more pain
The fact that I see people STILL getting their ears pierced at Claires, its sister store Icing, and Piercing Pagoda…the feminine urge to just walk up to these people and say “Good Luck with the rejection” is STRONG!
Ikr ! I don’t know if it’s an international thing but here Claire’s are doing lots of ads for free piercings and for nose piercing 😦😱😳. I thought they were « only » allowed to do ear piercings?! It’s already horrible but imagine the damage they could do to noses 😭.
One time at Claire’s I saw a mom bring her special needs child in (she has Down syndrome) for an ear piercing. She looked no older than two. The poor kid kept crying and pushing the woman holding the gun away; she didn’t even understand what was going on. It broke my heart when she cried; she sounded like she was in so much pain. Then she and her mom left. Half the time I don’t even know why I go in Claire’s anymore. I’m allergic to the earrings and the other stuff is meant for kids. When it comes to any piercing at all, it’ll be my kids’ choice no matter what gender they are.
I got my ears pierced as an infant, and now the piercings are in a really awkward spot and I can't wear earrings in them:( wish people would stop saying that it is an okay thing to do because "they were fine and they got their ears done too as a baby". Just... wait for them to ask when they're older before piercing their ears.
If you randomly poked a child with a sewing needle, you'd obviously get in serious trouble with the law. So why is piercing literal BABIES still allowed and generally considered "normal"? I'll NEVER understand it 🙄 Babies DO NOT need piercings! How can you intentionally cause pain to a little innocent baby? I literally had tears in my eyes watching this clip :( Just awful.
Yes! They don’t understand why you’re hurting them and piercing pain doesn’t end when the piercing is over! Plus babies roll around and grab their ears and you can’t teach them not to. I absolutely hate when people pierce babies. It makes me violently angry
I don't know how we got to the point where we are desensitized to lobe piercings. It is still a piercing. It still requires proper aftercare. In my opinion, nobody under 13 should be getting their lobes pierced.
As for the, "They won't remember it!" they may not remember it consciously but their bodies will remember it. Speaking as a child who was physically abused from before I can remember, I don't consciously remember it but my body remembers it!
Regarding the "vampire teeth", I've seen one type of piercing where it actually is kinda cool. Vertical angel bites, which are positioned like a jestrum, but on the sides instead of centered.
With the piercing babys one, I didn't realize how lucky I am till recently. In my culture it is the norm that girls get pierced IMMEDIATELY after birth, there are even nurses specifically for that in the hospitals. But my mother decided, that she didn't want that for me and didn't allow any of my family to interfere with that decision (also in the country I was born in contrary to the one the rest of my family is born, piercing baby's right after birth is just not allowed..... as it should be, so yeai!) Love u Roly😘 u always make my day brighter
Same it's really normal in my culture too. When i was at elementary school, my female friends already have piercings on their ear and i'm almost the only one girl who doesn't have them. Most of my friends have it pierced after birth, but i didn't. And thank goodness I didn't
In Brazil is very commonplace for babies to get their ears pierced after birth or after a few weeks/months, which was the case to me, I've always worn earrings since I can remember, I never thought much about it until I saw this video. This should not be allowed, it's so crude and cruel thing to do to a child at such a young age, it should be the child's choice.
I experienced something similar too. But it was my dad who didn't allow to pierce my ears. He hid my earings lol. In Chile (where I was born) it's just like how you described it. All borned girls go with the nurse to get their lobes pierced. Nurses here ask to the mom to give her the earings before the labor 💀
the whole “babies don’t form memories so it’s fine” argument really irks me bc like,, yeah you can’t recall specific events from when you were a baby but the brain does have permanent rewiring if a baby is abused, neglected, or goes through something else traumatic. people treat babies as if they’re not tiny people and are just dolls and it’s so fucking annoying.
exactly severe things that happen cause u trauma not a ear piercing plz don’t take example of SERIOUS neglect and try to compare them to a ear piercing
@@miso6758 Except that's serious. The body just knows it's been really hurt (coz wtf piercings are puncture wounds, of course it's severe), and the brain rewires to make sure that doesn't happen anymore. Why would you consider a literal hole in your body to not be a traumatizing experience ? Especially since babies are so fragile ! There are kids who die because of infections caused by this kind of stuff because their parents want them to look "pretty".
I worked at claires and my boss literally had me pierce a piece of cardboard for a minute and then go straight to a customer. That was my ear piercing training. She also said it was easier to pierce the customer without the gun and just the stapler so that’s how I learned and that’s how I pierced ears. Worst job of my life
After months of wanting my septum pierced and resisting the temptation to do it myself I finally got it done by a professional yesterday and I absolutely love it!
The thing is that while strong memories don't form until late 2- early 4, infants DO memorize things, particulary sensory stimuli- a care givers face, soft touch, voices, etc, they form strong emotional bonds with their caregivers based on feedback, positive experiences lead to a healthy expressive baby, negative traumas can cause emotional damage and detatchment that could persist even after the memory is gone through coping mechanisms formed early on. Unneccessary trauma inflicted on a baby is abhorrent: piercings, FGM, circumcision. ANYTHING that is not strictly neccessary for medical reasons (NO religious or cultural exceptions) is an atrocity against children, apart from the issues of bodily autonymy, you don't know what level of psychological risk you are inflicting as psychological trauma could persist into adulthood in some cases. It also exposes your child to unnecessary risk of infections, bleeding and reactions. Even if you are sterile, babies aren't known for their ability to follow aftercare instructions, they WILL touch it, and who knows what else they've touched, especially if they are at the crawling and exploring stage! You are supposed to protect your child from pain, harm and suffering and help them when it happens, not inflict it deliberately for your beauty/cultural/religious standard! If you think about it you form more connections in your brain in the first few years than for most of the rest of your life, your identity is still forming, your ability to reason, to understand your reality and those around you, to fit in, learn many complex new skills like walking, talking and manipulating objects, ideally you want to facilitate a healthy development, poking holes and cutting body parts off is not conducive to that!
my grandma got her earlobes pierced by a friend when she was a teen. they used a sewing needle, i think they put ice on the ears and when they were done they put a piece of a rosemary stick through the hole to "help it heal" instead of the actual earring. i'm glad she didn't get an infection but when she told me the story i was like *what*
2:14 I've been with someone like this. I was losing weight and I told him that once I got to my goal weight I wanted to get a labret piercing. He got upset with me and told me that if I wanted to get more piercings & tattoos, I should look for somebody else. He also felt like 'he had no choice' in me getting a tattoo for a pet that died a few years ago, yet I was not given a choice at all. I was not allowed to get any other piercings, tattoos or dye my hair blue. Don't ask me how I dated him for 2 years, but I can proudly say I've gained 4 tattoos and 3 piercings since breaking up.
I’m sorry, but I just love and laugh my arse off whenever you freak out about the ads after some of the videos xDDDD I know they are gross and annoying, but I just love your reactions, Roly. Thank you~
Horror story- I was at the mall a few weeks ago and there was a “mother” holding her screaming 5 year old daughter in Claire’s. The child was screaming and crying and practically chanting “I don’t want to” and the said “mother” was telling her to “knock it off”. I was so disgusted.
My 2 girls decided they wanted their ears pierced at the same time....the youngest was not quite 5, the older one was 6.5. The younger one cried a little bit after the first one, and she was worried about the 2nd one. We did manage to work with her to get it (hugs, holding down her arm as she'd try to cover her ear, encouragement) as she did really want it but got nervous over it. We were fully prepared to let her walk out with just one lobe pierced though. I remember my oldest with her first haircut at about 2-3years old. She was on my lap but was really nervous and kept moving around, not very happy. Another hairdresser came up and asked if we wanted her to hold our daughter still. Ummm...NO! It's just a haircut, not a medical necessity. We left without a cut and simply waited a couple months and went to a different place where they weren't prepared to hold down a child!
I wanted a piercing as a child and my mum was like "Absolutely not you are way too young!" She HATED babies getting piercings especially. When I got older I very much agreed with her.
Hey Roly! I’m sure you recognize me by now, I tend to be here a lot, but I just wanted to say I hope everything for you is going well, and thank you for providing us with lovely content! xoxo
It should be illegal to pierce a baby’s ears. I don’t care if it’s a cultural thing. That was definitely a perfect example of child abuse. People might want to combat at me for saying this. IDGAF. The only reason parents get their baby girls ears pierced is because they think it looks cute. I’m sorry but no. It isn’t cute. It’s sickening. You can go ahead and try to change my mind. Good luck with that. I’ve had almost 40 years on this earth and nobody has succeeded in that yet.
The red string in the baby video is a Mexican tradition that’s supposed to ward off Evil spirits and protect the baby…. HOWEVER most if not all tie the string around the baby’s wrist. What they did was so awful and so unnecessary when they literally could’ve made a bracelet like most do😭
@@eugenie8661 horrifyingly enough, there was some a-hole in other comments named Miso that was going around defending piercing babies "because it's their culture and they turned out fine" smh some people honestly 🤦🤦🤦
@@wolvie1618 ahh the good ol' "I had this happen to me and *I* turned out okay" as if every individual's reaction to all things is exactly the same... let's let this "Miso" enjoy their uneven earholes lmao
I noticed that one of my coworker's lobe piercings was really red the other day so I told her. She said "it's okay I got them pierced when I was like 6 months old so they're not going anywhere." My instant reaction was 😶
Jokes on her, it's never too late to get an infection or other piercing issues. I once had an elderly customer come in while i was at work and hers was actively bleeding, had to give her a paper towel to stop the dripping. And this was a piercing that looked like it was there a while, it was stretched, like how it is on old ladies that have been wearing heavy earrings for decades
Roly you NEVER fail to make me laugh. I love your honesty and enthusiasm. You have taught me a lot about piercings and care. Thank you so much for always giving me a good laugh. Also i have started saying "Trot along bitch" to everything bad.
re: the star punch. would it be possible to keep a star shaped jewellery in the punch until it fully heals in order to keep the shape? (I don't know much about punches). I was feeling the same way, that those little corners would just heal back together.... love these vids Roly!! burp all you want girl!
I didn't pierce either of my daughter's ears when they were babies, I did what my mom did and wait till I was old enough to express themselves that they actually want their ears pierce. For me that was 4, my oldest was 7, and my youngest who is 5 wants nothing to do with needles amd piercings and I'm perfectly fine with that. Wheb my youngest was 2 I was shopping and some lady comes up to me to complement my daughter how pretty she is blah, blah, blah, but then said something that made me go," Seriously WTF!?". She goes, "Where are you babies earrings!? She is really pretty but would be beautiful with little diamonds in her ears." And continues, " You do know your suppose to pierce their ears when they are babies right!? I took all 4 of my grand babies to get their ears pierce at a few months old, and they NEVER leave the house with some types of earrings in". I was flabbergasted, and just told her" Well good for you and your grand babies, but I don't like the idea of piercings a baby and can't stand seeing my kids in pain so why would I take them to get something Idk they even want just because YOU think it would make my kids look better!?".
@@angellinafosse1936 Exactly! It's actually pretty pathetic people who live their lives correcting other or putting them down for not acting, looking, or living the way they feel someone should be.
I went to what was supposed to be a professional place recommended by a beauty school friend. My septum turned out crooked like the first lady. Piercer swore he just bent the jewelry to make it fit and the piercing was straight. Staple shaped jewelry proved it was crooked af.I found out the apprentice pierced me and was HIGH!! I took it out, let it heal, and got it redone 6 months later.
My brother brought my daughter a pair of earrings for her first birthday. And I was like you do realise she won't be getting her ears done till she asks and says she wants them done! And she old enough to understand and look after them. It's shocking he thought I'd just take her to Clair's I was like no love.
I've been binge watching this series, this video came at the perfect time. I also cannot stand how many people are okay with piercing babies / young children !
When I first saw the person who had flesh tunnels in their upper ear, it took me a minute to realise that the ear was tattooed black - I genuinely thought it was necrotic and about to fall off.
So, I've booked one of my kids in for ear piercings this week and it made me wonder. He's 12 and have been talking about off and on for about five years now, so when I contacted my piercer, he was fine to schedule it in and made sure to let me know I'd need to have my son's birth certificate present at the time or he couldn't get pierced. Makes sense, piercer needs to be covered and I need to prove that I am legally allowed to consent to him getting the piercings, BUT it made me wonder if this is something Claire's requires too or if any random person could bring in any random kid and get the kid pierced... I don't remember ever needing my birth certificate to get pierced at Claire's or any place like that. The thought that any random person could take any random kid and get them pierced is more than a little terrifying.
That poor baby. Parents piercing baby ears reminds me of a similar thing for dogs. Some people remove dewclaws and dock tails when they are a few days old because they believe their pain receptors aren't fully connected or use the excuse that they won't remember it.
9:55 thats a smiley peircing! its the upper frenulum that connects your gums and your teeth its a rlly cool peircing! I have one but the jewlwry looks huge so that wasnt a good idea 😭
One of the many reasons why people shouldn’t use gun piercings for their cartilage part of their ears is that you’re cartilage for you’re ear is gonna shatter, and that…does not ever heal.
I had a staple piercing to replace my regular eyebrow one that kept rejecting. The piercer told me the flat shape would help prevent rejecting, which made no sense. The one you showed looked like it was inverted. The side bars are supposed to stick up to attach to the gems and hold it in place. It migrated out quickly
They used to think that babies didn't feel pain, leading to surgeries on babies being performed without anaesthesia up until the mid 80's. Even though it was before they had memories, those babies (now adults) ended up with severe PTSD and trauma because of it. I'm not saying that piercing your babies ear is the same level as surgery, I'm just saying that "they don't form memories" is a shit excuse, because you're still causing harm and trauma, both physically and mentally.
Around 3:45 when you're talking about piercing guns being like punches to the face, all I could think of was Captain Falcon yelling FALCON PUUUUNNNCHHH
9:54 I‘m pretty sure thats a smiley piercing! The „vampire/cat“ jewelry can be easily found on google if you look it up, though, it‘s not recommended to wear that kinda jewelry too long since it may rip your gum…
People are SO SO SO split on piercing baby's ears and it's like... can we STOP doing shit to babies when they can't consent at all? From circumcision to ear piercing just STOP. Let your kid make that decision when they're grown, FFS.
Babies may not form memories yet but they absolutely can form traumas from experiences like this. Some men have been found to have trauma from being circumcised right after birth. The pain and their protectors/parents not protecting them stays with them
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I agree with you,Roly that little baby was about a week old,its far from ok to do that,can you imagine babies that age sleep on their tummy and the pressure on the ears,i got my ears pierced at 6 years old,when i told me mom i wanted to get my ears pierced! Love you xxx
Have you tatted your eye balls
God I wish I was as happy as you. I'm so miserable 😖. You make me laugh thank you so much. 😌
Teeth nubs by 20 gurls!
"Oh, they won't remember!" That's the same argument doctors used for operating on babies without anesthetics up until the eighties ...
I was literally coming to see if anyone else had posted that before I made the same comment. You're spot on.
Yes!!!!!
Doctors did what-
... that's fucked up
They may not "technically remember". But they sure as heck are gonna have emotional trauma that they'll never know what from
You know its bad when Roly says "Even a gun is better than this."
Hahahhaa never thought I’d see the day
Claires has been real quiet since TikTok has discovered the cattle piercing machine 😂😂 (Ps hope you’re doing well Roly!!)
Hahaha they have!!
I was at the mall today and saw some girls picking earrings out at the piercing station and I wanted to run in there and be like nooooo don't do it!!
The tagging clip?
@@lemonboy1751 I think so!
@@lemonboy1751 yep
babies need a LOT of things. diapers, milk, clothes, toys, doctors, medicine, pacifiers.
but do they need a piece of metal shoved through their body without their consent just because the parents want them to look “pretty”? NO. ❤️❤️
I'm so glad my mom waited until I begged her for an ear piercing. Instead of ruining my baby ears.
100000%
I felt that poor babe screaming from here!
I personally think babies look adorable with pierced ears, but just it’s not worth it man, do not condone
And babies like to grab things. How do they not consider how they baby is going to constantly be messing with it? Now I wonder how many babies have ripped out their piercing or gotten really bad infections bc of their horrible parents.
girl: omg my friend ruined my piercing it’s so crooked i’m so mad
also girl: imma let her do it again
me: dumbass-
Hahahahha
Culture 👏 and 👏 religion 👏 are 👏 not 👏 excuses 👏 to 👏 pierce 👏 babies 👏! Babies cannot consent!
THIS!
Piercing your baby's ears is a big thing in my culture and I hate it as well. My ears were pierced as a baby and I got keloids. Pretty sure it was done at a mall kiosk too.
how u gonna tell someone what they can’t do in there culture 🤔
@@miso6758 it's harmful. Just because stabbing kids is normal in some cultures, that doesn't mean it should be
@@tutu8896 are u seriously comparing a piercing that the pain goes away in half a second too getting stabbed someone that can cause death BYE that’s the worse comparison i’ve ever heard in my life
“Never ever be with anyone who stops you from expressing yourself or stops you from being you..”
Facts!! I wasted 11 years on a guy who didn’t agree with me getting pierced or tattooed. I was SO afraid to anger him or leave him. It was toxic.
(Btw, if you’re curious.. long story short.. He left me when I got sick and left me a single mom of 3)
Oh what a twat!! Sorry you had to deal with someone like that!
My mum worked at Claire's, she used to give away her lunch so she didn't have to pierce the babies. The workers would literally trade their lunches so they didn't have to pierce small children, like they wouldn't eat lunch because they didn't want to pierce kids.
even through the blurring, you can still see how distressed the baby is! i couldnt imagine seeing someone in that much pain and continuing to cause more pain
It's wrong on so many levels
@@RolyWestYT exactly!!
The fact that I see people STILL getting their ears pierced at Claires, its sister store Icing, and Piercing Pagoda…the feminine urge to just walk up to these people and say “Good Luck with the rejection” is STRONG!
You honestly would of thought it would be outlawed by now
@@RolyWestYT Literally though. I’ve honestly lost track at how many times I’ve rolled my eyes as I’ve walked passed.
Ikr ! I don’t know if it’s an international thing but here Claire’s are doing lots of ads for free piercings and for nose piercing 😦😱😳. I thought they were « only » allowed to do ear piercings?! It’s already horrible but imagine the damage they could do to noses 😭.
One time at Claire’s I saw a mom bring her special needs child in (she has Down syndrome) for an ear piercing. She looked no older than two. The poor kid kept crying and pushing the woman holding the gun away; she didn’t even understand what was going on. It broke my heart when she cried; she sounded like she was in so much pain. Then she and her mom left. Half the time I don’t even know why I go in Claire’s anymore. I’m allergic to the earrings and the other stuff is meant for kids. When it comes to any piercing at all, it’ll be my kids’ choice no matter what gender they are.
Mine got infected when I had it done at Claire's, but a friend of mine had several done there with no problem.
I got my ears pierced as an infant, and now the piercings are in a really awkward spot and I can't wear earrings in them:( wish people would stop saying that it is an okay thing to do because "they were fine and they got their ears done too as a baby". Just... wait for them to ask when they're older before piercing their ears.
Yes as your body if growing most people who get pierced as babies will have the same thing happen to them! It's so weird to think it's still so common
i got mine as a baby i’m 18 they’re still in the same spot
@@miso6758 okay. and your point is...?
@@mimilin9001 u said they moved tf so i replied what was hard for u to comprehend 🤔
@@miso6758 Nope. Not doing this. Bye.
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If you randomly poked a child with a sewing needle, you'd obviously get in serious trouble with the law. So why is piercing literal BABIES still allowed and generally considered "normal"? I'll NEVER understand it 🙄 Babies DO NOT need piercings! How can you intentionally cause pain to a little innocent baby? I literally had tears in my eyes watching this clip :( Just awful.
This!!! Yes!!
Yes! They don’t understand why you’re hurting them and piercing pain doesn’t end when the piercing is over! Plus babies roll around and grab their ears and you can’t teach them not to. I absolutely hate when people pierce babies. It makes me violently angry
I don't know how we got to the point where we are desensitized to lobe piercings. It is still a piercing. It still requires proper aftercare. In my opinion, nobody under 13 should be getting their lobes pierced.
@@nancyg7343 ye there like dogs they don’t understand that sometimes when they get hurt it’s an accident
@@shaunna7646 nobody under 13 is a lil of a reach
As for the, "They won't remember it!" they may not remember it consciously but their bodies will remember it. Speaking as a child who was physically abused from before I can remember, I don't consciously remember it but my body remembers it!
Regarding the "vampire teeth", I've seen one type of piercing where it actually is kinda cool. Vertical angel bites, which are positioned like a jestrum, but on the sides instead of centered.
Agreed! Looks pretty cool. Someone on r/piercing posted some pics of their new vertical angel bites.👌🏼
Yes I’ve seen some like that before. I thought it was cool!
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Amen
With the piercing babys one, I didn't realize how lucky I am till recently.
In my culture it is the norm that girls get pierced IMMEDIATELY after birth, there are even nurses specifically for that in the hospitals.
But my mother decided, that she didn't want that for me and didn't allow any of my family to interfere with that decision (also in the country I was born in contrary to the one the rest of my family is born, piercing baby's right after birth is just not allowed..... as it should be, so yeai!)
Love u Roly😘 u always make my day brighter
Glad you mum said no! ❤️
Same it's really normal in my culture too. When i was at elementary school, my female friends already have piercings on their ear and i'm almost the only one girl who doesn't have them. Most of my friends have it pierced after birth, but i didn't. And thank goodness I didn't
In Brazil is very commonplace for babies to get their ears pierced after birth or after a few weeks/months, which was the case to me, I've always worn earrings since I can remember, I never thought much about it until I saw this video. This should not be allowed, it's so crude and cruel thing to do to a child at such a young age, it should be the child's choice.
I experienced something similar too. But it was my dad who didn't allow to pierce my ears. He hid my earings lol. In Chile (where I was born) it's just like how you described it. All borned girls go with the nurse to get their lobes pierced. Nurses here ask to the mom to give her the earings before the labor 💀
same!! i recently got em pierced though, im glad she waited for me to make my own choice :)
the whole “babies don’t form memories so it’s fine” argument really irks me bc like,, yeah you can’t recall specific events from when you were a baby but the brain does have permanent rewiring if a baby is abused, neglected, or goes through something else traumatic. people treat babies as if they’re not tiny people and are just dolls and it’s so fucking annoying.
exactly severe things that happen cause u trauma not a ear piercing plz don’t take example of SERIOUS neglect and try to compare them to a ear piercing
@@miso6758 Except that's serious. The body just knows it's been really hurt (coz wtf piercings are puncture wounds, of course it's severe), and the brain rewires to make sure that doesn't happen anymore. Why would you consider a literal hole in your body to not be a traumatizing experience ? Especially since babies are so fragile ! There are kids who die because of infections caused by this kind of stuff because their parents want them to look "pretty".
@@Ehrunn kk💀
I worked at claires and my boss literally had me pierce a piece of cardboard for a minute and then go straight to a customer. That was my ear piercing training. She also said it was easier to pierce the customer without the gun and just the stapler so that’s how I learned and that’s how I pierced ears. Worst job of my life
Oh good lord!! I mea I am not shocked as I always knew the "training" was bad BUT also like really shocked at the same time by this.
After months of wanting my septum pierced and resisting the temptation to do it myself I finally got it done by a professional yesterday and I absolutely love it!
You never fail to entertain me, you're like having a friend who also loves body mods who I can laugh and have fun with every day! 😂😊
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I love it how the videos are a bit longer then they used to!! I really appreciate your videos!
Yeah TH-cam loves longer videos and I can never shut up so works perfectly hahaha
I feel you, I’m exactly the same!!
The thing is that while strong memories don't form until late 2- early 4, infants DO memorize things, particulary sensory stimuli- a care givers face, soft touch, voices, etc, they form strong emotional bonds with their caregivers based on feedback, positive experiences lead to a healthy expressive baby, negative traumas can cause emotional damage and detatchment that could persist even after the memory is gone through coping mechanisms formed early on. Unneccessary trauma inflicted on a baby is abhorrent: piercings, FGM, circumcision. ANYTHING that is not strictly neccessary for medical reasons (NO religious or cultural exceptions) is an atrocity against children, apart from the issues of bodily autonymy, you don't know what level of psychological risk you are inflicting as psychological trauma could persist into adulthood in some cases. It also exposes your child to unnecessary risk of infections, bleeding and reactions. Even if you are sterile, babies aren't known for their ability to follow aftercare instructions, they WILL touch it, and who knows what else they've touched, especially if they are at the crawling and exploring stage! You are supposed to protect your child from pain, harm and suffering and help them when it happens, not inflict it deliberately for your beauty/cultural/religious standard! If you think about it you form more connections in your brain in the first few years than for most of the rest of your life, your identity is still forming, your ability to reason, to understand your reality and those around you, to fit in, learn many complex new skills like walking, talking and manipulating objects, ideally you want to facilitate a healthy development, poking holes and cutting body parts off is not conducive to that!
You don't want your babies first lesson to be about how cruel those they rely on most can be as to hold them down and inflict pain for no reason.
my grandma got her earlobes pierced by a friend when she was a teen. they used a sewing needle, i think they put ice on the ears and when they were done they put a piece of a rosemary stick through the hole to "help it heal" instead of the actual earring. i'm glad she didn't get an infection but when she told me the story i was like *what*
2:14 I've been with someone like this. I was losing weight and I told him that once I got to my goal weight I wanted to get a labret piercing. He got upset with me and told me that if I wanted to get more piercings & tattoos, I should look for somebody else. He also felt like 'he had no choice' in me getting a tattoo for a pet that died a few years ago, yet I was not given a choice at all. I was not allowed to get any other piercings, tattoos or dye my hair blue.
Don't ask me how I dated him for 2 years, but I can proudly say I've gained 4 tattoos and 3 piercings since breaking up.
As cheesy as it is, this calls for a "You go girl!" :)
I’m sorry, but I just love and laugh my arse off whenever you freak out about the ads after some of the videos xDDDD I know they are gross and annoying, but I just love your reactions, Roly. Thank you~
Hahaha They are so grosss hahaha
Horror story- I was at the mall a few weeks ago and there was a “mother” holding her screaming 5 year old daughter in Claire’s. The child was screaming and crying and practically chanting “I don’t want to” and the said “mother” was telling her to “knock it off”. I was so disgusted.
I really hope Claire's implements some policy that if a child says no then they won't pierce the ears against their will.
My 2 girls decided they wanted their ears pierced at the same time....the youngest was not quite 5, the older one was 6.5. The younger one cried a little bit after the first one, and she was worried about the 2nd one. We did manage to work with her to get it (hugs, holding down her arm as she'd try to cover her ear, encouragement) as she did really want it but got nervous over it. We were fully prepared to let her walk out with just one lobe pierced though. I remember my oldest with her first haircut at about 2-3years old. She was on my lap but was really nervous and kept moving around, not very happy. Another hairdresser came up and asked if we wanted her to hold our daughter still. Ummm...NO! It's just a haircut, not a medical necessity. We left without a cut and simply waited a couple months and went to a different place where they weren't prepared to hold down a child!
Usually i hate when people get so many facial piercings because they just look silly but you are one of the few people that can really pull them off
Thank you Roly for refusing to show the clip about the baby. I am right behind you with hating piercing babies. 👶
Oh yeah I try to hide as much as I can when it comes to minors
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I wanted a piercing as a child and my mum was like "Absolutely not you are way too young!" She HATED babies getting piercings especially. When I got older I very much agreed with her.
The clip with the recently born baby made me cry. 😭😭
And you were right. I’ve got 3 kids and this baby looks SUPER young! Around 2-14 days old tops!
09:50 I think it‘s a smiley piercing
It's always a good day when Roly posts 😌
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Hey Roly! I’m sure you recognize me by now, I tend to be here a lot, but I just wanted to say I hope everything for you is going well, and thank you for providing us with lovely content! xoxo
Hahaha yes I do!! Always lovely to see you here x
It should be illegal to pierce a baby’s ears. I don’t care if it’s a cultural thing. That was definitely a perfect example of child abuse. People might want to combat at me for saying this. IDGAF. The only reason parents get their baby girls ears pierced is because they think it looks cute. I’m sorry but no. It isn’t cute. It’s sickening. You can go ahead and try to change my mind. Good luck with that. I’ve had almost 40 years on this earth and nobody has succeeded in that yet.
I doubt you'll get debated in this specific comment section, your opinion is the valid one pal
The red string in the baby video is a Mexican tradition that’s supposed to ward off Evil spirits and protect the baby…. HOWEVER most if not all tie the string around the baby’s wrist. What they did was so awful and so unnecessary when they literally could’ve made a bracelet like most do😭
@@eugenie8661 horrifyingly enough, there was some a-hole in other comments named Miso that was going around defending piercing babies "because it's their culture and they turned out fine" smh some people honestly 🤦🤦🤦
@@wolvie1618 ahh the good ol' "I had this happen to me and *I* turned out okay" as if every individual's reaction to all things is exactly the same... let's let this "Miso" enjoy their uneven earholes lmao
I noticed that one of my coworker's lobe piercings was really red the other day so I told her. She said "it's okay I got them pierced when I was like 6 months old so they're not going anywhere." My instant reaction was 😶
Jokes on her, it's never too late to get an infection or other piercing issues. I once had an elderly customer come in while i was at work and hers was actively bleeding, had to give her a paper towel to stop the dripping. And this was a piercing that looked like it was there a while, it was stretched, like how it is on old ladies that have been wearing heavy earrings for decades
Roly, thanks for being here for us.
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2:25 reaction had me on the floor 🤣
I'm in the car and his reaction perfectly matched the beat of the music. 😂
Roly preaching for the self expression freedom gives me serotonin
aye i’m in this video! thanks for reacting to my dm Roly
I have that star piercing! Steve Haworth did it 10 years ago. I haven't worn jewelry in it in 9 years and it still looks like a star.
I love it when Roly stands up while he making his videos!
There is just so much energy and I'm living for it!!!
Love you so much Roly!! ❤
Yeah I am going to be doing this mostly now going forward! It's a lot more freeing
Did not expect to see my fanart featured in one of your videos!! What a pleasant surprise!
Thank you for your work lovely
@@RolyWestYT Aw, I'm so glad you like it! 😊♥
Received bad news just a few hours ago but seeing that you uploaded suddenly made me so happy!! Thank you Roly💜
Sending you all my love xx
@@RolyWestYT thank you so much xx
Roly you NEVER fail to make me laugh. I love your honesty and enthusiasm. You have taught me a lot about piercings and care. Thank you so much for always giving me a good laugh. Also i have started saying "Trot along bitch" to everything bad.
Thanks for such a lovely comment xxx
@@RolyWestYT thank you for being such a lovely human!
re: the star punch. would it be possible to keep a star shaped jewellery in the punch until it fully heals in order to keep the shape? (I don't know much about punches). I was feeling the same way, that those little corners would just heal back together....
love these vids Roly!! burp all you want girl!
I didn't pierce either of my daughter's ears when they were babies, I did what my mom did and wait till I was old enough to express themselves that they actually want their ears pierce. For me that was 4, my oldest was 7, and my youngest who is 5 wants nothing to do with needles amd piercings and I'm perfectly fine with that.
Wheb my youngest was 2 I was shopping and some lady comes up to me to complement my daughter how pretty she is blah, blah, blah, but then said something that made me go," Seriously WTF!?". She goes, "Where are you babies earrings!? She is really pretty but would be beautiful with little diamonds in her ears." And continues, " You do know your suppose to pierce their ears when they are babies right!? I took all 4 of my grand babies to get their ears pierce at a few months old, and they NEVER leave the house with some types of earrings in". I was flabbergasted, and just told her" Well good for you and your grand babies, but I don't like the idea of piercings a baby and can't stand seeing my kids in pain so why would I take them to get something Idk they even want just because YOU think it would make my kids look better!?".
wth is wrong with some people?
Okay that just crazy, why would you go up to someone and question their decisions?
@@angellinafosse1936 right!? Some ppl have WAY too much entitlement
@@malinachainey1564 I totally agree like if it’s not affecting you personally why do you care so much?
@@angellinafosse1936 Exactly! It's actually pretty pathetic people who live their lives correcting other or putting them down for not acting, looking, or living the way they feel someone should be.
I went to what was supposed to be a professional place recommended by a beauty school friend. My septum turned out crooked like the first lady. Piercer swore he just bent the jewelry to make it fit and the piercing was straight. Staple shaped jewelry proved it was crooked af.I found out the apprentice pierced me and was HIGH!! I took it out, let it heal, and got it redone 6 months later.
That's so annoying!! Glad you got it redone in the end
Roly you’re so awesome! I have learned a lot from watching your videos! You make each of your videos quite entertaining !
My brother brought my daughter a pair of earrings for her first birthday. And I was like you do realise she won't be getting her ears done till she asks and says she wants them done! And she old enough to understand and look after them. It's shocking he thought I'd just take her to Clair's I was like no love.
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I am living for those contacts Roly!
I've been binge watching this series, this video came at the perfect time. I also cannot stand how many people are okay with piercing babies / young children !
So glad you have been enjoying these videos xx
When I first saw the person who had flesh tunnels in their upper ear, it took me a minute to realise that the ear was tattooed black - I genuinely thought it was necrotic and about to fall off.
I've been loving your recent "standing" videos! Makes your reactions even better! 😃💖
So, I've booked one of my kids in for ear piercings this week and it made me wonder. He's 12 and have been talking about off and on for about five years now, so when I contacted my piercer, he was fine to schedule it in and made sure to let me know I'd need to have my son's birth certificate present at the time or he couldn't get pierced. Makes sense, piercer needs to be covered and I need to prove that I am legally allowed to consent to him getting the piercings, BUT it made me wonder if this is something Claire's requires too or if any random person could bring in any random kid and get the kid pierced... I don't remember ever needing my birth certificate to get pierced at Claire's or any place like that. The thought that any random person could take any random kid and get them pierced is more than a little terrifying.
Been feeling really poorly the last couple of days so really needed this thanks Roly! Xx
Really glad you mentioned that about the cattle tags
I absolutely adore you !!! You’re videos are so funny, and just boggles me that people do these crazy things .Anyways live ya life guuhhhllll❤️
I just watched that video before this of when you explained the comment about the burping. That's so funny
BRO IVE BEEN WAITING IN TEARS FOR YOU TO POST THANK YOU SIS😭😭
HUGS TO YOU
I find myself asking my coworkers "what is the darjwahliea?" of a morning. Think they think I'm a bit touched, but hey ho, I love it.
That poor baby. Parents piercing baby ears reminds me of a similar thing for dogs. Some people remove dewclaws and dock tails when they are a few days old because they believe their pain receptors aren't fully connected or use the excuse that they won't remember it.
9:55 thats a smiley peircing! its the upper frenulum that connects your gums and your teeth its a rlly cool peircing! I have one but the jewlwry looks huge so that wasnt a good idea 😭
I've been really anxious lately and the only thing that has been able to distract me and make me feel better are your videos I'm so grateful
I really appreciate the Carry on cuts. They always make me laugh no matter what
The Fan Art is soo amazing guys!! Wow, just amazing! Great video Roly! :) Have a great day Beautiful!
Omg yessss another video!!😍 The perfect finish to a day full of law studies! Thank you so much for the amazing content, lots of love xoxo
I was rewatching Luxeria's Bridalplasty when I got the notification and I think it was a wonderful way to, remove the distress caused by that show.
Another reaction video already!? Yes roly thank you!!!! These are my favourite videos on TH-cam!!!!!!!! Ily❤
I officially adore you. Subscribed.
On my nightly binge of your videos lol and i adore you Roly!! ❤😂❤
This is my first time watching your videos but I love it and I absolutely love those blue contacts so beautiful
Yasss so excited to hop on the trigger train!!
I’ve got my ticket
When Roly is baffled and fumbling for words at the hand piercings - I feel that at a spiritual level
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I’m loving all your reactions in this video! 😂
the casual donkey kong in the background 😌 loving it roly
I love the adding of Kenneth Williams in this video it’s brilliant 😂😂
One of the many reasons why people shouldn’t use gun piercings for their cartilage part of their ears is that you’re cartilage for you’re ear is gonna shatter, and that…does not ever heal.
YES!!
The fan art is amazing 👏🏼 😍
I had a staple piercing to replace my regular eyebrow one that kept rejecting. The piercer told me the flat shape would help prevent rejecting, which made no sense. The one you showed looked like it was inverted. The side bars are supposed to stick up to attach to the gems and hold it in place. It migrated out quickly
thank you so much ive been scrolling for so long trying to find a comment about this
They used to think that babies didn't feel pain, leading to surgeries on babies being performed without anaesthesia up until the mid 80's. Even though it was before they had memories, those babies (now adults) ended up with severe PTSD and trauma because of it.
I'm not saying that piercing your babies ear is the same level as surgery, I'm just saying that "they don't form memories" is a shit excuse, because you're still causing harm and trauma, both physically and mentally.
was just rewatching your old videos and this notification pops up xD
Roly thank you for making videos, it makes my day love you and your content , also I love your piercings. Have a nice day and love you 💕
I just noticed your huge funko pop collection in the background, really cool!
TH-cam decided to recommend your channel the day after I got my nose pierced (the first of hopefully many face piercings) and I’m so thankful
I love that you wear Steven Rhodes shirts, I have a little collection of them 😂 loved the video as always, hope you see this!!!
Oh I absolutely adore them! I’m trying to find them all hahaha
I do like watching the cattle tag ones, I think it promotes empathy for the cows
Around 3:45 when you're talking about piercing guns being like punches to the face, all I could think of was Captain Falcon yelling FALCON PUUUUNNNCHHH
Roly. When the reverse vid of the ear came on I peed my pants when you reacted 😂 I love you!
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I‘m pretty sure thats a smiley piercing! The „vampire/cat“ jewelry can be easily found on google if you look it up, though, it‘s not recommended to wear that kinda jewelry too long since it may rip your gum…
YAAAAYY, Roly!! Love you!!💙💙💙💙
BESTIEEE UR EYELASHES LOOK GORGEOUS ❤️
that scream when the ear folded up, I nearly choked. XD Ngl I had the same reaction the first time I saw one of those videos!
My cardio is imitating Roly during his reaction videos
Everytime I see a baby I always feel so teary its so horrible 🙈 loved your vid as always 💛
Another incredible video Roly! Also I LOVE the contacts x
People are SO SO SO split on piercing baby's ears and it's like... can we STOP doing shit to babies when they can't consent at all? From circumcision to ear piercing just STOP. Let your kid make that decision when they're grown, FFS.
Babies may not form memories yet but they absolutely can form traumas from experiences like this. Some men have been found to have trauma from being circumcised right after birth. The pain and their protectors/parents not protecting them stays with them