How Does an Ear Piercing Gun Work?
How It Works An ear piercing gun is a tool used to pierce earlobes. Shaped like a handgun, it uses a spring action to push a sharp-pointed earring through the earlobe when the piercer pulls a trigger. Ear piercing guns are typically loaded with starter earrings (also called piercing studs) made of surgical steel or some other hypoallergenic metal, such as gold or titanium. Starter earrings have posts which are thicker than the posts on normal earrings, and the backings of starter earrings (called friction backs) are snapped onto the posts as the earlobe is pierced. Older Models Older models of ear piercing guns have tubes to load the pre-sterilized earring, and a holder for the backing. In these models, the earring and backing are loaded manually. The piercer pulls backward on the tube containing the earring, then puts the earlobe between the earring and the backing. She pulls the trigger and the spring snaps the earring into the backing with a force that is strong enough to push the e
