I bought these at the same time I bought another pair that attach to the ear with the same kind of "Thorn-part". While these felt okay and never broke, one of the other pair from the same company, one of those earrings broke completely in half while getting dressed after only a few hours. In addition to the earring breaking completely, the "thorn-part" broke into several pieces while trying to take it out, which then involved needing tweezers to remove the part stuck inside my ear while I was bleeding profusely.Before this incident I really liked the way they looked and even though the "thorn" looked scary to put in, it was pretty easy. Still, I can't give it a good review in any form because of how quickly it broke and how awful it felt trying to extract the thorn's many pieces from inside my ear while bleeding at the time.I'm giving these a 2-star review not because this pair broke but since the torn was the exact same, I dont trust them any more. Before this incident I really liked the way they looked and even though the "thorn" looked scary to put in, it was pretty easy. Still, I can't give it a good review in any form because of how quickly it broke a d how awful it felt trying to extract the thorn's many pieces from inside my ear while bleeding at the time.I hope this review acts as a warning for others who thinks it looks awesome like I did that it is not worth spending any amount of money on when there are many fake-gauge and fake-tribal earrings with steel or silver posts that won't break inside your ears. They both look and are priced very similarly. I'm really sorry this happened because of how they looked, I wish the torn was more durable.