Starting in 2008, any Truly Me doll can get her ears pierced--if ordered off the website, this must be done at purchase. Otherwise the doll must be taken to a store or shipped to American Girl directly. For Historical Characters, ear piercing is often not available as an option at the time of purchase online. A purchase at any American Girl Place can be done soon after purchase, and AG will perform piercing services for any 18" doll for a fee of $16. Ear piercing is not available to Bitty Baby or Bitty Twins, presumably due to to the lowest target age of three.
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| - Starting in 2008, any Truly Me doll can get her ears pierced--if ordered off the website, this must be done at purchase. Otherwise the doll must be taken to a store or shipped to American Girl directly. For Historical Characters, ear piercing is often not available as an option at the time of purchase online. A purchase at any American Girl Place can be done soon after purchase, and AG will perform piercing services for any 18" doll for a fee of $16. Ear piercing is not available to Bitty Baby or Bitty Twins, presumably due to to the lowest target age of three.
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| - Starting in 2008, any Truly Me doll can get her ears pierced--if ordered off the website, this must be done at purchase. Otherwise the doll must be taken to a store or shipped to American Girl directly. For Historical Characters, ear piercing is often not available as an option at the time of purchase online. A purchase at any American Girl Place can be done soon after purchase, and AG will perform piercing services for any 18" doll for a fee of $16. Ear piercing is not available to Bitty Baby or Bitty Twins, presumably due to to the lowest target age of three. Prior to Isabelle Palmer, Girls of the Year were not available for ear piercing at purchase. Isabelle was the first to have ear-piercing available at purchase and could receive the same earrings that modern dolls were offered. Starting with Grace Thomas, Girls of the Year came with optional, exclusive earrings for the duration of her availability. By default, Girl of the Year ears are not pierced. The permanent holes are drilled with a rotary power tool and are sized for American Girl earrings (about 12 gauge/3mm) which are bigger than standard human earring posts (18-20 gauge/0.812 mm) Any doll may wear any available earrings. The doll comes with a set of Stars and Hoops Earrings which are only available through piercing; originally the Silver Star Earrings were the included earrings. The same drill method is used for applying hearing aids, though the post hole is placed at a lower position. A doll thus may have both hearing aids and pierced ears. American Girl recommends that earrings be left in for two to three hours post piercing since the drilling moderately heats and stretches the vinyl; this prevents the piercing from shrinking too small to accommodate the earring post. Before ear piercing was available directly, the only official earrings available were stick on earrings, generally of a small gemstone style (e.g.: Gemstone Earrings).
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