Growth in ear piercing amongst men and women with the popularity of the ear piercing gun. Vox pops with teenagers graphically explaining how they got septic infections. Interview with a woman who had ears pierced and who had to have her husband remove the stud due to an infection. Shots of glamours earrings. Laboratory test in a lab with Fred Elliot of City University explaining the corrosion process. In the studio, the presenter demonstrates technology used in the ear piercing gun.