Ear piercing
Helsinki | Espoo | Kauniainen

We perform ear piercing with the hygienic Blomdahl Medical Ear Piercing method.

The minimum age for perforation is 6 years.

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Ear piercings for adults and children

Treatment instructions | Ear piercing for children | Gift voucher ear pearcing | Price list | FAQ

Welcome to Fenix to get the earrings of your dreams! We do piercings for anyone 6 years of age or older. We do not pierce the ears of children younger than 6 years old, nor do we pierce the ears of babies.

We are all very used to making ear piercings for children, but it is still a good idea for parents to discuss the piercing and any associated anxiety with the child at home beforehand.

We only pierce the erars for children under 18 years of age in the presence of a guardian.

Lovely earrings – quickly and safely

At Fenix, ear piercing is done with the Blomdahl Medical Ear Piercing method.

Blomdahl has been developing medical ear and nose piercing techniques since 1985, and their procedures are designed to prevent the spread of bacteria, infection and inflammation during the procedure.

The jewellery is pre-mounted in a sterile cassette, so the device never comes into direct contact with the skin. Therefore, perforating ears using this method is extremely hygienic.

In addition, the piercings are designed to allow the skin to heal optimally.

First, the skin is cleaned with a disinfectant and the place of the future jewellery is marked on the skin with a pen.

The piercing is made with a sterile earring placed in a sterile cassette.

All parts that touch the skin are sterile and have not been in contact with anything before the actuall piercing.

It takes about six weeks for the piercings to heal. The training earring should be worn throughout this time. The jewellery should only be removed if the piercings becomes infected.

If the earring is replaced before the piercing has fully healed, the risk of infection and allergic reactions increases.

After the healing period, you can remove the training jewellery and replace them with new ones. However, it can take up to a year for the piercings to heal completely. Therefore, for the first year you should not be without earrings at all.

  • Use the training jewellery in the freshly pierced ears for 6 weeks after the piercing, so basically the entire healing time of the piercing.
  • Only touch your ears with clean hands. Do not twirl your training earrings..
  • Keep newly pierced ears clean and dry. Clean both sides of the ears thoroughly twice a day with liquid soap and rinse well with plenty of water. Dry thoroughly with a tissue or cotton swab. Do not remove jewellery while cleaning.
  • If you prefer, you can also use a disinfectant to clean your earlobes.
  • Protect your ears when applying hairspray, perfume, make-up, hair dye, etc.
  • Avoid swimming for as long as possible after the piercing. When you come out of the water, clean the earlobes with water and liquid soap.
  • Be especially careful when putting on or taking off clothes over your head to avoid jewellery getting caught on your clothes.
  • Once the fresh piercing has healed (after 6 weeks), replace the training jewellery with regular earrings with a normal thin pin. We recommend using Blomdahl titanium, silver-plated titanium or gold-plated titanium earrings.
  • Don’t be without earrings for the first year.
  • Only remove the earrings if the piercing become infected. Redness, swelling, pain and/or itching are signs of possible infection. In this case, remove the jewellery and clean/disinfect the earlobe. If the earlobe is not better the next day, contact your doctor.
  • Do not wear training earrings at all after the healing period. If you put them back on after a few weeks, when you have already worn a normal earring with a thin pin, the training jewellery may tear the pierced skin open again.

Please note that just like any other earring, a pierced earring can come loose and get lost. In particular, dressing, undressing, hobbies, games and play can tear the earring off.

If you lose your jewellery, you can buy a new one from us for 10 €. The piercing service does not include a guarantee of new jewellery to replace any lost jewellery.

Ear piercing for a child

We welcome all children aged 6 and over to the ear piercing. We have many small customers, and we are all very used to doing ear piercing for children.

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For young children, we recommend that you use Emla anaesthetic cream, available from the pharmacy, on the earlobes for at least an hour before coming to the clinic. By this time, the earlobe is suitably numbed and the child is unlikely to even notice the perforation has been made.

We will do the piercing, but we cannot, and will not, force the child to have their ears pierced.

It is a good idea for parents to go over the ear piercing procedure with their child at home beforehand, so that the child is sure to be willing to have the ear piercing done when he or she arrives. It is also a good idea to discuss the child’s anxiety or fears at home beforehand, if necessary.

It is also good to know that, as our earrings are sterile and individually wrapped, if the jewellery packaging has already been opened and the child then refuses the procedure, the jewellery will become unusable.

We always charge the full price of the service for the time spent on ear piercing, regardless of whether the child’s ears are pierced fully, partially or not at all.

Gift voucher for ear piercing

Getting ears pierced is a special moment, especially for many girls who dream of having lovely earrings! And we hear that in many families, earrings are the subject of a long “struggle” – because parents want to make sure their child really wants holes in their ears.

When the time is right, a gift voucher for ear piercing is a welcome surprise and a wonderful gift idea – and it’s also perfect for a bit older ear piercing dreamer.

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Ear piercing in Helsinki, Espoo and Kauniainen

We welcome both adults and children of at least pre-school age to get their ears pierced. All our clinics are staffed by people who are used to fitting ears for children.

We do ear piercing in Helsinki (Lauttasaarenkatu), Matinkylä in Espoo (opposite the main entrance of the Iso Omena shopping centre) and Kauniainen (Grani shopping centre).

Price list for ear piercings

Single ear pearcing

Incl. piercing earring

  • hoidon kesto15 min

22 €

Piercing of two ears

Incl. piercing earring

  • hoidon kesto15-30 min

44 €

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Customer feedback

  • Really great work and you handled a nervous child very well. Thank you for a great experience 😊

  • Thank you for an absolutely fantastic, competent and heartfelt service. For my young daughter, getting her ears pierced was a really big deal and you made it special. Thank you and I will definitely see you again in the future!

  • Great service and the person who served you, thank you very much

  • What a pleasant experience (perforation of the child’s ears). The nurse was really nice and, in the words of the child, gentle. Everything went quickly but without rushing, which I appreciate.

  • It was really friendly service, and it made everyone feel really good. I came with my two little girls to make their first earrings, and everything went super lovely and smoothly, a warm thank you!

  • What a wonderful experience! My 7 year old had earrings made and the service was professional, friendly and unhurried. It left both the daughter and the mother feeling really good. We will definitely come again for other things and would highly recommend.

  • Thank you for an absolutely fantastic, competent and heartfelt service. For my young daughter, getting her ears pierced was a really big deal and you made it special. Thank you and I will definitely see you again in the future!

Frequently asked questions

Yes, they do. The perforation is done with a perforation bracelet by “shooting” the earring directly into place on the earlobe.

Blomdahls jewellery is all sterile, individually wrapped jewellery, mounted in a sterile jewellery holder.

All Blomdahl earrings are designed to be as comfortable as possible to wear.

  • Care has been taken to ensure that the earrings are comfortable to wear and that the hole heals in the best possible way without any problems.
  • The earrings are small and lightweight.
  • The underside of the earring is rounded to allow air to enter the newly made hole.
  • The refined and understated plantings bring out the crystals brilliantly.
  • Protecting the tip of the earring is a small detail, but one that is of great importance.
  • Thanks to the protection, the earring will not irritate the delicate skin behind the ear.
  • At Fenix, we use medical plastic as the material for the earrings.

No, you can’t. Piercing cannot be done with anything other than Blomdahl’s sterile piercing jewellery.

No. Yes. A little bit.

Everyone feels the hole differently. Some find the sensation a bit stompy, while others find it like a mosquito bite.

Immediately after piercing, the spot feels warm and maybe a little uncomfortable, but it passes quickly. Ear piercing is just one quick tap per ear. It hurts less and is quicker than a vaccination.

No, we don’t. We always make one ear first and then another one right after.

We do not. We only pierce the earlobe, the soft part.

When made in cartilage it is a totally different procedure and it should be done in a specialized piercing shop.

Yes, we’ do. If the previous hpiercing was in a bad spot, the new hpiercing will allow us to look at a better spot for the jewellery.

If there is a lot of cartilage in the old place (it feels like a pea in your earlobe between your fingers), you cannot make a new piercing in exactly the same place, then we’ll have to find another spot for the piercing.

In the old days, back in the 90s, the rule was to always twirl the jewellery after piercing, but that rule is now obsolete. Nowadays, it is no longer advisable to twirl your earrings or touch your earrings in any other way, as this can introduce bacteria from your hands into the ear canal and cause an infection.

In the old days, perforated jewellery was made of a different material, usually surgical steel, which contains nickel, among other elements. In those days, the holes were more prone to infection, leaked tissue fluid and actually had to be twisted to prevent them from sticking.

The jewellery could also be tightened too tightly with the fingers, creating a “closed germ pocket” between the jewellery and the ear, where bacteria could fester and infection was easy to develop.

Blomdahl’s specially designed jewellery cannot be tightened any tighter thanks to the “stopper”, and the medical plastic does not cause allergies, so there are no unnecessary skin reactions.

So no, there is no need, and no point, in twirling the jewellery. They should just be left to heal on their own. Keeping them clean and dry is sufficient treatment after a Blomdahl piercing.

For the first year, the earrings should be worn constantly, even at night, to prevent the piercing from closing up.

Yes, an appointment for ear piercing is booked just like any other service.

Yes, we make piercings for children aged 6 and over. For under 18, we only perform piercings in the presence of a guardian.

We no longer pierce the ears of babies or children under 6 years old.

Swimming should be avoided for about a week or two after the piercing. There is no need for a longer break from swimming. It is only recommended to avoid swimming when the piercing is very fresh and the skin surface is broken. However, the skin repairs itself very quickly, so there is no need to allow months for healing.

Natural waters are full of different kinds of contaminants, and pools are full of people swimming in them, each with their own ideas about hygiene. For this reason, we recommend avoiding swimming immediately after piercing, both in natural waters and in pools.

All our piercers are trained and use only sterile instruments to pierce your ears. The area to be pierced is always thoroughly cleaned. The peiercing tube itself comes in a completely sterile package and is placed on the piercing instrument, which is also thoroughly cleaned. All parts that come into contact with the skin during piercing are sterile and have not been in contact with anything prior to perforation.

Piercing the ears is not dangerous in any way, but there is always a risk of infection when the skin is pierced. However, complications from ear piercing are relatively rare. As long as the perforated area remains clean, dry and allowed to breathe, healing should be quick. Children should be reminded not to touch the earring with dirty hands.

The risk of infection is still there, despite all the hygiene, whenever the skin is broken. The world is full of bacteria, so with bad luck a bacterium can get into a newly made puncture and the skin becomes infected. It’s rare that this would happen, but it’s possible.

Just like any other earring, a perforated earring can come loose and get lost. In particular, sleeping, dressing, undressing, hobbies, games and play can tear the earring off. If your bracelet becomes loose or lost, you can buy a new bracelet from us for 10€. Our earring piercing service does not include new jewellery as replacement for lost ones.

When removing the back of the jewellery, please note these:

  • if the back part came off, put it back in place
  • if you lost the backpart, you can come to us to buy a new rear part for 10 € (in this case we will sell a completely new piercing basket, as the manufacturer unfortunately does not produce back parts separately)
  • if the entire earring came off, put it back on
  • if an earring is lost, put any earring in its place
  • you can also come and buy a new piercing basket from us for 10 €
  • don’t leave a newly made piercing without jewellery, the piercing will close quickly
  • in young children, a freshly made piewrcing can heal in a matter of hours
  • If you need help replacing a loose earring, please contact our customer service.
  • if the piercing has already closed, the new jewel can only be put in place by “shooting” the jewel again, just like the first time.
  • You need to book an appointment to “shoot” a new piece of jewellery
  • earrings are not guaranteed to cover a new back, new jewellery or new piercing
  • if new piercing is required, the price of a new job will be charged

Ear piercings in pictures