Following recent coverage in The Daily Mail and Philadelphia Weekly of heavy earrings causing the earlobe of the wearer to irreparably split, clip on earring specialists, Make Me Beautiful issued guidance to remind earring wearers of the dangers of wearing oversized piercings.
"Earrings make a great statement about a woman's femininity but a torn ear lobe makes you look more like a cage fighter than a princess. Customers tell me it's unsightly and embarrassing for them as well as uncomfortable for others to see," explained Misae Richwoods of Make Me Beautiful. Plastic surgery to correct a torn earlobe is expensive and doesn't always work. "Often times women who've suffered it will come to us and request button clip on earrings as these can be worn over the split lobe so that it is no longer visible."
Clip on earrings have long been a favourite with celebrities, entertainers and catwalks since they allow the wearer to take an earring far bigger than they could with a pierced earring fitting. The dangers of stretching the earlobe or getting the earring caught are also insignificant with clip on earrings, unlike pierced earrings. Importantly pierced earring wearers need to remember that they needn't give up their piercings, they can simply opt to wear a clip on earring when they wish to wear a large, statement earring.
Moreover, the notion that only styles for grandma or underage children exist as clip on earrings may have been true a decade ago but is no longer accurate. Make Me Beautiful specialise in clip on earrings and stock hundreds of non pierced earrings, many of which have been seen on TV, celebrities or featured by the fashion media. With trend setting brands like Fiorelli, Adele Marie and Zandra Rhodes contributing lines there's never been a better time to make a statement with your earrings - the safe way.
