Kimberly Hinojosa, a piercer at Lark Tattoo in Westbury, recently pierced the ears of a 7-year-old girl and then gave her father his first piercing the same day — in his eyebrow. “Piercings are for everybody; they're special to everyone in their own ways,” she says of the form of self expression which has no age limit. It’s a trend as old as time — ear piercings are as fashionable today as they were decades ago.
Getting that hole punched in each lobe was once marked by sitting upon a high-top chair in the center of a mall kiosk. Now, businesses are making it a personalized experience with an emphasis on comfort, safety and milestone-marking celebration. Addison Roth, 10, got her third ear piercing by her mom, Danielle Roth, co-owner of Gray's Jewelers in St.
James on May 24. Credit: Rick Kopstein Some won't remember the momentous occasion: as babies, their parents bringing them for their first ear piercings before their first birthdays. Others wait until their children are older.
Either way, people young and old are flocking to jewelers, tattoo parlors, piercing studios, and even pediatrician offices for their first piercings. Lesa Shapiro, owner of Village Streetwear, says she’s pierced ears of people from 4 months old to one woman who was 104 years old getting her lobes re-pierced after her first had closed years prior. “It’s part of growing up in life,” says Shapiro, who offers piercing at her Merrick shop.
“It’s almost like a little graduation of ‘.
