Proffesionial attire during hospital volunteer when you have piercings you can't hide

[Teacuplion]

So i'm currently a 21 year old, male, college freshman living in seattle who wants to start volunteering at a local hospital. When I was kid/teenager I was super into body modification and 100% sure I would never go into any sort of professional field and ended up stretching my ears up to an inch. When I decided I wanted to pursue a medical career I knew I would have to take the jewelery out and ended up doing that almost a year ago. They've shrunk from an inch down to about 8mm, which while small is still a pretty noticeable hole. I plan on having them reconstructed before I apply to med school however due to price and timing it hasn't been a priority to me. Living in a super liberal area of Seattle pretty much every other person has tattoos or facial piercings. The non-medical staff at my doctors office all have either one or both, and the last time I had blood drawn the phlebotomist at the hospital had a lip piercing, stretched ears, and visible tattoos. All of this led me to believe my tiny ears would not be an issue when I started volunteering. As it turns out, at least one (I can't find a dress code for the others but it's likely the same) of the hospitals requires me to have no visible facial piercings, and I assume that policy extends to having stretched ears.

Having them reconstructed likely won't happen until at least next summer so i'm wondering what my best option is here. I can either:
A: Hold off on trying to volunteer at hospitals until I can have them reconstructed and start volunteering in non medical work in the mean time.
B: Try and appear as professional as I can.

If I go with option B would it be more professional to try and hide them using matte flesh toned jewelry, a simple pair of earrings that are solid black, or say wear something that's in between both of those such as rose quartz stone?

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[BamaNicole]

I have 6 gaged stretched ears but the plugs I use look like earrings. Perhaps you can find something like that

 

[skierbum]

work at a camp for kids with medical needs over the summer...it is a great experience (counts for medical experience if you do personal care) and I don't think that you will have a problem that way. Look at the American Camp association and search for camps (not jobs) for a starting point.

 

[Dr Van Helsing]

Why don't you first confirm whether or not the policy does in fact extend instead of assuming. I highly doubt earrings will be a problem. At my hospitals those policies are for nose rings, septum piercings, lip piercings, the number one offenders.