<p>my parents don't know. Any girls here know how long it takes for the hole to close so I know when to take out the earring b4 i meet my parents for summer break?</p>
<p>A week - ten days, minimum - and thats if you don't fool around with it too much and it does not get infected. I'm a guy too by the way.</p>
<p>And why do you need to make it close before you meet your parents?
I assume you're an adult that knows how to deal with consequences.
It's not like you made a girl pregnant ;)</p>
<p>loll .....</p>
<p>lol i have three piercings: one on my left earlobe and two on my right cartilage.</p>
<p>Anyways, they don't close that fast (I once left my left earlobe open for nearly a month and it didn't close), so maybe you should get one of those invisible earrings?
Also, when did you get them pierced? If you got them pierced a short time ago then they should close in no time.</p>
<p>The hole will close, but depending on how long the hole has been there is the issue. If you have really observant parents, they might notice the tiny scar. Unless your hair is long enough to cover it.</p>
<p>from what i read, you are trying to keep the holes open but not wear earrings right?
in that case leave the earrings in for 6 weeks before you take them out. If you can't wear earrings during the day with your parents around, every night you should put the studs back in, even if it just for five minutes, to make sure the holes stay open.
Really though, so long as you leave them in for a month before you take them out the every night trick should work, but it might hurt some days.
keep them clean and don't mess with them except to twist them once at night while you are still wearing them continuously.</p>
<p>dont let your parents continue to rule your life. though i understand, i still do.</p>
<p>i got three piercings in both ears - two on my earlobe and one on my cartilage.. i generally dont wear any earings in the ist piercing..
if u just got ur ears pierced.. and want to keep it that way.. wear a earing for ATLEAST two weeks minimum... and if u continue to wear it four about two months ... then it wont close that fast...
this is, only if u face ur parents and still have that piercing... :p</p>
<p>just let them see it. no matter what they say, it's your body...and im assuming you did it because you liked it.</p>
<p>however...if that's not an option, 4-6wks. less will work, but your holes will close if you're not keeping stuff in them at least part of the time (when you sleep maybe?)</p>
<p>but - would it be worse for them to know you did it, or for them to find out that you did it and are hiding it?</p>
<p>uh.. what's the point of piercing your ears and then letting them close?</p>
<p>just don't wear earrings.. i guess thats the best you can do.</p>
<p>Even if you never wear earrings again, there will be a noticeable and tell-tale mark or indentation that couldn't really be anything else. Plastic surgery would probably rectify the situation. I've heard it done. But why hide it from your parents? Be a man, and deal with the fallout! Believe me, unless your parents are severe homophobes (in which case they WILL freak out, whether or not it has any bona-fide connection to your orientation), on the scale of things that parents worry about, this is pretty low on the list. Good luck!</p>
<p>I'm a guy and I have two piercings on my left year (I got them when I was four -- I was a total hippy). I wore earngs for about eight years, and when I finally took them out, my holes never closed up. I still have the holes in my ears from the piercings which I removed 6 years ago!</p>
<p>cover the holes up with make up</p>
<p>smithk, was that for me?</p>
<p>Cause if so, no, I honestly don't care and they're ridiculously small. And I'm NOT wearing make-up!!</p>
<p>Oh c'mon.. just a little make up... ;)</p>
<p>I'm a guy and I've had my ears pierced since 15 years old. It's not really a big deal. Other people don't seem to mind and parents shouldn't care when you are already an adult going to college.</p>
<p>guidez i think he was responding to the original poster.</p>
<p>hahaha, yeah I think I just realized that. :)</p>
<p>leave them in for at least a month, preferably six weeks. just do it, because putting them in and out constantly will irritate your ears and they'll take longer to heal.</p>
<p>assuming you're at college, you still have some time away from your parents. but even if they see them, it shouldn't be that big a deal, as 1) you're an adult and 2) there's a lot worse things you could do.
I have my lip pierced and while my parents can't stand it, they realize it's the only complaint they have about me.</p>
<p>good luck with the piercings!</p>