I love the look of these earrings but they're not for really sensitive ears. I have a hard time wearing anything heavy and the type of post (not round) also made it difficult to wear these. I did take off the additional hoop (it just hangs which is nice if you want to customize the earrings some) and wore the smaller hoops but the rod felt like it was cutting into my ear. Like I said I have super sensitive ears so this might not matter to most!