And on with the trend of using oneself as a canvas...
...how many Covers have allowed people to punch holes in their earlobes/bellies/eyebrows/other less discussable parts? :mg:

Now I have to draw the line. I used to have my ear pierced ONCE with a small diamond stud.

My better half has cornered the market in our household:

Ears = 6 on each
Mouth = 1 (but since removed)
Belly Button = 1 (it is so hot)


That is enough. Guy who did my tat, had 27 piercings. Only 12 are allowed to be mentioned on here. OUCH OUCH OUCH

Now I have to draw the line. I used to have my ear pierced ONCE with a small diamond stud.

Two in one ear, three in the other (at the top) - only the bottom hole of each ear is still completely open.

One belly-button ring - although it has to come out - you can see the outline of it through my wedding dress! (oops!).


That is enough. Guy who did my tat, had 27 piercings. Only 12 are allowed to be mentioned on here. OUCH OUCH OUCH

Yep - know what you're saying - and really can't understand the appeal.

Note: Part of me has always wanted to try out an eyebrow ring - but given that I'm a "professional" now, and having wedding pictures taken in five months (holy cow!) I don't know that it's the greatest idea.

how many Covers have allowed people to punch holes in...?Volountarily? Not on my life.... It's quite enough with the cuts and bruises I've collected by accident over the years. I feel no need to unneccessarily add to them :lol:

I'm obviously out of fashion though. Some people I see nowadays would probably have the metal detectors in any airport security check beeping for dear life.

/Claes

Besides my earlobes..... no piercings....I am too chicken to do it, and I hate any type of pain. I am with Claes, no inflicted pain, unless it was an accident.

However, my better half, that's another story..... He has had ears, eyebrows, nose, that cartlidge between the two nostrils, lip, tongue....... and (4) unmentionable places. Since I met him 7 years ago, the only ones to remain are the ears and the tongue.

He also has able 30 tatoos. One even on the inside on his lower lip. He doesn't get piecings, or tattoos where you can see them if he is wearing a normal t-shirt and jeans. But, you can see them once he wears tank top and shorts. He just wanted to make sure that he was able to cover himself for job's sake.

I have seriously thought about a tattoo though. There is this award winning tat artist we are good friends with, and I think he would be the only one that I would allow to do ANY work on me. Again, the fear factor plays a large role! :biglaugh:

Besides my earlobes..... no piercings....I am too chicken to do it, and I hate any type of pain. I am with Claes, no inflicted pain, unless it was an accident.

Honestly - and I'm not just saying this, because I don't have a huge pain threshold either - the belly ring didn't really hurt at all. The aftercare hurt more than the piercing. I was working a co-op job at the time - we had uniforms with high-waisted pants (yeah, that's hot!). I couldn't bend at the waist for about a week because the waistband of the pants put pressure on the ring.

Other than that, though, it really didn't hurt. I was surprised. I remember lying in the chair (dentist-style) and just cringing...then saying "are you going to do it already?!?!" and hearing "I already did". I looked down to see the needle in my stomach - he was just preparing to put the ring in. The look of it made me more woozy than the feel of it!

Honestly - and I'm not just saying this, because I don't have a huge pain threshold either - the belly ring didn't really hurt at all. The aftercare hurt more than the piercing. I was working a co-op job at the time - we had uniforms with high-waisted pants (yeah, that's hot!). I couldn't bend at the waist for about a week because the waistband of the pants put pressure on the ring.

Other than that, though, it really didn't hurt. I was surprised. I remember lying in the chair (dentist-style) and just cringing...then saying "are you going to do it already?!?!" and hearing "I already did". I looked down to see the needle in my stomach - he was just preparing to put the ring in. The look of it made me more woozy than the feel of it!

LOL! that is usually what I say "You already did it?" in the Dr.'s office after I spend about 1/2 hour whining and complianing about a simple little shot. I have a "special" nurse named LuLu who has to come in for me, the biggest baby around! But, I believe it is a result of classicial conditioning (in the Freudian sense) I have tiny little veins and they are deep, and nurses seem to think that they can stick a normal large needle in my arm 10-20 times and say "Oh, well you were right, we need a butterfly needle". Usually I come out bruised and battered..... he he

Anyway..... getting back to the topic I had a distain for needles. I am needle-phobic, an anti-needle-ite. I was thinking that getting a tat is something like allergy testing if you ever had it. After about 10 minutes of that, I wanted to knock the poor nurse out. I couldn't stand it!

I would really, in all actuality love to get my belly pieced too. Thanks for the confidence booster. It proably wouldn't hurt as much as I think it would like you said, and I am making a WAY bigger deal that it actually is. You only live once! You have to seize the day.

Do you think it felt better that you thought because they pull the skin around the belly area?

- the belly ring didn't really hurt at all.
Some chick told me it hurt like **** when she had her's done. It looks painfull to me.

I would really, in all actuality love to get my belly pieced too. Thanks for the confidence booster. It proably wouldn't hurt as much as I think it would like you said, and I am making a WAY bigger deal that it actually is. You only live once! You have to seize the day.

Do you think it felt better that you thought because they pull the skin around the belly area?

Yeah - that probably helped. When I got mine done, he took little...tongs, essentially, with holes through the ends, and pulled up a small section of my belly - just enough to get the top part of the bellybutton exposed. Then it was a quick poke and it was all done. Come to think of it, I'm not sure how he got the tongs *off* - you'd think the needle would still have been threaded through both holes - but anyway, there was really nothing to it. Whole thing took under 5 minutes. Not a big deal at all. As I say, the aftercare was the worst part of it - and even that was not a big deal at all. No infections or anything...it's more of a pain in the butt to keep washing it all the time - I was in an industrial environment (in a polyester uniform, no less!) and it was summertime, so sweat and dirt were a concern.

And they *can* be quite flattering...I got mine before I met my fiancé so he's never seen me without one and is sort of excited for me to take it out. His friends can't understand why. :biglaugh: (Mind you, not like I walk around flashing my midriff to the world, so I'm not sure why it matters to them...)

And they *can* be quite flattering... and is sort of excited for me to take it out. His friends can't understand why.
I'll bit my tongue on this one. :rolleyes:

Volountarily? Not on my life.... It's quite enough with the cuts and bruises I've collected by accident over the years. I feel no need to unneccessarily add to them :lol:

I'm obviously out of fashion though. Some people I see nowadays would probably have the metal detectors in any airport security check beeping for dear life.

/ClaesYep. Fashion police may as well arrest me, too.

Over the years, I had my hide slashed, punctured, and pierced with knives, nails, teeth, broken bottles, tools - never on my intent. I couldn't conceive of putting anything in the wound to keep it from healing and closing. No way would I ever consent to a piercing unless the alternate was death.

I have one piercing (an engagement gift from my spouse) and a few tattoos. I like tattoos IF they are well done. The reason I don't have more than my current portfolio is a lack of $$$ to get a truly good one done.

When I was younger (in the Navy at 17) I did the usual garbage blackline tattoos....they were cheap, but the cost of the quality tattoos to cover them up was extremely high.

The scary thought is the people who have permanent mutilations; brandings, tongue slitting, inserted horns/lumps/whatever. My tattoos will look bad enough in another 20 years...imagine a 60 yr old grandmother with a forked tongue, implanted horns, and tattoos on her face. :mg:

I don't know about the allowed bit, but I have been shot, stabbed and been hit by schrapnel a few times. :mg: That's piercing of a sort I guess :lol:

I spent twenty years in the services (Navy/Airforce) primarily as an Explosives Technician. I tried to avoid unforced body penetration via flying metal or organic objects.
I flirted with the idea of having an ear pearcing but for one the services would NOT allow it and my mates would have beat me up.
I remember when I worked in a Navy Bar, one of the young blokes came in (off duty) and he had a Chain hanging from his nose to his ear. This was accompanied by various other facial holes and rings etc. One of the senior Old Salts (been in the Navy since Noah's day) casually lent over the bar, grabbed the chain and pulled. It ripped this kids nose and ear and blood covered his face. The Old Salt just lloked at him and said "You have just been Flushed" whereupon all of the other old salts started laughing and the kis left for sick bay. He never wore another piercing.
At one stage in the Australian Navy it was an offence to get a Tatoo or piercing and you would be charged if found to have them. When I joined as a Fifteen year old, we used to have inspections for tattoos and piercings on a regular basis.

I used to have a single sleeper in my left ear but took it out about five years ago. However I still have the ring in my nipple that I had done ten year ago - my girlfriend at the time was having her belly button done and was too chicken to go on her own and persuded me into having that done. Absolutley no pain whatsoever. I do take some perverse pleasure in watching peoples reactions when they find out, especially when I tug it and go look it doesn't hurt!

The things that make me feel totally ill are tunnels - that's sort of a "reverse piercing" where, rather than filling the hole, it's lined with a barrel of sorts. The result is a gaping hole where ear (or lip, or whatever) used to be. It just makes me feel nauseous - and again, when you're 40 and you decide to take it out, that's just *not* going to grow back.

However I still have the ring in my nipple that I had done ten year ago - my girlfriend at the time was having her belly button done and was too chicken to go on her own and persuded me into having that done. Absolutley no pain whatsoever.

I have heard that those are some of the most painful piercings that you can get. If you didn't even feel a pinch, I'm stunned.

The things that make me feel totally ill are tunnels -
I was in Meijers with my two kids and we went to a check out guy with a "tunnel" in his ear. It grossed us out so went to another check out.

I'm with Randy and Claes on this one. I can't see putting any more holes in my body, especially on purpose. God gave me 7 holes in my head as it is and I don't think I need anymore!
I still have bullet fragments in my right leg that sets off the metal detectors at the airport, that causes enough chaos for me.

We were not allowed to have tattoos when I was in the Navy, we had people written up for destruction of government property for getting bad sunburns. Plus I never saw one that I thought I would still like after 5 - 10 years.

Just my ears - just a single hole in each. Boring, huh?

My little girls want pierced ears - I told them when they start school then can decide. Just my way of keeping them little a little while longer...

And then they asked me the other day why the man at the Wal-Mart had earrings---can boys have earrings? Why doesn't Daddy have earrings? It took some explaining, especially since Mommy doesn't have all the answers - shocking but true - but I think they have it pretty well figured out now. My answer went along the lines of "some boys have earrings. some boys don't." and versions of that same theme.

You couldn't pay me to wear a belly ring - why would I want people to stare at a body part that I desperately try to hide???

So now that we have delved into this clandestine world of body manipulation and modification, I have heard of a few things that seem scary but nonetheless cool at the same time. Although not cool enough for me to run out and have it done.

Implants - whereas stell ball bearings are inserted just under the dermis and above the sub-dermis, thereby giving the appearance that a person has ridges or "bumps" Here is the painful part, the most common practice is on the, how shall I say this?, trunk of the wedding tackle and the underside of a man's holiest of holys. YOWZA

Threading - Whereas rings are inserted into the skin of the back. A silk - titanium thread is then laced through the rings, giving the appearance of a permament corset.

Jacob's Ladder - Whereas titanium bars are placed at intervals in the skin to give the appearance of a ladder. Again usually performed on the male wedding tackle. (what the heck are these guys thinking?)

Industrial - A steel or titanium bar is placed through the meaty cartilage of the ear (I do not know the medical term, however it is the flap of cartilage at the front of your ear)

Glows - This is the real scary one - A coated ball or bar is placed just under the skin, it is allowed to heal for a bit, then Glow in the Dark ink is used to tattoo over it. When the person attends a "Rave" it glows under the black lights. Scary? What is it coated with? Luminescent Iridium? I am not sure, but it can't be good.

Ok enough tales from the crypt for today.

Have fun.

You couldn't pay me to wear a belly ring - why would I want people to stare at a body part that I desperately try to hide???
I dated one that had a belly ring and I thought it was sexy, of course it was sexy without the ring. Another wouldn't get one cause she didn't want to draw attention to her C-section scar.

I have heard that those are some of the most painful piercings that you can get. If you didn't even feel a pinch, I'm stunned.

Didn't feel a thing because of the way they anesthetised it - had spray on it, went away for half an hour, came back and had another spray (of something different) and then it done. I actually watched the whole thing being done, was fascinated by the whole thing - and this from a man who doesn't like having injections at the doctor.

What did happen though was it did get a little infected afterwards but not that much. I know a couple of people who have had piercings (one a nose and one a belly button) who have had to get rid of them eventually because they never healed properly - in one case after two years!

Didn't feel a thing because of the way they anesthetised it...


Oh. They don't do that for belly rings. I can only imagine how painful it would have been without anaesthetic...

I know a couple of people who have had piercings (one a nose and one a belly button) who have had to get rid of them eventually because they never healed properly - in one case after two years!

A good friend of mine, long before I knew her, decided to pierce her own nose. She shoved a frozen pea in her nostril, disinfected a needle, and pierced it. Stupid move - but it healed alright and she had it for just under 10 years before she decided she'd had enough. Makes me cringe just thinking about it, though...I can't even stand trying to reopen my ear holes!

She shoved a frozen pea in her nostril
Is this a form of anesthetic or just another fun activity?

She shoved a frozen pea in her nostril, disinfected a needle, and pierced it.
wouldn't it be easier to pierce the pea before she put it in her nose?

She shoved a frozen pea in her nostril, disinfected a needle, and pierced it.
wouldn't it be easier to pierce the pea before she put it in her nose?

Hahaha...y'all are suckers.
You know what I meant - and I'm normally a stickler, but today is not the right day to bug me about grammar. :bonk:

but today is not the right day to bug me about grammar. :bonk:
I think I understand. :rolleyes: Promise no more bugging.

Is this a form of anesthetic or just another fun activity?


Ooh, ooh, ooh frozen vegetables in the nose, now that is destined to become the new Extreme Sport....

Announcer's voice from ABC Sports "Look at this Bill, Kacey has stepped up to the Buffet line, she is searching for something specific, Oh my goodness, Bill this is unprecedented, she has selected an eggplant. She steps back from the buffet. The tension that goes through these athletes minds before a big event like this is amazing, the training, the dedication, the 5:00AM practices. Is it all worth it? Kacey has now assumed the stance, here she goes. MY GOODNESS FOLKS she has done it. An entire eggplant up her nose in one fell swoop. Folks, we are witnessing history here. Not since Jenny O'Meara in the Madison Finals in '04 have we seen something this spectacular."

Hahaha...y'all are suckers.
You know what I meant - and I'm normally a stickler, but today is not the right day to bug me about grammar. :bonk:

I still don't get it?

Okay, here is the 'pierce-your-own-nose' SOP. Created today, revision 0, 10 May 2005. Sgned off by me. Don't ask any questions...I'm only gonna do this once.

1. Obtain frozen pea.
2. Insert it into nostril to be pierced.
3. Wait for pea to numb nostril.
4. Obtain needle.
5. Sterilize needle to best of your abilities. (That's as much as you're getting from me.)
6. Use needle to pierce frozen nostril until needle penetrates pea.
7. Remove needle.
8. Mop up any resulting blood.
9. Exhale pea.
10. Clean pierced hole with rubbing alcohol or similar.
11. Insert stud.
12. Cry and pray your parents don't kick your :ca: when they get home.

Oh. They don't do that for belly rings

No, no, no, no - ooohhh without anasthetic? That would be painful.

My favourite story about piercings was a freind of mine who had a stud in a very delicate female place. She had to remove in the end because every time she travelled on a bus she had a "When Harry met Sally" moment, if you know what I mean.

Myself, I'm a wimp. Got the regular ear pierce, usually wear a little camera earring.

The wife, woah. I think she made up for sheltered childhood in the sticks. Bunch in either ear, and quite a few in "lower regions". The ones right about her "shirt pocket" area got infected once right afterwards when the Ohio River flooded & she got my car stuck in it. Talk about painful, she told me about being at work at a printing factory and helping unload some boxes. Got one tossed to her and hit her square in the chest.

She was in a fetal position for about 10 minutes...... :mg:

Jerry

I can't even stand trying to reopen my ear holes!

Dear Rachel, however distressing and painful it might be, do try to reopen your ear holes. Think of all the conversations you must be missing languishing in deafness. :D

Talk about painful, she told me about being at work at a printing factory and helping unload some boxes. Got one tossed to her and hit her square in the chest.

She was in a fetal position for about 10 minutes...... :mg:

Jerry

Hate to break it to you boys, but if it hit her square in the chest then she probably would have been in the fetal position *regardless* of the piercing. If you get the right angle, it really hurts! :(