earrings

[redbird]

Now that I'm not wearing a mask whenever I'm outside the apartment, and also mostly using the disposable medical masks instead of reusable cloth masks that tie behind my head, I'm starting to wear earrings again.

I wear dangly earrings (rather than ear studs), which can become entangled when I remove a mask, or put it back on. Also, they're effectively hidden by the combination of the tie-behind mask and my hair, now that it hasn't been cut in fifteen months.

I don't know if other people will notice the earrings, but I think it's time for me to go back to wearing them. And unlike some other aspects of reopening after the pandemic, the worst thing that will happen if I'm wrong is tangling the earrings in my hair and/or mask, which isn't a big deal.

Comments

[cmcmck]

I've also gone back to earrings.

Did you find your piercings became a little sore when first putting them back in?
I ended up wearing studs 24/7 for a while like I did back when I was sixteen to make sure they were properly open.

Funny what you remember of beautician's advice! :o)

[redbird]

I did put earrings in occasionally, at home, to keep the piercings open. I didn't think of wearing studs 24/7, though, and may want to try that, so thank you.

[sabotabby]

I poke my earrings through every month or so. But I find morning routines just difficult enough as is without figuring out mask/earrings/other jewellery and my hair is so much that it adds another layer of struggle.