Children’s Ear Piercing

To proceed with ear piercing for children under 16, you must accompany your child to their piercing appointment and provide the following items:

• Your Photo Identification; and
• Medicare Card with both the child and parent name on the card.

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 Photo 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 photo ID to confirm that they are the nominated legal guardian named on the guardianship order/court order.

We acknowledge that young children and babies can often become overwhelmed when they get their ears pierced. For this reason, Essential Beauty has implemented an ear piercing procedure called the Double Operator Ear Piercing. This procedure is especially designed for piercings performed on children under the age of 16.

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 Sterilear System.

The Contactless Sterilear System uses earrings that are pre-sterilised and packaged in a single use, disposable cartridge that is loaded onto the piercing system. 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.

1. Call your local Essential Beauty salon to make an appointment and ask for double operators by name.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Arrive 5-10 minutes early to your appointment, to allow time to present the necessary identification and fill in a Consent Form.
5. 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.
6. 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! If you are looking for children’s earrings, shop our range here.

Click here to read our detailed piercing aftercare instructions

Your child will get to take home their very own Ted the Comfort Bear when they get their ears pierced at Essential Beauty!

Born in 2007, Ted 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 Ted’s fun activity sheets!

Connect the dots to reveal Ted’s fancy new car

Dress Ted in a special party outfit

Help Ted through the maze to get back to Essential Beauty