- Kristin, I didn't even realize
that you didn't have your ears pierced.
- Nope, I have not had pierced ears in over a decade.
- [Roger] Don't tense up, trust me it's easy.
- I love to be tense.
Okay, cool.
I'm actually like a little overwhelmed now to be honest.
- Alright young lady, deep breath in
and breathe out.
- It's Ladylike and I'm getting my ears pierced.
I first got double holes when I was in middle school
I wanna say.
And I remember going to Claire's in the mall
and like getting the gun to punch the holes.
I remember being like I know this was a reward,
but it wasn't really a reward.
I also develop scar tissue really easily.
I get a lot of keloid scars,
as evidenced by this little bad boy right here.
- Me, too. - So like,
I heal up pretty fast.
Which means that if I wasn't careful,
I was gonna get earrings in my ear.
In fact, that happened once.
I put a backing in my ear so far back
it grew into my ear.
I had to get it cut out.
- At what point did you realize
that you just did not want your ears pierced anymore?
- I've never liked my face,
but I didn't start strategizing
about how to make it less apparent to others
until probably middle school.
That's when I was like hmm, maybe there's a reason
why boys don't like me, perhaps it's my face.
And so I was like okay, new strategy.
Instead of calling attention to my face, I hide my face.
And earrings just kinda felt like another thing
that sort of drew attention between here and here.
And then when I stopped wearing them,
they grew back together.
- But there're so many cute earrings.
- Yeah, I know, that's the problem.
And I think they're cute,
but I still think it's like too much for my face.
- Why do you wanna give this earring thing another go?
- I see people wearing them and I'm like,
oh my god, so adorable!
Plus you can wear your hair up,
and you got a statement earring.
The fact that I don't have pierced ears
has come up a lot behind the scenes in videos.
A few years ago, we did a styling thing
where they structured a whole look
around me having, like, slicked back hair and like earrings.
And like, I couldn't do it.
When I did style swap with Jazzmyne.
I don't have pierced ears, so that came up, too.
Basically any time anyone tries to make me over,
there's an issue about my not having pierced ears.
- What if I just took you and got your ears pierced today?
- Oh my God, like I got a nice report card in seventh grade?
- So I'm very excited, but I'm also,
I really want you to start to learn to love your face.
And I don't know if this is the first step,
but that's the goal.
- I think it's a step.
Serious question, what if I get in there
and I'm a little, whiny baby?
- It's okay, I'll hold your hand.
- But you have to shoot the video.
- It's okay, I'll hold your hand in spirit.
You ready to go? - Yeah.
Okay let's go. - My name is Roger,
everyone knows me as Roger Rabbit.
I've been in the industry for about 20 plus years.
I'm the owner and founder
of Ancient Adornments Body Piercing here in West Hollywood.
So we're gonna be piercing Kristin's ears today,
and the process will be pretty quick.
The longest part is actually picking the jewelry out.
- Hi. - Hey.
- Hi, I'm Kristin. - Hi Kristin,
I'm Roger, nice to meet you.
- So we're gonna be piercing my ears today.
- Couple of things we need to find out first
is have your ears ever been pierced?
- Yes, I have previously had two holes in each ear.
This like second hole up here closed when I was like 15.
And the first hole closed when I was about 21.
- Well there's a couple things that we look at
and we have to assess.
Are the holes still open?
Can we just reopen them?
- Wait, they're not still open.
- Yeah, everybody thinks that,
but a lot of times when you're trying to put earrings in,
you're doing it blindly 'cause you're just going by feel.
So sometimes you're not even
pushing the earring straight back.
- I truly do not think they're open.
- [Roger] Don't make me justify myself.
- Would you say that needles are better than guns?
- It's not really making an incision,
it's literally just slamming an earring through your ear.
Which obviously is not safe or clean.
Where needles that are disposable,
super sharp, are designed to break the skin.
- Needles are just cleaner generally.
The way they're currently used.
- A million times cleaner and that's the tool that we use.
Just like you would go to a doctor
and if you need an injection, they would use a needle, too.
- Let's go look at some jewelry!
- Let's take a look.
- We're looking at earrings now.
It's funny, I'm seeing the pretty parts
and all I can think about right now
is the other side which will be going
through my ear shortly (laughs).
- So wait, Kristin, I don't know this about you.
Are you a gold person, a silver person, rose gold?
- When I was younger I was told I could only wear silver.
And then I was told that that was nonsense
and that I could only wear gold.
And now as an adult, I learned that's all nonsense
and that I can wear everything,
but I really love rose gold.
- [Roger] It's a pretty color.
- I really like these bumblebees.
I think they're really cute, also I'm afraid
of bumblebees, too, so maybe we can kill
two birds with one stone.
I really like these lightning bolts here.
You know why I like bees?
It's 'cause they're too fat to fly but they do anyway.
- [Roger] Which one are we gonna pick
for sure? - We're gonna do the bees.
- That's a good choice.
I love them, I like the color.
So what I'm gonna do next, now,
is I'm gonna grab the jewelry.
We're gonna sterilize it in our autoclave.
It only takes six minutes, so you should be out here
in about 15 total.
- Alright, well let's stick some bees
in my ears then. - Alright let's do it.
- We're in it, we're in the room, the chair's right there.
- This is do or die.
- I've been told we will not die, Fred.
What's gonna happen now?
- What we're gonna do is I'm gonna have you
tie your hair up. - You have to keep in mind
if I have earrings on, I have to do this.
Like no, that fucks with the symmetry of what I've created.
This is a choice. - Did you hear that?
Pull your hair back?
- Starting. - It's starting.
- Yeah. - I'm actually like
a little overwhelmed now, to be honest.
'Cause this has been, like, my deal.
Like this is how I hide.
And so disrupting that is hard.
- You're gonna look beautiful. - Okay.
You can tell I'm nervous
'cause I've already kicked off my shoes.
That's like my stress response to most things.
- So we're gonna do some very simple cleaning.
And then from there I'll take a look at your ear,
and make sure things are looking awesome.
So what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna use a little,
thin tool here and I'm just trying to see
if you have an existing hole that's still open
or if it closed up all the way.
- I truly do not think they're open.
- [Roger] Don't make me justify myself.
Technically your hole is open. - What?
The hole is open? - Yeah, it's barely,
barely just holding on. - This is wild!
They don't feel open for the record.
- [Roger] After that, it'll just be a quick look at my mark.
So I'm just gonna mark your old spot, okay?
- Okay. - Did you wanna take a look
in the mirror at the marks? - Yeah.
These look good.
That's where my earrings are gonna go.
(dramatic music)
- Just breath in your nose and hold it.
And when I say relax, like breathing out a candle,
breath out your mouth, okay?
In your nose out your mouth.
- Okay, cool.
- That doesn't hurt, right? - Nope.
- [Roger] Don't tense up, trust me, it's easy.
- I love to be tense. - Alright, young lady.
Deep breath in.
And breath out, that's it, done.
- Wow, that was real easy (laughs).
That was super easy (laughs). - So you're gonna feel
a little bit of pressure here. - Ooh.
- That's it. - That was actually worse
than the going in.
- And then we're gonna put your little bumblebee
and we're done.
We just clean around it and then we'll have you take a look.
- Aw it's so cute!
Look how pretty!
Alright, let's do the other one
so I don't look like a pirate.
I know!
- You ready? - I'm ready, I'm ready,
let's do it.
- [Roger] Deep breath.
And breathe out.
That's it done.
- That was not bad.
- [Roger] You excited to see the other one?
- I am excited to see them! - Alright, let's go look
at its friend. - Look how cute they are!
I got little holes in my ears.
My ears are very red right now.
They look a little embarrassed, but they're not,
I promise.
- So how was it? - It was really easy.
I think the lead up to it is harder
than the actual piercing.
- I'm telling you, picking the jewelry's the worst part.
- Really?
Picking the jewelry's the worst part? (laughs)
- [Roger] Because you have so many decisions
it takes forever. - Might be the worst part
for you.
Honestly, it's just less painful than the gun.
- So would you recommend a piercing shop
versus a gun place? - Yes.
Oh my God it's so much easier than the gun,
so much faster.
People are gonna be looking in my general face area,
especially in like the central no-go zone as I call it.
I just coined that right now,
I don't actually call it that.
I feel like I have to actually wear things now
not actually just hide my ears with my hair.
Getting my ears re-pierced for the first time
in a decade.
- Lady tested.
- Lady, hole again.
- What?
(cheering)
- So many high fives! - Yes!
- [Kristin] High five sandwich!
(soft music)
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