I had my 9 month old daughter's ears pierced 8 weeks ago. One earring was done at an angle. So they told me to pull it out and let it heal. They would repierce it after it closed. A week later I went back and they pierced it again. This time the angle was even worse. It has been 7 weeks and I have not taken the earring out. I want to know if I take the earring out will the hole close up so I can have it repierced again? Or, will it not close and need to be pierced above the original hole? Thanks for you help.

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Originally Posted by redriver

I had my 9 month old daughter's ears pierced 8 weeks ago. One earring was done at an angle. So they told me to pull it out and let it heal. They would repierce it after it closed. A week later I went back and they pierced it again. This time the angle was even worse. It has been 7 weeks and I have not taken the earring out. I want to know if i take the earring out will the hole close up so I can have it repierced again? Or, will it not close and need to be pierced above the original hole? Thanks for you help.

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For sure I'd find another place to the piercing.

Let them heal and then pierce again - I don't know how many times you want to put your daughter through this but, as an adult, I had to have one of my lobes pierced a second time under similar conditions.

Thanks so much. How long do you think it will take for the hole to heal?

In a baby, I think it would be faster healing than for an adult.
I would wait at least 6 weeks before having it repierced again though.

I had my ears stretched and surgically closed and only had to wait 12 weeks before getting them repierced again.