Children's Ear Piercing
It’s your piercing, your way! Get, your babies, children and teens ears pierced safely and quickly with double operators at Essential Beauty!
Children's Double Operator Ear Piercing
Essential Beauty offers Children’s Double Operator Ear Piercings, giving you the flexibility to choose the method that suits you best. All salons offer both Needle Free Children’s Double Operator Ear Piercing and Children’s Double Operator Needle Piercing. Designed to be your piercing, your way!
Please call your local salon to make an appointment (online booking is not available for this service).
Every Children’s Double Operator Ear Piercing include a FREE Teddy the Comfort Bear, Backpack and the choice of over 50 pieces of sterilised hypoallergenic jewellery!
Teddy is more than just a cuddly bear! He is a comforting companion to help your child feel safe and supported during their piercing experience and beyond. With his cute backpack in tow, Teddy can be by their side wherever they go, reminding them of their bravery and boosting their confidence in any situation.
To ensure the piercing is performed safely and quickly, two Piercing Specialists will pierce your child’s ears at the same time in a single, quick procedure using our Contactless Needle Free Sterilear System. This procedure is especially designed for piercings performed on children under the age of 16.
The Needle Free Contactless Sterilear System uses earrings that are pre-sterilised and packaged in a single use, disposable cartridge that is loaded onto the piercing device. The pre-sterilised earring is used to pierce the ear, and at no point does the device come into contact with your child’s ears.
Every Children’s Double Operator Ear Piercing includes hypoallergenic jewellery available in a range of Swarovski crystal colours and in high polished steel or 24K Gold plated. Each of the below Swarovski colours are available in mini or regular sizes in either bezel or claw set. All 50 styles are included in the price of your service.
The double operator method is done with both ears being pierced simultaneously by two trained professionals.
This method involves a sterilised, single-use needle to create a clean, precise piercing in the ear. A small plastic sheath is left in place temporarily, allowing the sterilised jewellery to be carefully inserted through the new piercing.
Every Children’s Double Operator Ear Piercing includes the choice of 4 hypoallergenic surgical steel flat back studs in, 24K Gold PVD, Rose Gold PVD or Black PVD. Our needle method also opens up a wider range of jewellery options to choose from. With over 200 upgrade styles including flat back studs or hinge rings.
(upgrades to a hinge ring or flat back studs can only be done via the needle method).
Our Piercing Services Include
Age Requirements for Body Piercing
Age requirements for ear and body piercing vary across states in Australia. Every piercing client in WA, SA, VIC & NSW, regardless of age, must bring valid identification to their appointment. In QLD, you can get pierced on any part of the ear and most parts of the body without providing photo identification.
To proceed with ear piercing for children under 16, you must accompany your child to their piercing appointment and provide valid identification.
Click here to fill in your piercing consent form
Queensland age requirements and consent for piercings:
You can be pierced at any age, on any part of the ear or body (excluding nipple, genital and dermal piercings) by signing a consent form, you are not required to provide identification.
Legal Guardians can also provide consent:
The legal guardian needs to produce a guardianship order/court order together with an ID of the child (birth certificate or passport), to confirm the child’s name is the same child named in the guardianship order. The legal guardian needs to also provide valid identification to confirm that they are the nominated legal guardian named on the guardianship order/court order.
- Call your local Essential Beauty salon to make an appointment and ask for double operators by name.
- Have a good idea about the colour of the jewellery you and your child want. The most popular Swarovski crystal colours are Aquamarine, Clear Crystal and Rose. For babies and little ears, we recommend the mini size studs.
- Bring a distraction for your child. This could be a lolly, favourite toy, or promise to buy them a treat after the service (ice cream or a smoothie is always a good one!). Your child will also receive their very own Ted the Comfort Bear to hold in their hand during the service.
- Arrive 5-10 minutes early to your appointment, to allow time to present the necessary identification and fill in a Consent Form.
- Pay for the service and purchase our 2 Step Sterilear Piercing Spray System and listen to the aftercare instructions before heading into a private room. This way, your child can quickly assimilate back into day to day activity after the piercing is done.
- We will place dots on your child’s ears so that you can agree on the placement of the piercing. Once you and your child are happy with the location of the piercings, two Piercing Specialists will pierce your child’s ears at the same time in a single, quick procedure using our Contactless Sterilear System.
For Children’s Ear Piercings we recommend purchasing our 2 step Sterilear Piercing Spray system to care for the piercings at home. As piercings heal, the needs of the skin will change. This system has been designed to provide optimum healing for your piercing at all stages of the healing process.
Weeks 1 & 2
Spray the pierced area with Sterilear Step 1: Clean Piercing Spray 2–3 times a day. It is important that you or your child do not twist, turn or rotate the jewellery or touch the piercing, as this will remove the healing scab and may spread bacteria.
Weeks 3 & 4
Use Sterilear Step 2: Care Piercing Spray 1–2 times a day to promote healing and to ensure a bacteria-free environment.
Avoid: Dettol, peroxides, disinfectants, soaps, tea tree oil and alcohol.
Piercing healing time is different depending on the part of your body that you get pierced. Areas that are softer, with no cartilage such as ear lobes will heal faster than other areas. Healing times can vary from person to person and will also depend on how well you follow our recommended aftercare instructions.
In most cases, you will be able to change your child’s jewellery 1 – 2 months post piercing, although it is best to leave jewellery in for as long as possible. If you are unsure, visit us in salon for a piercing healing check up!
Click here to read our detailed piercing aftercare instructions
Your child will get to take home their very own Teddy the Comfort Bear and Backpack when they get their ears pierced at Essential Beauty!
Born in 2007, Teddy the Comfort Bear has become an Aussie Icon, well loved by girls and boys who need a hand to hold and a comforting cuddle while getting their ears pierced.
Download and print Teddy’s fun activity sheets!
Connect the dots to reveal Teddy’s fancy new car
Dress Teddy in a special party outfit
Help Teddy through the maze to get back to Essential Beauty
Book Your Next Childrens Piercing Appointment
Contact your local salon directly to make an appointment
Your Piercing Journey
We welcome walk in appointments, but if you want to secure your appointment time and avoid waiting, we recommend you book your piercings online. To save time, fill in your body piercing consent form before your appointment, or arrive 10-15 minutes early to fill in a consent form on the day.
Click here to fill in your Body Piercing Consent Form
48 hours prior:
- Do not take blood thinning medications such as Aspirin or Advil.
On the day:
- Make sure you are hydrated and have eaten a meal. Low blood sugar could cause you to feel faint.
- Do not drink alcohol, take elicit substances or consume caffeine (coffee, energy drinks).
Your experience:
Your Piercing Specialist is there to help you feel comfortable and relaxed throughout your experience. Our experienced staff will help you choose jewellery from our extensive range. Our staff will also discuss the position of your piercing with you and mark the location of the piercing to ensure that you’re happy with its placement.
Safety and Hygiene:
Every Essential Beauty piercing is performed in a sterile and hygienic environment. Our salons undertake regular health inspections and are compliant with Government legislation regarding skin penetration. All piercing needles and disposable equipment are of single use, and all other equipment and body jewellery is autoclave sterilised prior to use.
Essential Beauty’s two Step Sterilear Piercing Spray system has been designed to aid in healing your new piercing. Our Sterilear aftercare sprays can also be used throughout the healing process to clean and care for your piercings.
Our best piercing aftercare tip… be patient and follow the advice of your piercer! Healing can take anywhere from 1-12 months (or even longer), so stick with your piercing aftercare plan. It also depends on the type of piercing, fleshy areas like the lobes will heal quickly in 1-2 months, but if you’ve had anywhere in your cartilage pierced, like your conch or helix, you can expect it to take a year to heal.
Weeks 1 & 2 after your piercing
Sterilear Step 1: Clean Piercing Spray
- Made for use in the initial stage of healing.
- Contains the optimal concentration of salts to promote healing.
- Sterile solution helps prevent bacteria from forming around the piercing.
- Helps to safely clean and wash away dried discharge, crust or secretions around the piercing.
- Non-irritating formula to help calm and heal the skin.
- Aseptic pump pack keeps the solution sterile.
Directions: Spray front and back twice a day, directly over the piercing and jewellery. Avoid eye contact. Not for oral use. External use only.
Weeks 3 & 4 after your piercing
Sterilear Step 2: Care Piercing Spray
- Enhanced formula enriched with aloe vera, lavender and vitamin E to soothe the skin and promote healing.
- Contains peppermint oil to provide anti-inflammatory and anti-fungal properties.
- Aseptic pump pack keeps the solution sterile.
Directions: Spray front and back twice a day, directly over the piercing and jewellery. Avoid eye contact. Not for oral use. External use only.
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Frequently Asked
Questions
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Waxing is a safe and efficient way to remove all the hairs you can see, and the fine hairs you can’t see! Waxing is suitable for all hair colours, thicknesses and skin types, making it suitable for everyone. Our Beauty Therapists are highly trained and experienced and will always ensure your salon experience is an enjoyable and positive one. Waxing also offers smooth skin with long lasting results. Your hair will grow back finer, which means that there is no irritation, itchiness or prickliness like you experience after shaving.
Yes! At Essential Beauty, our piercing prices include high-polish implant grade surgical steel jewellery from our standard design range. Our surgical steel jewellery is hypoallergenic and great for initial piercings. Jewellery upgrades are available and include custom flat back labret designs, rings and more. Our jewellery upgrade options include titanium, nickel-free cobalt chrome, Bioplast, 18ct gold and 24ct gold PVD, rose gold PVD or black PVD
We strictly pierce with our autoclave sterilised jewellery.
Yes! Our trained Beauty Therapists specialise in waxing for both men and women. Male hair can be thicker and denser in some areas, making them more prone to ingrown hairs. We highly recommend the use of Ingrostopper after all male waxing, to soften the follicle and gently exfoliate, reducing the risk of ingrown hairs.
Book your next appointment online or give your local salon a call/visit to learn more.
Face waxing leaves your skin silky and smooth for 2-3 weeks! By removing thick, stubborn growth and all the fine vellus hairs (peach fuzz), it makes the perfect blank canvas for makeup. Waxing also removes all hairs from the root, causing the hair follicles to weaken over time, which eventually leads to less growth! Facial waxing also assists in the absorption of skincare, as no product is left on the surface surrounding the hairs.
Some popular face waxing styles include the eyebrows, upper lip (moustache wax), chin, sideburns, forehead and more!
We strictly pierce with autoclave sterilised jewellery; this is why we cannot pierce you with jewellery you already own and bring in. It is also impossible for us to determine the quality of the materials used in the jewellery, and therefore, it may not be safe for us to use your own jewellery for initial piercings.
We have a great range of jewellery upgrade options; we are confident you will find the perfect piece of jewellery for you! Learn more about our upgrade options here.
