Originally Posted by trixie23
Yep always think of me before making any piercing decisions, I am the poster child for consequences as to what can go wrong...
Originally Posted by trixie23
Yep always think of me before making any piercing decisions, I am the poster child for consequences as to what can go wrong...
OMIGOSH that is just one adorable sig!!!Originally Posted by gemlady
No piercings for me. I only have the holes I was born with. Never had the desire but for some reason I had a dream I was piercing my own!
I have had my ears done twice (first over 2 years ago, second ones 3 weeks ago) no scarring whatsoever, healed up normally. The studs are as sharp as pins to pierce the ears!Originally Posted by krazy kat2
A few posts back, someone mentioned, correctly, about how bad it is to get pierced, particularly the cartilage, with a gun. The ends of the earrings are blunt and can shatter the cartilage into a painful mass of scarring that often never heals. Hollow needles are the way to go.
This is true... I got my tragus pierced back at the end of February (wanted one on each side, the one I have had for about 4 years I had no issues with), I got it pierced with a needle and I have a serious keloid issue (which can happen with guns and with needles) I go in for my second round of steroid/cortisone injections for it today (those injections hurt because they use an antiseptic needle first and then the injection, which is injected right into my ear at the site of the keloid)... I think mine was caused from sleeping on it before it was healed, causing more trauma. Piercings in general can be a good or bad experience...Originally Posted by Dragoriana
I know, but i am just pointing out that not everyone has bad experiences.
Yea! Let's hear it for nose-pierced people!Originally Posted by KaskaCats
No, I don't think parents should pierce babies/young children, they should wait until the child asks and is old enough to care for the piercings reasonably well. I think I got my ears pierce when I was four or five, I don't know if I asked for it, though, I don't even remember it being done! I do know that I wasn't responsible enough to take care of them myself and ended up with infections later. What's funny is my sister, who is 11 years older than me, had to wait until she was 16, haha.
Now I have four in my left ear and three in my right. I did have my upper cartilage pierced with a gun, but it was lumpy, so I took it out. I also have my nose pierced.
Great! In our traditions, men had both ears pierced. Do you wear something in them, or ?Originally Posted by megagene
I've had both of my ears pierced for about 15 years now. I'm a guy, by the way (not that it matters).