Posts on earrings. - Page 2

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

@lulu1 wrote:
Thanks for the replies. I thought I was imaging things.

I am not trying to be an elitist, but I do not buy plated earrings as I know I will have a bad reaction.

The earrings that have caused me the most grief trying to put in are these: Affinity hoops. I thought I was fortunate to have them in both yellow and white gold.

I have a number of pairs of pearl earrings I've purchased from RueLaLa. They are 14K posts.

Again I say, none of my older earrings cause the least bit of trouble. I have numerous pairs of gold earrings I purchased from QVC Gold Rushes when gold was CHEAP. Some are posts, others hoops or leverbacks. They slip right in.

White gold is actually yellow gold mixed with an alloy and is plated with rhodium. It has nothing to do with the quality or price of a piece of jewelry. That's just how it's done. @lulu1

BTW, I think those kind of earrings that you posted often have thicker posts on them so that they are more secure and don't bend easily when you close them.

lulu1 · ‎03-29-2011

@SilleeMee

Thank you, you are absolutely right. I do not know what I was thinking; I saw plated and immediately thought of the silver or stainless steel plated with gold.

Yes, the earrings posted clearly have a thicker wire, but even the posts on my newer studs seem thicker. I have zero problems with my older earrings.

CaChica · ‎03-10-2010

You are not alone, I think there are a lot of us out here.

I have old piercings from my teen years that were done with a needle (pierced in the center of my lobes) I think posts used to be smaller in general. I've found that using Neosporine cream (with pain relief) helps if I coat the posts first. The ones I have trouble with are the sterling posts from Honora; and Thailand made earrings are thicker usually, and 'made in Italy' (and Turkey) posts and hinged hoops. The hinges hoops from Italy are often made blade like in shape. My little holes can't take them at all. Also I have trouble with a couple of gifted hinged hoops which have a rounded bar that clicks into the other side.