I’m a doctor and a mum but I’d never pierce my young kids’ ears… and it’s why you can’t wear cheap jewellery too

A DOCTOR who's also a mum has revealed the reason she would never let her kids have their ears pierced as infants.

Dr Tania Elliott explained that getting pierced ears at a young age is "one of the biggest reasons that so many people have a nickel allergy".

Doctor Tania Elliott is also a mum, and said there's three things she wouldn't doCredit: Instagram/@drtaniaelliott

One is to pierce her kids' ears when they're infantsCredit: Instagram/@drtaniaelliott

She said doing so is one of the main reasons can develop a nickel allergyCredit: Getty

Those with nickel allergies are unable to wear cheap costume jewellery too.

"While babies immune systems are developing and the skin is pierced, the body mounts an immune response," she explained on Instagram.

"The next time it is exposed to anything containing nickel, an allergic reaction can happen."

She also pointed out that while nickel can be found in "many foods", you'll also find it in "stainless steel, silver, and gold below 14K".

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One person in the comments section wrote: "I’m from Chile and we get pierced when we’re born or very young mostly with 18k or above so the ear doesn’t get infected they say but never knew why."

"Same in Brazil," another added.

"We get our ears pierced as newborns.

"Always with gold 18k + earrings."

"I never had my ears pierced when I was little and I still can’t wear costume jewellery," a third admitted.

"I got my ears pierced when I was 13."

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"I would not want to pierce my child's ears because I want them to decide on their own," someone else insisted.

As another revealed: "My daughters ears were pierced by a nurse practitioner with medical grade plastic studs (with some Swarovski crystals) .. because of this.

"I have a nickel allergy for the reason you explained but there is options out there to avoid it."

Other things Dr Tania would never do is let her kids - or anyone else for that matter - wear their shoes indoors.

"They carry all kinds of grime, viruses, and bacteria on them," she said.

"Keep your home a shoe free zone!"

And the last thing on her list was to never use Neosporin cream - an antibiotic cream popular in the US - on her kids.

Revealing using the cream can lead to "contact dermatitis (a form of eczema)", Dr Tania continued: "When we put it on a wound, it can trigger the immune system to think the neosporin is also something foreign and 'memory' is developed.