Originally Posted by Machka

I also have a nickel allergy ... and the earrings of choice, for income-challenged people like me, when I got my ears pierced was nickel. My ears were constantly infected and in PAIN. After several years, a new hypoallergenic material came out ... nylon. Too bad I'm also allergic to nylon!

Besides the trouble I had with earring material, I got into the huge earrings of the 1980s and nearly ripped my lobes off with the weight, and with the earrings catching on everything.

By the mid-1990s, I had enough and quit wearing them. I wear them now maybe a couple times a year, just enough to keep the holes open ... and sometimes I wonder if it's even worth it.

I know I would not want to pierce anything else ... those little holes in my ears were bad enough.