Pierced.

[Bakiryu]

I want to get some new piercings. And was wondering, does anyone else got them, if so, how many? Where (if its not improper ;) )?

Do you like your piercings.

Or would you never pierce and hate it in all its forms?

and also, how should I piece my lip?

1. like this (I really like this one)
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m210/monkeykitty9/thpiercings.jpg

2. or (this one is second place)
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee51/Dosia_foto/BODY%20ART/piercing/moje%20ulubione/lipring.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g139/dizzleizdashizznit/close-up-lip.jpg

3. or
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b20/bbhsv/lip.jpg

4. or
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i195/xXoOasheeOoXx/thPiercingPinkSoft.jpg

or
5. or should I pierce my upper lip? (I don't really like this option)


Vote now! I'm doing it soon. Or paying somebody as soon as I can scrounge up 50$ If it looks cool enough maybe I'll pierce the eyebrow and get some more on the ears :alien:

I want to get a lot but not this much

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/a23353140/Piercing.jpg

(I already have 6) I just want about 8 more!

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x226/XxDevilx666xX/thpeircing.gif

So, are YOU pierced?


And does anyone know if you can home pierce your nose and ears without shattering the cartilage? Needles?

[Lote-Tree]

You have 6 already!!!? And you want more!!!? Greedy aren't we? But where are you going to put them?...nooooooo don't tell me!!!!

No. I hate piercings of any kind even ear piercings...though ear-piercings is tolerable but not nose one!!!...~:D

[vheissu]

There's a lady who lives somewhere around here and she looks quite similar to the one you posted (can't tell if it's a guy or what!). That's actually quite dangerous, you can get serious infections and well, die...

I've got my ears pierced and one more on the top of my right ear, which I still, after 5 years, really like. And although I've considered doing more, I just think I might get bored with it.

I think people used to pierce their ears at home, but Baki be really really careful! Actually, no, just don't do it and go to a specialist! :)

[Virgil]

Baki, I don't think they're healthy. And frankly to me very unattractive. You have such a pretty face, why would you want to distort it?

[Idril]

And does anyone know if you can home pierce your nose and ears without shattering the cartilage? Needles?

I know a couple of people who have home pierced their nose and it worked fine but I wouldn't recommend it, the possibility of disaster is so high, it's best to get it done by someone who knows what they're doing.

The only piercing I have, other than my ears, is my belly button. I got it done after I had lost some weight and I love it, it's like a badge of accomplishment. :D

[Bakiryu]

I always though piercings to be extrely attractive. And beside, it's just the lip. If there's any complication, why My mum is a maxilo-facial surgeon!

And lote, is just 6 in the ears. there's still space! :lol:

Besides, who has seen a modern musician without piercings?

[Granny5]

Baki, I've had my ears pierced three times, in the same place! I eventually get allergic to the metal in the earings and have to take them out. I have some gold ones, but they contain other metals that cause a reaction. My son's girlfriend had her upper lip pierced, looked awful, but had to take it out after 5 days because of infection. I have read that the more jewelry you wear, the more likely you are to have a reaction. The face, especially a pretty face like yours, is not a good place to have an infection. It can cause scarring and in later years, you'd hate that. No to anymore piercings is my vote.

There are home kits for non cartilage piercings. Anytime the cartilage is involved, there is a greater danger of infection and damage. It should only be done by someone trained to pierce cartilage.

[Themis]

1. Piercings are freaky, ew! i don't want any. Hate them

"Eww" is just what I've been looking for to say.

I do wear earrings but those in my ears are the only holes I accept. I'd never wear rings in my nose - what am I, a cow?

@Baki: Try imagining yourself in 50 - 60 years. Do you think, you'd still enjoy holes and rings in your lips/nose/whateverplace-there-is-that-can-be-pierced?

[papayahed]

I used to have my eyebrow pierced, now I only have 3 all in my ears. I tend to like the eyebrow and nose piercing but could never warm up to the lip or cheek piercings. I've always and will always get mine done by a professional - i don't trust myself.

[BibliophileTRJ]

My right nipple is pierced. When I still had my left one it was pierced, too.
I have one other that would be inappropriate to mention publicly. (I will add that it makes going through airport security ... um.... interesting, to say the least) I've had them for many years and still enjoy them to this day.

[NikolaiI]

Yeah, piercings are OK. Just don't overdo it!

I like 2 best (is 1 a tongue pierce too?)

If I were you, I wouldn't want more than one more, but hey, that's just me!- I'd say if you had a pierced lip, that'd look good, but much more than that would just distract, you know? As for me, I'm already horribly ugly, so I don't think piercings would be a very good idea. The ears would be all I'd ever consider.

Good luck, and I hope you never get infected :(

[Granny5]

@Baki: Try imagining yourself in 50 - 60 years. Do you think, you'd still enjoy holes and rings in your lips/nose/whateverplace-there-is-that-can-be-pierced?

:lol: That's why I don't have a tatoo....if I had one on my breast in a few years it'd be on my belly!!


My right nipple is pierced. When I still had my left one it was pierced, too.
I have one other that would be inappropriate to mention publicly. (I will add that it makes going through airport security ... um.... interesting, to say the least) I've had them for many years and still enjoy them to this day.

Lawn mower??? I can't imagine that one.

[Lote-Tree]

And lote, is just 6 in the ears. there's still space! :lol:


Either you have Extemely Large Ears or you are a metalphillic :D



Besides, who has seen a modern musician without piercings?

I don't follow others be they be musicians or president of the world... :D

[Niamh]

My right nipple is pierced. When I still had my left one it was pierced, too.
I have one other that would be inappropriate to mention publicly. (I will add that it makes going through airport security ... um.... interesting, to say the least) I've had them for many years and still enjoy them to this day.

:brow: Airport security must Love You!:p

I've only got my ears peirced

[Madhuri]

I have my earlobes pierced. I like the nose ring a lot, so I have tried nose-piercing some 3 times, but that piercing never healed and I had to close it. I tell myself everytime that this is the last time I am trying and if it didnt work I will never do it again :rolleyes:. But as soon as my nose heals, I start dreaming of that diamond nose ring :rolleyes:. I should give up now :p or maybe after one last try, I will, DEFINITELY :p :D

[Lote-Tree]

I have my earlobes pierced. I like the nose ring a lot, so I have tried nose-piercing some 3 times, but that piercing never healed and I had to close it. I tell myself everytime that this is the last time I am trying and if it didnt work I will never do it again :rolleyes:. But as soon as my nose heals, I start dreaming of that diamond nose ring :rolleyes:. I should give up now :p or maybe after one last try, I will, DEFINITELY :p :D

Give it up Madhuri Give it up :D Your nose is DEFINATELY TELLING YOU SOMETHING :D

[Madhuri]

:lol: :lol:

Lote, I am sure one last try will work :p

[Lote-Tree]

:lol: :lol:

Lote, I am sure one last try will work :p

Listen to the Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooose THE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE Madhuri :D

[Niamh]

Listen to the Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooose THE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE Madhuri :D

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[SleepyWitch]

i think the first one looks best, but I wince at the thought of having a lip piercing done. are you sure you want one of those?
in general I'm not too fond of piercings. I'd like one at the top of my ear, but my ears are really small, so it would look ridiculous.
I've got my left ear 'pierced'. well, it's a traditional gold and white glass girlish stud thingy, so I guess that doesn't count as a piercing.
er which ear means you're gay? :blush:I hope my left ear isn't sending out any messages I'm unaware of :D. on the other hand, attracting girls is better than attracting jerks...
I'd hate to have earrings in both ears (especially a set of identical ones). oh horror of horrors!!! the idea makes my hair stand on end :sick:
the funny thing is, people tend to see two earrings although I've only got one! do their old-fashioned un-feminist brains just substitute the missing one?

[Madhuri]

Listen to the Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooose THE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE Madhuri :D

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I am about to fall from my chair, Lote. :D

[BibliophileTRJ]

Lawn mower??? I can't imagine that one.

I've kinda-sorta explained that in another thread..... I'll send you the link.


:brow: Airport security must Love You!:p

Sometimes they do...... sometimes, not so much!



er which ear means you're gay? :blush:I hope my left ear isn't sending out any messages I'm unaware of :D. on the other hand, attracting girls is better than attracting jerks...


Left ear = Straight
Right ear = Gay
or as you straights see it - Right is Wrong
Although, that may have held true back in the 70 & 80s before EVERYBODY was pierced; but not so much anymore..... I certainly wouldn't hit on someone thinking that they were "on my team" simply because of which ear was pierced. And I think that left/right rule really only applied to men... chicks have always been at liberty to pierce anywhere without implying anything.

[SleepyWitch]

Left ear = Straight
Right ear = Gay
or as you straights see it - Right is Wrong
Although, that may have held true back in the 70 & 80s before EVERYBODY was pierced; but not so much anymore..... I certainly wouldn't hit on someone thinking that they were "on my team" simply because of which ear was pierced. And I think that left/right rule really only applied to men... chicks have always been at liberty to pierce anywhere without implying anything.

ok. i see. thanks :) hey I never said "Right is Wrong"

[Lote-Tree]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I am about to fall from my chair, Lote. :D

Well I hope you don't fall on your NOSE or else you will then definately have them pierced to make them look attractive :D

[BibliophileTRJ]

ok. i see. thanks :) hey I never said "Right is Wrong"

:thumbs_up I didn't mean Wrong as in morally wrong.... just wrong for your orientation.

[Granny5]

I've kinda-sorta explained that in another thread..... I'll send you the link.



Sometimes they do...... sometimes, not so much!



Left ear = Straight
Right ear = Gay
or as you straights see it - Right is Wrong
Although, that may have held true back in the 70 & 80s before EVERYBODY was pierced; but not so much anymore..... I certainly wouldn't hit on someone thinking that they were "on my team" simply because of which ear was pierced. And I think that left/right rule really only applied to men... chicks have always been at liberty to pierce anywhere without implying anything.

Motherhubbard said, "I thought gays had gaydar." She's here and running her mouth over my shoulder!

[papayahed]

:thumbs_up I didn't mean Wrong as in morally wrong.... just wrong for your orientation.

I remember the saying being:

Left is Right
Right is Wrong
Both is a girl

[Virgil]

i think the first one looks best, but I wince at the thought of having a lip piercing done. are you sure you want one of those?
in general I'm not too fond of piercings. I'd like one at the top of my ear, but my ears are really small, so it would look ridiculous.


Don't you have Spock ears? :eek: Or are they called Vulcan ears? I've always pictured you to have vulcan ears. :D At least your avatar has them. To learn that you actually have small ears is quite a shock. I would have preferred to keep the fantasy. :lol: :p

[BibliophileTRJ]

Motherhubbard said, "I thought gays had gaydar."

We do; and I rely on it far more than which ear a guy has pierced.


She's here and running her mouth over my shoulder!

Kinky!
Be careful! This is a family site.... but apparently you're keeping it in the family....:eek:
Why is Jeff Foxworthy's voice running through my head now...."You might be a redneck......":lol:

[amalia1985]

I have the normal piercings, one on each ear. I was too scared to have more...

[SleepyWitch]

Don't you have Spock ears? :eek: Or are they called Vulcan ears? I've always pictured you to have vulcan ears. :D At least your avatar has them. To learn that you actually have small ears is quite a shock. I would have preferred to keep the fantasy. :lol: :p

:lol: ... actually I do have slightly pointy ears, but they are very small. I'll make my hubby take a close-up pic when he comes home :)

[Virgil]

:lol: ... actually I do have slightly pointy ears, but they are very small. I'll make my hubby take a close-up pic when he comes home :)

I'm curious to see how pointy. :p You can't become first mate on the Enterprise with them. :D

[SleepyWitch]

I'm curious to see how pointy. :p You can't become first mate on the Enterprise with them. :D

that's alright by me. I wanna be the captain anyway :D

[Pensive]

No, I am not at all interested in piercing. So many of them even annoy my sight (but I guess one shall respect those people's wish who want to have them). And nearly every woman/girl has them. Especially ear-holes are as common here as the presence of Holy Quran in a Muslim house. Even friends often gift me earrings forgetting that I don't have them. :p

[Lote-Tree]

No, I am not at all interested in piercing. Even friends often gift me earrings forgetting that I don't have them. :p

Bueno Pensive! :D

At least you are sensible :-) unlike Madhuri who is so desperate to pierce her hooter :D

[applepie]

I'm with Themis Baki. I like piercings and all, but you can overdo it. Think even in ten years when you are looking for a job. Do you want to enter corporate America? Do you want to be a manager somewhere? I think it is unfair, but the reality is that people with many visable piercings and tatoos don't get these positions. Just think really long and hard before you start to pierce your face. No one questions the ears as long as there are only 2 or 3 in each one, and they are not stretched. When you start using the higher gauges (sp?) then you have some troble, but everything else is kind of frowned upon.

[NikolaiI]

You spelled Gauges right, but you misspelled troble. :D

Baki, if you get your lip pierced, then so will I. :) Somtime.

[papayahed]

The piercings can be taken out for job interviews and the like. My theory was to get piercings instead of a tatto because the piercing, when you got tired of them could be removed. Usually the hole heals up and is barely noticable.

I was already in industry when I got my eyebrow pierced. Before I went on vacation I asked my boss and the VP what the company policy was in regards to piercings - they said there wasn't one. I mentioned that I may get an eyebrow ring, both said they didn't care. So I came back with my eyebrow pierced, he were quite surprised not thinking I would actually do it. I mentioned I might get another, the VP said I wasn't so I didn't but I got my upper ear pierced just to show him.

[Bakiryu]

Either you have Extemely Large Ears or you are a metalphillic :D


3 IN each ear! If I had 6 each I'd have said 12! My ears are freaking looking thought, no inside shell thingy.



i think the first one looks best, but I wince at the thought of having a lip piercing done. are you sure you want one of those?


Yeah, pretty sure. I'm even saving money for it already!



Left ear = Straight
Right ear = Gay
or as you straights see it - Right is Wrong

oooh, I didn't know that. But I had picked the top of my left ear anyway. :p
Wonder if it'll help me with da' girls too.... :lol:

Maybe I should pierce both ears...nah, that's tacky.


I'm with Themis Baki. I like piercings and all, but you can overdo it. Think even in ten years when you are looking for a job. Do you want to enter corporate America? Do you want to be a manager somewhere?

I don't think that as a photographer/journalist-philosophist who focuses in spreading feminism in the world people will care that much. Down with corporate america!




Baki, if you get your lip pierced, then so will I. :) Somtime.

That be pretty cool Nik. I can't believe you don't have pierced seeing that you're around 20 and hippie-ish and all :p

[Shurtugal]

yeah, i'm not one for peircing all over... i have my ears pierced, and i wouldn't mind getting a second hole. and if my mom would let me i'd get my nose pierced. but it would be son small no one could hardly see it. and i'd have it on the side. i'd have to make another opsion...

[LadyWentworth]

Left ear = Straight
Right ear = Gay

I forgot all about that "rule"!!
I will always remember that when I was in the 6th grade this boy had his ear pierced. Two of the teachers were talking about him. I can still remember them wondering which ear meant that he was gay. I thought that was such an unbelievable thing that these teachers were even discussing that. It was just weird to me. Why would it matter?

Anyway, I just have my ears pierced. I always planned on getting a second piercing, but I never got around to it. Now, since I have been having trouble with my one ear reacting to what I wear, I have pretty much given up on the idea. I don't care to get infections in 2 holes.

If I were you, though, I would choose the fourth piercing you've got posted here. I think it looks best and would get in the way the least.

[Bakiryu]

yeah, i'm not one for peircing all over... i have my ears pierced, and i wouldn't mind getting a second hole. and if my mom would let me i'd get my nose pierced. but it would be son small no one could hardly see it. and i'd have it on the side. i'd have to make another opsion...

You can get a second ear hole easily. Just get a trusted friend, some ice, a sharp earring and some chocolate.

I also have found out that you feel less pain while listening to music.

True, I use this precious knowledge on tweezing by brows! :lol:



If I were you, though, I would choose the fourth piercing you've got posted here. I think it looks best and would get in the way the least.


I think that's something pretty much like the second pic. Just a different side of the mouth and a different lip ring thingy.

[LadyWentworth]

I think that's something pretty much like the second pic. Just a different side of the mouth and a different lip ring thingy.

Yeah. I guess it is, really. Well, it just looks a little more to the side, I think, though, in the fourth one. Maybe not. Maybe it is just me. Maybe I am not seeing things right today. :)

You know what? I was originally going to say that you should choose the second one, too! :)

[Bakiryu]

You know what? I was originally going to say that you should choose the second one, too! :)

Yeah. I just CANT choose between 1st and 2nd. Maybe I'll get 1st first and then get second (smaller gauge?)

[Virgil]

I'm with Themis Baki. I like piercings and all, but you can overdo it. Think even in ten years when you are looking for a job. Do you want to enter corporate America? Do you want to be a manager somewhere? I think it is unfair, but the reality is that people with many visable piercings and tatoos don't get these positions. Just think really long and hard before you start to pierce your face. No one questions the ears as long as there are only 2 or 3 in each one, and they are not stretched. When you start using the higher gauges (sp?) then you have some troble, but everything else is kind of frowned upon.

I haven't interviewed anyone with visible tatoos or piercings, but I would be reluctant to hire them. Most people come into interviews in suits and spotless. There are so many things unknown about a potential employee that someone interviewing has no choice but to reach for assumptions. Why would I want to take a chance? Hiring and training a person is a costly thing, and companies are fearful of getting people who will not fit in their organization. If they are not respecting some social demeanor, why would I assume they will respect work rules and cultural norms? And even if they were good, work involves dealing with people and people make judgements. Either people you work with or people that your company is looking to get business from or even just your higher management. That person I'm hiring is in effect representing me at certain levels, and do I want to be associated with people with peircings and tatoos?

So think about it.

[Granny5]

At one time my middle daughter had an eyebrow ring, a tongue barbell(?), and a tatoo on the small of her back. Everything is gone except the tatoo. She hates it now. It's not an age thing, she's 30 but lost the rings when she was 22 and has made sure the tatoo is covered even when swimming...no 2 piece swimsuites. But she is a nurse and wants to look professional.

[NikolaiI]

Ah, well I am much more tattoo-friendly than piercing. Dunno why, lol! But all my friends have them, and less have piercings.

And I would never have put any stock into left/right ear piercing, I would probably get both pierced..

[Themis]

At one time my middle daughter had an eyebrow ring, a tongue barbell(?), and a tatoo on the small of her back. Everything is gone except the tatoo. She hates it now. It's not an age thing, she's 30 but lost the rings when she was 22 and has made sure the tatoo is covered even when swimming...no 2 piece swimsuites. But she is a nurse and wants to look professional.

Actually, tatoos can be removed as far as I know. I don't that if it's always possible but an acquaintance of my parents removed it for someone. But that's probably very expensive.

[applepie]

You spelled Gauges right, but you misspelled troble. :D

Baki, if you get your lip pierced, then so will I. :) Somtime.

:lol: At least I know how to spell that. I'm horrible with spelling, and I'm sure I've said before spellchecker is my best friend. Anyone know where I can download one to use in this???

[Granny5]

Actually, tatoos can be removed as far as I know. I don't that if it's always possible but an acquaintance of my parents removed it for someone. But that's probably very expensive.

She's a single mother so I don't think it's possible for her and it's easy to keep covered anyway.

[NikolaiI]

This thread is 4 pages long, and I'm the only one who's voted!?

Oh, duh, it wasn't always a poll :/

[Bakiryu]

I haven't interviewed anyone with visible tatoos or piercings, but I would be reluctant to hire them. Most people come into interviews in suits and spotless. There are so many things unknown about a potential employee that someone interviewing has no choice but to reach for assumptions. Why would I want to take a chance? Hiring and training a person is a costly thing, and companies are fearful of getting people who will not fit in their organization. If they are not respecting some social demeanor, why would I assume they will respect work rules and cultural norms? And even if they were good, work involves dealing with people and people make judgements. Either people you work with or people that your company is looking to get business from or even just your higher management. That person I'm hiring is in effect representing me at certain levels, and do I want to be associated with people with peircings and tatoos?

So think about it.

You can take the piercing out during work ours. And wear lip makeup (if female) then it's a bit hard to notice!



Ah, well I am much more tattoo-friendly than piercing. Dunno why, lol! But all my friends have them, and less have piercings

And I would never have put any stock into left/right ear piercing, I would probably get both pierced..

That'd look kinda tacky nick. Just get a multicoloured earring with a pink, purple and blue stud!


:lol: At least I know how to spell that. I'm horrible with spelling, and I'm sure I've said before spellchecker is my best friend. Anyone know where I can download one to use in this???

Just download firefox. It spell checks everything I type. I hate misspellings too. I'm always berating Greenie and Shurtz!


This thread is 4 pages long, and I'm the only one who's voted!?

Oh, duh, it wasn't always a poll :/

Yeah, thanks to whoever made it a poll. Remember: Baki loves ya!

[blp]

I know a guy who had sort of wooden bolts put through the upper part of his ears about ten years ago. I'd known him for some time and was shocked that he would do this to himself. I bumped into him about a year ago and he'd taken them out, leaving horrible big holes. He'd always seemed very confident before and suddenly seemed less so, as if he was constantly aware that people were noticing his mutilated ears.

Another guy I know clearly has tattoos all the way down his arms at the very least. They poke out at the wrists, just below his shirt cuffs and again at the collar of his shirts. I've never seen him in anything but long sleeves, though his job as a graphic designer wouldn't be bar on having tattoos.

An ex of mine had a nose piercing and now regrets it because it won't grow back. Tends to mean she has to have a nose stud in whether she wants to or not, as I understand it. I've also heard stories, possibly apocryphal, of people blowing these out when they sneeze.

And I had a tattoo of an eagle done on my left bicep just after my A-level exams, some 20 years ago. I was just a bit tired and emotional at the time (read drunk). A bit like the guy with the holes in his ears, I've been self-conscious about this bloody thing ever since and have usually covered it with clothing (which means I hardly ever wear T-shirts, though I really like to). I am finally treating myself to the (yes, rather expensive) process of having it removed and am greatly relieved.

All of which puts me in mind of a cartoon I saw once of two old men in a nursing home, both decked out with numerous items of metal in their skin, lightning bolt tattoos all down their arms etc. Caption: 'Yeah, I was an idiot too, back in the nineties.'

Kids, the message has got to be, don't do anything you might later regret. You know how you wake up some days and want to wear something red and another you prefer black or yellow or whatever? Tattoos and some piercings are like items of clothing you never get to take off. Rather than expressing your personality to the full, they express, at best, one aspect of it and prevent the expression of others.

That said, when I was about nineteen and, in addition to the tattoo, had two earrings in my right ear and three in my left, I met an Augustinian monk who was incredibly generous about them, saying how he saw them as similar to his monk's robe – an overt declaration that one was not going to be part of the world of materialism. Some truth in this, especially given the attitude of folks like Virgil. It was certainly close to what I felt at the time – never, at that point, having visited an ad agency.

[Bakiryu]

Yes, I agree with you blp. I believe that piercings scream at the world: I'M AN INDIVIDUAL AND I DON'T CARE IF IT BOTHER YOU!

I can see myself at age 50 with a piercing, maybe I'll leave it there 'til I die.

Besides, if I can wear a hoodie everyday everywhere in FLORIDA, I can pretty much have a ring on my lip, :lol:

Plugs on your ears look so weird tho. But tattoos are pretty cool even if they're painful.

I think having a piercing would give me a bust, you know, make me more Bakiryu-y and people should stop stereotyping and experience life to the fullest.

[Virgil]

You can take the piercing out during work ours. And wear lip makeup (if female) then it's a bit hard to notice!

True. I'm not trying to be a hard ***. My post is probably more severe than I would actually act in real life. I'm just trying to show that while you're free to act in whatever way you like, there is another person at the other end who is free from his point of view to act as he likes.


I know a guy who had sort of wooden bolts put through the upper part of his ears about ten years ago. I'd known him for some time and was shocked that he would do this to himself. I bumped into him about a year ago and he'd taken them out, leaving horrible big holes. He'd always seemed very confident before and suddenly seemed less so, as if he was constantly aware that people were noticing his mutilated ears.

Another guy I know clearly has tattoos all the way down his arms at the very least. They poke out at the wrists, just below his shirt cuffs and again at the collar of his shirts. I've never seen him in anything but long sleeves, though his job as a graphic designer wouldn't be bar on having tattoos.

An ex of mine had a nose piercing and now regrets it because it won't grow back. Tends to mean she has to have a nose stud in whether she wants to or not, as I understand it. I've also heard stories, possibly apocryphal, of people blowing these out when they sneeze.

And I had a tattoo of an eagle done on my left bicep just after my A-level exams, some 20 years ago. I was just a bit tired and emotional at the time (read drunk). A bit like the guy with the holes in his ears, I've been self-conscious about this bloody thing ever since and have usually covered it with clothing (which means I hardly ever wear T-shirts, though I really like to). I am finally treating myself to the (yes, rather expensive) process of having it removed and am greatly relieved.

All of which puts me in mind of a cartoon I saw once of two old men in a nursing home, both decked out with numerous items of metal in their skin, lightning bolt tattoos all down their arms etc. Caption: 'Yeah, I was an idiot too, back in the nineties.'

Kids, the message has got to be, don't do anything you might later regret. You know how you wake up some days and want to wear something red and another you prefer black or yellow or whatever? Tattoos and some piercings are like items of clothing you never get to take off. Rather than expressing your personality to the full, they express, at best, one aspect of it and prevent the expression of others.

That said, when I was about nineteen and, in addition to the tattoo, had two earrings in my right ear and three in my left, I met an Augustinian monk who was incredibly generous about them, saying how he saw them as similar to his monk's robe – an overt declaration that one was not going to be part of the world of materialism. Some truth in this, especially given the attitude of folks like Virgil. It was certainly close to what I felt at the time – never, at that point, having visited an ad agency.
A very good post blp. Not sure I'm just talking materialism. I'm not referring to rich, just a basic middle class job. Actually if you're independantly wealthy you don't have to worry about what peircings and tatoos you get.


Yes, I agree with you blp. I believe that piercings scream at the world: I'M AN INDIVIDUAL AND I DON'T CARE IF IT BOTHER YOU!

Baki, I consider myself an individual. I'm as much an individual as anyone who has piercings. What do piercings have to do with real individualism? In fact in the cultural group you're trying to identitfy yourself with, you are being just as conformist as I am in mine.

[Mortis Anarchy]

I have two. One in each ear...I've had them since I was a baby. Two years ago I got one in my cartilege...well, the metal reacted with my ear so it got infected so I had to take it out. But it was not a big loss. Thats probably as many piercings I would get. I agree with Virgil and blp, just don't do anything that you would regret or could compromise what you want to do in life.

A friend of mine got really drunk(she lives in CA, so I wasn't there to stop what happened), well anyways, she was really, really wasted. One of her friends had the bright idea to pierce her tongue...with a nail, and it was rusted. So her tongue ended up getting infected, I won't get anymore graphic then that. So if you do get a piercing, at least do it in a sterlized professional place.

[SleepyWitch]

Baki, I consider myself an individual. I'm as much an individual as anyone who has piercings. What do piercings have to do with real individualism? In fact in the cultural group you're trying to identitfy yourself with, you are being just as conformist as I am in mine.
:thumbs_up Applause! Go, Virgil!
I totally agree with uncle Virgil on this point. piercings don't make you any less or more individual. so many people have got piercings (some of them live truly unconventional lives, while others are as plain and boring as they come, apart from the piercing. I mean, seriously I have a friend who's got a piercing in her belly button, but she's the dullest person in the universe. she goes to church, plays on a sportsteam, spends loads of time with her family and future in-laws and is extremely prudish about sex. oh yeah, she also thinks punks are an abomination).
anyway, what was my point? individualism is about who you are inside, not what the outside world thinks you are on account of material things like piercings or clothes. I mean, have you ever noticed how last year those grey and black stripy tops were fashionable and ALL the girls ran to H&M to buy them? I'm sure they all felt very individualisitic, but in the end there were whole armies of grey and black-striped girls!
also, there was this fashion to wear "mismatching" clothes last year. like blue jeans, a red top and a green cardigan or something. but the point was, you could buy them that way. you didn't just pull out any old clothes from your wardrobe and mismatch them. they came that way straight from the store. and voila, everyone was wearing them. now do you think all the boring people you know had suddenly become daring, creative, individual, rebellious etc? or was it just the same old folks in clothes that happened to look all those things but were just another mass craze?

heeheeheehee... sorry to rant so much. of course, if you really want to get a piercing, you should do it and I don't see anything wrong with it.

[NikolaiI]

An ex of mine had a nose piercing and now regrets it because it won't grow back. Tends to mean she has to have a nose stud in whether she wants to or not, as I understand it. I've also heard stories, possibly apocryphal, of people blowing these out when they sneeze.

Ouch! What if someone pulled a belly ring out? I knew a girl whose father did that I think. That's just awful abuse.


And I had a tattoo of an eagle done on my left bicep just after my A-level exams, some 20 years ago. I was just a bit tired and emotional at the time (read drunk). A bit like the guy with the holes in his ears, I've been self-conscious about this bloody thing ever since and have usually covered it with clothing (which means I hardly ever wear T-shirts, though I really like to). I am finally treating myself to the (yes, rather expensive) process of having it removed and am greatly relieved.

I've got one tattoo, a Celtic knot on my chest. Almost no one sees it; which should change at some point! so it's never a problem in that sense. When people do see it I usually get a very good reaction; people love it. So, I will 100% get another tattoo at some point.

Def almost all of my friends have visible tattoos.

[kratsayra]

Like Virgil's and Sleepy's recent comments, I tend to think that piercings can be just as "conformist," or not, as anything. I have zero piercings (not even my ears) and zero tattoos. My friend used to joke that I could be buried in a Jewish cometary. But I'm a sucker for trendy shoes, so to each his/her own.

I have seen plenty of tattoos and piercings that people probably shouldn't have gotten. But there are always the occasional ones that look totally awesome.

Baki - if you want a piercing, and you like the way you'll look with it, then that's great! It all depends on what it means to you and how it makes you feel.

I like the first picture because I think the piercings on the side of the lip look kind of weird. Like something is falling out of their mouth . . . ;)

[stephofthenight]

lip,belly button, 4ears, eyebrow and tounge as soon as i trun 18

[Granny5]

lip,belly button, 4ears, eyebrow and tounge as soon as i trun 18

good to see you back, Steph.:thumbs_up

[Bakiryu]

lip,belly button, 4ears, eyebrow and tounge as soon as i trun 18

You can get them now if you wanted to.

But wait, aren't you pregnant? Belly button rings and pregnant/poochy bellies don't match.

[stephofthenight]

i have them, just not the tounge...i have to wait until im 18 for it...grr.
umm and yeah i am.
thanks granny althou i hhate to say that im about to take a permenent leave from here. check out my blog for details

[Bakiryu]

i have them, just not the tounge...i have to wait until im 18 for it...grr.
umm and yeah i am.
thanks granny althou i hhate to say that im about to take a permenent leave from here. check out my blog for details

wow that's weird. I though you could get any kind of piercing with parental permision.

Don't get your belly pierced if you actually have the kid or while you are p. it'd look weird.

[RoCKiTcZa]

I've got 3 piercings and only in the ears. I wouldn't vote on getting a lip piercing, though; no offense but I believe they look extremely unattractive. A nose piercing might be okay but if I were to get one I'd use studs. Still, I have no plans of getting one of these. Perhaps a few more ear piercings would do, knowing that I can easily take the earrings off when I don't want them anymore, then maybe on my belly button (I'm not sure if this is healthy; just for my own safety I could decide not to have one) and after that I'll stop. Some people down here say that piercings look very unprofessional. I would agree. However, I'm sure they'd look great during some of my music performances, after all we're not allowed more than two ear piercings in school.

[Bakiryu]

Corset piercings creep me out!

[IndifferenceNME]

I've got nine in my ears and one in my tongue...and I like them. Facial piercings are a little different though...they can scar. But, depending on the person, they can be really sexy. But, that's obviously not you in your profile picture because she already has a lip ring...right?

[*Classic*Charm*]

I have a hole in each of my ears that I've had since I was young, and I'm getting my belly button done on my 18th birthday (a month from yesterday!!).

Wow everyone here has relaively common piercings. I have friends who have some crazy ones. One girl had the back of her neck pierced. It was a cuved bar like that which goes through a belly, but put horizantally through the base of the back of her neck. It was odd looking, and eventually rejected, as all surface piercings do.

My other friend had her cleavage pierced. That is, curved belly bar pierced vertically through the skin between the top of her breasts. As odd as it sounds, I thought it looked really pretty. It ended up rejecting too though.

I dunno. I'm not usually a fan of crazy piercings or most facial piercings. I don't like eyebrows or lips. Nose piercings can be nice, but you have to have the right shaped nose for it, or their too obvious. If it's small and subtle I think it can look nice. Tongues...I would NEVER do that. For a long time I was really against belly piercings as well, because a girl I know had her done and it got infected on the inside and she didn't know and it caused an ovarian cist and she almost had to have an ovary removed. Luckily, that's the only time I've ever heard of it and I have a ton of friends who have it so I'm not so worried anymore. I think it looks nice if you've got the stomach for it.

I really don't think a person should get a piercing in an attempt to increase individuality or try to send a message to others. That's what your personality is for. If you wanna pierce because you think it's attractive, then by all means, go nuts. I just don't think one should use a piercing to make up for something else they're missing.

[Virgil]

I've also heard that tongue peircings over time ruin people's teeth. Not sure if it's true.

[Scheherazade]

i have them, just not the tounge...i have to wait until im 18 for it...grr.
umm and yeah i am.Oh, the irony! Teens get pregnant before they are 18 but they cannot get tongue piercings.

[Bakiryu]

But, depending on the person, they can be really sexy. But, that's obviously not you in your profile picture because she already has a lip ring...right?

No. That's Miyavi. HE'S my musical inspiration.

This is me:

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa137/Bakiryu7/L0LiTa.jpg

[Virgil]

Baki you are so pretty. How can you improve on that? Don't ruin it with piercings.

[Anza]

You can most definately home peirce ears. You need a needle that is very sharp and has been boiled for sterility. Hold an ice cube to the ear for about five minutes. Stab the needle through with a wedge of potato at the back. Something about the starch in the potato makes it hurt less and want to close up less.

[papayahed]

I like Labret piercings better then lip piercings - don't know why. Or perhaps a nice nose piercing? I think a nose stud would be cute on you.

[Bakiryu]

You can most definately home peirce ears. You need a needle that is very sharp and has been boiled for sterility. Hold an ice cube to the ear for about five minutes. Stab the needle through with a wedge of potato at the back. Something about the starch in the potato makes it hurt less and want to close up less.

Yeah, I home pierced my ears, but I'm afraid of damaging the cartilage.


I like Labret piercings better then lip piercings - don't know why. Or perhaps a nice nose piercing? I think a nose stud would be cute on you.

I've never liked nose-studs that much, since my brother's ex had it and it got really red and puffy. Her face looked awful. That and I'm chicken when it comes to my nose.

(The Baki-piercing fund just increaded by ten$! 20$ down and 30$ to go!)

[BibliophileTRJ]

I really don't think a person should get a piercing in an attempt to increase individuality or try to send a message to others. That's what your personality is for. If you wanna pierce because you think it's attractive, then by all means, go nuts. I just don't think one should use a piercing to make up for something else they're missing.

WELL SAID!! I couldn't agree more!

[Bakiryu]

I really don't think a person should get a piercing in an attempt to increase individuality or try to send a message to others. That's what your personality is for. If you wanna pierce because you think it's attractive, then by all means, go nuts. I just don't think one should use a piercing to make up for something else they're missing.

I like piercings, I think they're cool. I'm not increasing my individuality but I am saying to the world "hey, I pierced my lip 'cause I wanted to. Now, what did YOU do?"
I don't really think I'm missing anything (beyond a few braincells :lol: ) and a lip ring would make me look cuter, if not to others to myself. Because Iy shows I'm confident enough not to care what others think.

Piercings are cool. 'Nuff said.

[NikolaiI]

Another thing, I think in reality people will only treat you better for it. They'll like it and give you compliments on it, etc.. same thing mostly with tattoos. Like maybe some older people wouldn't like it, but who cares about them? The majority of people, and I mean aged 20-45 or so...in fact, I think most everyone would like it. Once you get out of high school, people are much more friendly.

Anyway I think a lip ring would look good. Not a big fan of tongue, but whatever you want to do.

[RoCKiTcZa]

Hey there Baki, at what age did you get your first piercing?

[aswelch]

I love getting pierced. I have 5 in one ear and three in another. I have always throught about getting my belly button pierced but I want to lose some weight first. I also have wanted a tatoo and some other piercing, mostly in the ears though (not plugs though, they make your ears smell gross). I say if you want to get pierced, get pierced. I can't anymore because I will student teach next year. With your full lips I vote for 1. I have friends that have them and they really look nice on girls. That being said, my boyfriend hates piercings on girls. They are unattractive to him. Also, my future job will not accept visible piercings like that. Just think about it. The lip piercings will leave scars that will look forever as though you just had a breakout and poped it. Oh, have you thought about having your libre pierced? I can't figure out how to put in a pic so just google it, but beware, there is some XXXXXXX rated stuff in google images when you put anything in about a piercing. :sick:

[B-Mental]

I've pierced my spleen, and both kidneys. My upper lip was pierced in a fight, by one of my teeth. Lets see, I also pierced myself with an awl in art class, clear through the palm of my hand. Finally, I embedded a piece of glass in my palm, that I had for 14 years. Eventually it started to surface, so I had to cut it out myself, as my girlfriend at the time was too squeamish to stick a scalpel into the fleshy palm of my hand. It wasn't even my dominant hand.

[Virgil]

I Oh, have you thought about having your libre pierced?

At the risk of not wanting to know, what's a "libre"?

[Bakiryu]

At the risk of not wanting to know, what's a "libre"?

I think she means labret (?)


Hey there Baki, at what age did you get your first piercing?

8 months old babe. :p 1st ear piercings.



8 months old babe. :p 1st ear piercings.

Back home we get those at a very early age :p

[LadyWentworth]

When is your goal to finally get the piercing? Are you any closer to making a decision on one of them?

[Bakiryu]

When is your goal to finally get the piercing? Are you any closer to making a decision on one of them?

Yeah, I think I'll get this one:

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m210/monkeykitty9/thpiercings.jpg

If I hate it or take it off, the center of my lower lip would totally hide it, unless you got really close.

That, and there's less danger of me pulling it out when I sleep and such.

Plus, it just looks so awesome!

(Ps. i'm not getting my tongue pierce tho.)

[RoCKiTcZa]

I think she means labret (?)



8 months old babe. :p 1st ear piercings.



Back home we get those at a very early age :p

Yep, we do too. I got my first piercings quite late, though--6 years old turning seven. That's about the same time I got the third. It was an accident, but I decided to make use of that piercing anyway.

[papayahed]

I was a tomboy. I was forced to get my ears pierced at age 12.

[Bakiryu]

I was a tomboy. I was forced to get my ears pierced at age 12.

Lol! I can actually imagine that. How did you actually survive middle school? :alien:

[Pensive]

I was a tomboy. I was forced to get my ears pierced at age 12.

I am no tom-boy, and am quite girl-ish in some ways I think (despite of the fact a cousin always called me a tom-boy because of my lack of interest in jewellery/make-up) but I have got what-seems-to-be some sort of allergy against facial make-up and piercings....of course when applying to myself. I would love to do someone else's make-up though and choose earrings for others! :p

[Niamh]

I really don't think a person should get a piercing in an attempt to increase individuality or try to send a message to others. That's what your personality is for. If you wanna pierce because you think it's attractive, then by all means, go nuts. I just don't think one should use a piercing to make up for something else they're missing.
Bravo!!!

I've pierced my spleen, and both kidneys. My upper lip was pierced in a fight, by one of my teeth. Lets see, I also pierced myself with an awl in art class, clear through the palm of my hand. Finally, I embedded a piece of glass in my palm, that I had for 14 years. Eventually it started to surface, so I had to cut it out myself, as my girlfriend at the time was too squeamish to stick a scalpel into the fleshy palm of my hand. It wasn't even my dominant hand.

Christ B you've really had it rough!


As for how old i was when i go my first piercings, I was 18. And i wasnt a tom boy. Just couldnt be arsed.

[Bakiryu]

As for how old i was when i go my first piercings, I was 18. And i wasnt a tom boy. Just couldnt be arsed.

Why didn't your parents pierce you when you were a baby like they usually do?

[Scheherazade]

I was 17 when I finally decided. My parents simply did not want to make that decision for me. They thought I would do it myself whenever I felt the need.

I don't see why little girls get piercings or why they need to wear jewelry either.

[Niamh]

Why didn't your parents pierce you when you were a baby like they usually do?

Eh... not really here they dont. Not every country has the same practices. Really the only people here in Ireland that would pierce their kids ears when they are babies are skangers/chavs/scobies whatever you want to call them and the travelling community. You will find some other families will pierce their kids ears young but not as much as these.
Besides i think piercings are tacky in a babies ears, especially when their mothers put sleepers in their ears. Just dont like them.

[Bakiryu]

How strange. (j/k)



I don't see why little girls get piercings or why they need to wear jewelry either.

er, girls? My cousin has piercings too, he's about 6 years old and male.

[Niamh]

How strange. (j/k)


how so?

[Bakiryu]

how so?

back home if you haven't pierced your kid's ears by age two your family actually talks to you. And you get teased horribly in school too.

[Niamh]

Now you see i'd see that as strange. But then like i said, not every country have the same practices.

[papayahed]

Lol! I can actually imagine that. How did you actually survive middle school? :alien:

I'm not sure it was even an issue. I went to a small private school there were 27 kids in my class and we were pretty much all friends.


Why didn't your parents pierce you when you were a baby like they usually do?

Who usually do?


Eh... not really here they dont. Not every country has the same practices. Really the only people here in Ireland that would pierce their kids ears when they are babies are skangers/chavs/scobies whatever you want to call them and the travelling community. You will find some other families will pierce their kids ears young but not as much as these.
Besides i think piercings are tacky in a babies ears, especially when their mothers put sleepers in their ears. Just dont like them.


It's not common here either, at least in my area.

[Idril]

The US is somewhere in the middle. It's not that odd to see a small child with peirced ears but neither is it the rule. I've known parents that have peirced their infant daughter's ears simply because people kept thinking the child was a boy.

[Pensive]

I don't see why little girls get piercings or why they need to wear jewelry either.

And I don't see why big girls would want to get themselves pierced! :p


I've known parents that have peirced their infant daughter's ears simply because people kept thinking the child was a boy.

That's interesting!

This piercing thread reminds me of something my mother once told me a thing her uncle said to her. She said that when she had just got her ears pierced her uncle joked that the rings in the ear-holes were a symbol of slavery. Probably, that's the thing which I heard as a child has remained stuck inside my head that it has also become a factor to why I don't want these, and fear them a little as well. (blue-bird doesn't like the idea of being caged at any cost!) :p

[Madhuri]

It's said that later on the tissues become hard and it will hurt more.

[Pensive]

It's said that later on the tissues become hard and it will hurt more.

I don't think I plan to have them anytime in my life! :p

[Madhuri]

I was just saying why some people prefer to have piercings early.

[Bakiryu]

I don't think I plan to have them anytime in my life! :p

But what about cute, sparkly jewelry? :(

[Idril]

Not every one likes cute sparkly jewelry. Crazy, I know, but there are those people out there. ;) And there's always bracelets and necklaces to satisfy that sparkly jewelry jones if nothing else...besides, there are such things as clip-on earrings.

[Bakiryu]

Not every one likes cute sparkly jewelry. Crazy, I know, but there are those people out there. ;) And there's always bracelets and necklaces to satisfy that sparkly jewelry jones if nothing else...besides, there are such things as clip-on earrings.

:sick: really?

I've worn clip on earring since I was tiny and playing dress up with my mum's clothes!

:( I'd probably be very bored without earrings that match my bracelets (or my chains) :(

[SleepyWitch]

I've known parents that have peirced their infant daughter's ears simply because people kept thinking the child was a boy.
what a cruel performative speech act (or whatever they are called). this way the child will surely become a stereotypical girl. :lol:
on a more serious note, I never understood what's wrong with people mistaking little girls for boys and vice versa. I mean, although kids might be little perverts and have a sex-life of their own, they are too young to marry them off. so who cares whether they are boys or girls? I mean, nothing depends on people knowing which one they are. in that respect they are neutral... :confused:

[Bakiryu]

I remenber when I cut my hair really short, I had to wear earrings since if i didn't totally straight girls flirted with me or asked me out.

On the bright side, I did get lots of dates :D (Well, Until I actually got a chest,) :lol:

[Zombie]

i don't really care about piercings, but sanke bites aren't my favorite and most people agree that they look kinda silly. i perfer the one piercing off to one side on the bottom lip. it's simplish but still cool


I remenber when I cut my hair really short, I had to wear earrings since if i didn't totally straight girls flirted with me or asked me out.

On the bright side, I did get lots of dates :D (Well, Until I actually got a chest,) :lol:

haha. i have a boyish facial structure and shortish hair, so if i put on a baggy clothes and a hat i look like a boy. i walked around the mall like that once and got a bunch of girls numbers, then i took off my hat and sweatshirt and all the girls flipped out. ^^' it was funny

[Bakiryu]

haha. i have a boyish facial structure and shortish hair, so if i put on a baggy clothes and a hat i look like a boy. i walked around the mall like that once and got a bunch of girls numbers, then i took off my hat and sweatshirt and all the girls flipped out. ^^' it was funny

Lol, that is kinda fun, the looks on their faces too.

I just can't find clothes that are baggy enough now, and the long hair kinda gives it away. :crash:

[Mortis Anarchy]

I'm not sure it was even an issue. I went to a small private school there were 27 kids in my class and we were pretty much all friends.



Who usually do?




It's not common here either, at least in my area.

I got my ears pierced when I was a baby. My mom said I didn't even flinch...they were just plain gold studs or whatever. Its pretty common in latin america I believe...or at least in Mexico, and I'm guessing Cuba. Thats about all the piercing I would get...but I honestly don't care what people do with their own bodies...piercing/tattoo/etc...

[Idril]

what a cruel performative speech act (or whatever they are called). this way the child will surely become a stereotypical girl. :lol:
on a more serious note, I never understood what's wrong with people mistaking little girls for boys and vice versa.

I agree. It's a silly thing to get upset about, especially when you're talking about an infant. There may be other times when you do need to be aware of gender identification issues but not in early childhood. ;) If it bothers you that much, dress them in pink or blue, there's no need to be putting holes in their ears. I know we've had a few problems with infants with earrings accidentially pulling them out or another child accidentily pulling them out because those kids don't exactly have full power over their gross motor skills. :rolleyes: I have less of an issue with people who pierce young children's ears for cultural reasons than just because they want to define their sex. But then again, it's their child and there are a lot worse things they could be doing to them so I guess in that context, peircing their ears isn't all that bad. I think of myself, my oldest son got his ear pierced when he was 9 and I got so much crap about it from various family members and I just didn't think it was a big deal. It's something he wanted and if he should decide at some point he doesn't want it, he just doesn't wear earrings. There are so many other destructive ways he could be establishing his identity, peircing his ear seemed pretty mild...as does the black hair dye he's added since then. :rolleyes: I did establish the rule that he couldn't wear hoops or dangly earrings until he was in high school, only small studs so at least I had some standards. :p

[Stanislaw]

...I mean, although kids might be little perverts and have a sex-life of their own, they are too young to marry them off...
:eek2: heh, :D

my own piercings:

well I had an ear piercing and an eybrow piercing...but I haven't worn either for years...

[Bakiryu]

My new friend (and sort of crush :blush:) has nine piercings. Nine!

[LadyWentworth]

My new friend (and sort of crush :blush:) has nine piercings. Nine!

So, where are the nine places this friend is pierced? :p

[kiz_paws]

I don't mind piercings on other folks (except maybe that ring that some guys wear dangling from their nose, looks like a bull, you know? -- we have lots of these guys that do it, and they stretch it so that it is a very large cumbersome ring dangling there over their lip. Not attractive at all, in my humble opinion, mind you...).

I only have my ears pierced, and thats how I'll stay. If I had more guts, mind you, I might consider getting my eyebrow done, I think that looks rather sweet.

[NickAdams]

I would go with #2.

I had eight, but removed them when I joined the army in 2003. I had a reaction to one of the piercings. I don't care for them any more, wish I never had them.

[Bakiryu]

So, where are the nine places this friend is pierced? :p

:blush: just in the facial area of course :p


I don't mind piercings on other folks (except maybe that ring that some guys wear dangling from their nose, looks like a bull, you know? -- we have lots of these guys that do it, and they stretch it so that it is a very large cumbersome ring dangling there over their lip. Not attractive at all, in my humble opinion, mind you...).

I only have my ears pierced, and thats how I'll stay. If I had more guts, mind you, I might consider getting my eyebrow done, I think that looks rather sweet.

i've never cared for eyebrow piercings, but i've read that you've to get it redone after a few months since it starts going forward or something.

You could always use anesthesia when they do it, like they do back in Cuba.

those nose piercings are ew-y. :sick:

[*Classic*Charm*]

p.s. I got my navel pierced two days ago!!

[Lozenge121]

I have my labret (just under lip in the middle) and my tongue pierced, I love them :)

[livelaughlove]

I guess I'm a weirdo but I'm 17 and I don't have any piercings whatsoever nor do I want them. I'm fine with other people getting them, I mean its their life they can do what they want, you know? Two of my friends have their ears pierced more than once but that's all that is allowed at my school (private school) but I think that when we graduate they will get more piercings and I think that's actually rather cool, it really fits their personality but as for me, no thank you. I don't even like to wear jewelry. I don't know why but I think it's such a bother. LOL

[Lozenge121]

It doesn't make you a weirdo, most people don't have piercings. I'm 17 as well, I think jewellery's a bother but you don't have to take most piercingz out very often, they just live there. :)

[livelaughlove]

It doesn't make you a weirdo, most people don't have piercings. I'm 17 as well, I think jewellery's a bother but you don't have to take most piercingz out very often, they just live there. :)

Thanks Lozenge! :)
I notice that both of our little sayings under our names have to do with dreams... cool!
And I love the quote in your signature line - it like defines my life, lol!

[Lozenge121]

So they do. Cool! I put a z instead of an s I tried really hard to avoid that lol. Defines your life? Mmmm, I don't suppose that's a good thing, it's an amazing song that comes from though. :)

[Bakiryu]

I pierced my ear again today, it was cool. I can't way to do a cartilage piercing. :eek2:!

[1n50mn14]

I am pierced sooo... soo disgustingly much. Not counting retired piercings XD.
^I had my vertical labret done, it got really infected and nasty. And upper lip piercings are a horrible idea- they look lovely on a lot of people, but there is no escaping the gum errosion and tooth abbrasion.

[Bakiryu]

I am pierced sooo... soo disgustingly much. Not counting retired piercings XD.
^I had my vertical labret done, it got really infected and nasty. And upper lip piercings are a horrible idea- they look lovely on a lot of people, but there is no escaping the gum errosion and tooth abbrasion.

ew, yeah, i'd never liked upper lip piercings. but Monroe piercings are very cute ♥

[1n50mn14]

^__^ I only like them on a few people, actually. I'm more of a cheek piercing person myself.

[Bakiryu]

^__^ I only like them on a few people, actually. I'm more of a cheek piercing person myself.

ew, i tend to favor lip and ear piercings (very traditional I know) or corset piercings.

[1n50mn14]

Eh, to each their own :)

[kratsayra]

I guess I'm a weirdo but I'm 17 and I don't have any piercings whatsoever nor do I want them. I'm fine with other people getting them, I mean its their life they can do what they want, you know? Two of my friends have their ears pierced more than once but that's all that is allowed at my school (private school) but I think that when we graduate they will get more piercings and I think that's actually rather cool, it really fits their personality but as for me, no thank you. I don't even like to wear jewelry. I don't know why but I think it's such a bother. LOL

I was just writing something quite similar in the thread about tattoos - you are definitely not alone! I'm 25 and I still have no piercings whatsoever and I wear jewelry very very rarely. When I was living abroad in Cameroon I will never forget my host mother being so baffled by my lack of jewelry. She said something like, "what, are you a boy?" I think my grandmother here in the US is equally baffled. :p

[Pensive]

Heh good to see more people who are in my league, not having piercings.


I was just writing something quite similar in the thread about tattoos - you are definitely not alone! I'm 25 and I still have no piercings whatsoever and I wear jewelry very very rarely. When I was living abroad in Cameroon I will never forget my host mother being so baffled by my lack of jewelry. She said something like, "what, are you a boy?" I think my grandmother here in the US is equally baffled.

Heh amongst some close family members, I am known as a 'tomb-boy' and I can't see why I can be known so! Besides not having piercings, I am quite girl-ish....but erm don't know why piercings are associated with being a girl so much especially when these days it's so common with boys having them too....hmmm probably they are called girl-ish too then...

[Chava]

Back in school, all the little girls had piercings. I didn't, but my mom had all of these awesome earings, parrots and cats and colourful butterflies. I was so envious of her collection. One day, my relatives gave me a pair, not knowing i had no holes. For months, i tortured myself by dreaming i'd had them pierced, waking to find that once again, i still hadn't gotten around to it. One day, i finally got brave, ran to my mom and declared i wanted to have my ears pierced and I wanted it now. "Right now?" yes, or I'd chicken, again. So we rushed to the car, and sped to the saloon, and so, I got little golden stars to decorate my lobes.
Years later, i got so bored of changing them that I kept forgetting to put in earings, and they've grown shut.
However, my mom has now put her fantastic earing collection up for grabs, and I'm very tempted to have them re-done... Very very tempted.

[Bakiryu]

Really Chava? You actually went to a salon? Why didn't your parents pierce your ears when you were a baby?

[Chava]

My parents were great believers of choice... So, yeah, trust me, at the time i was plenty cross at them for not having done it when i was a kid.
My mom had hers done when she came to Indonesia since everyone there had to, so she had someone do it for her with needles in the jungle :)

[Scheherazade]

I don't see the point of getting little children's ears pierced either. When they grow up, if they are willing, they will do it anyway - whether you agree with it as a parent or not! ;)

I was 17 when I had my ears pierced.

[Bakiryu]

Yeah, but they won't remember their pain if you do it when you're younger. If only somebody had pierced my cartilage too.....

[ClaesGefvenberg]

I've pierced my spleen, and both kidneys. My upper lip was pierced in a fight, by one of my teeth. Lets see, I also pierced myself with an awl in art class, clear through the palm of my hand. Finally, I embedded a piece of glass in my palm, that I had for 14 years. Eventually it started to surface, so I had to cut it out myself, as my girlfriend at the time was too squeamish to stick a scalpel into the fleshy palm of my hand. It wasn't even my dominant hand.This is close to the point I wanted to make: The times I have had my hide pierced or even slashed by accident or necessity will do very nicely, thank you very much. ;) I feel absolutley no need or urge to increase the number of scars volountarily.

/Claes