Ear Piercing

We are happy to offer this service to our patients.

If a family desires ear piercing, we recommend ear piercing occur after age 5-6 when a child can assent to ear piercing and participate in the aftercare process. If a family desires ear piercing in infancy, we recommend waiting until after 2-4 months of age. We do require that they have received their first set of immunizations at least 2 weeks prior to ear piercing, though we recommend waiting until after four months of age when the ear lobe has more time to grow and they have received their second round of immunizations. We want to make sure that this elective procedure carries as little risk to your child as possible. 

In the office, we use single use, sterile materials. The earrings are sterile 24 karat gold plated on high grade surgical stainless steel.

Due to a tendency to play with earrings and difficulty staying still, we do not offer ear piercing between ages 1-3.