I've always loved the look of nostril piercings. Be they studs, rings, pretty little diamonds, or even strange things like cherries. They make people's faces look more striking, in a good way. I always envied people who have them. I made it a point to compliment them, because I just LOVED the way they looked! I decided that I had to have one at an early age. I ended up FINALLY getting it when I turned seventeen. Then losing it to complications due to my own poor decisions. But getting it again about a week ago. I'm very pleased with it this time around. And here is my story!

I've wanted to get my nose pierced since I was thirteen. Though when I was thirteen, I was definitely way to young for it anyway. But of course, I had a step parent who was eager to prove himself. My mother agreed to let me have it done so we went out that day. First we went to the mall for me to go shopping for my birthday. The whole time we were there I just thought about it, and thought about it and I got scared. I can't see why, because piercings are total tame to me now. I actually enjoy getting them. So I told my mom that I'd changed my mind. She was obviously relieved and hugged me and that was the end of it. But I still desperately wanted it deep down. Which continued throughout my early teen years.

I didn't think about it for a while. And instead got my tongue pierced for my sixteenth birthday which was a great experience. I think that's when I realized that I should never have been afraid to get my nose pierced, because I'd heard it hurts MUCH less than tongue piercings. Which I later found to be true. So, after that I decided again, I wanted my nose pierced.

So when my seventeenth birthday came around, my tongue was already pierced and I knew what I wanted. So I asked my boyfriend if he would pay for it. He agreed, being the wonderful person he is. Then I asked my dad if he would sign for it. He was iffy about it, but he agreed considering my step mother also has a nostril piercing.

We went back to Ink Revolution Studios. I was excited this time, instead of nervous. My boyfriend sat with me and held my hand when it was my turn. But I made a mistake. I asked to have it done with a 16g ring instead of a stud. Darby pierced it and it didn't hurt to have it done. But afterward, on the ride home it stung quite a bit.

You see, the ring was a mistake because it got bumped a lot and made healing very difficult. I got the "nose bump" and several other infections in the four months I had it done. It was overall a bad experience. I ended up removing it four months after having it done because I'd lost all hope in it healing. It healed up, and I was sad to lose it. It sucked, but I felt I had no choice.

Last week something or another triggered me to want it done again. I'd taken it out about a month ago. It was healed nicely now, and there was no noticeable scarring. So I talked to my boyfriend again, who once again agreed to pay. And this time my mom came with me. We drove out to IRS and had no wait at all.

This time I asked for a stud. I got an 18g corkscrew which was fine by me. The piercing went smoothly except for one little road bump at the end. The jewelry was stuck to the needle! It didn't come out after the first few yanks, which hurt a lot. So Darby stopped for a moment, then gave it one good yank. It came off and he cleaned up the blood which was caused by the pulling.

It's healing nicely so far. Much better than last time. I have no pain from it at all which is wonderful. Overall, this time around was much better than last time. I'm glad I made the decision to get it done again. And I LOVE the look!

I'd recommend this piercing to about anyone. It's not terribly painful. I've literally had such a small amount of pain this time around that I barely realize I have it. It also looks good on most people. In my opinion anyway. It's a great way to accent your face.

But I'd also recommend NOT getting it done with a ring... you can always switch to a ring later anyway. It's much easier to heal with a stud/corkscrew. But as with all piercings, take good care of it. Listen to your piercers advice! And DON'T pierce it yourself!
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I'm certainly not writing about my negative piercing experience to deter anyone from having their septum pierced - I suppose I just want to encourage anybody seeking one to consult an extremely experienced piercer. I thought I was going to an experienced piercer - I've had a piercing by this particular 'artist' and it looks great and healed well.

I started to get a bit nervous when the piercer repeatedly told an apprentice how difficult a septum piercing is to properly execute. He couldn't decide what sort of clamp to use (and ended up using two different kinds, as I'll painfully elaborate on later) and was generally too busy giggling with another client about the genital piercing he'd performed that afternoon to pay proper attention to marking my nose.

He finally decided on a tunnel clamp and the piercing itself was very painful. I'm certainly not a piercing expert, but after having my tongue, navel, lip and nipples pierced, I know a bit about what to expect. With the needle still in my nose, he called the apprentice over and they both stood and stared. I assumed something was wrong, but was hesitant to say anything at first. "Well, it's crooked," he said. Charming. "But I think I can pull it out a little and just poke it through the other side." This didn't sound like a good idea, but I'm not the professional so I didn't object. He pulled the needle out of the right side of my septum and attempted to force it through a different spot without entirely removing it. Obviously, the needle had already made a crooked path and changing labret studs the exit point wasn't going to fix the entire mess. He finally realized this after causing me a good deal of additional pain and pulled the needle entirely out. I always bleed quite a b it and had to wait for the piercer to staunch the bleeding before he could try again.

For the second go around, he decided to use a standard clamp because he 'couldn't see anything' with the tunnel. Of course at this point, the inside of my nose was covered in blood and quite swollen. He clamped my septum (already sore from the first botched piercing) and slowly pierced it again. The second piercing was even more painful than the first and both were easily the most painful I've ever had. I don't think all septum piercings are like this - I honestly just think this piercer did a terrible job of it. At this point, both the piercer and apprentice had gone completely silent, which I should have taken as a bad sign, as they had been making crude jokes and gestures toward each other non-stop since I'd arrived. The piercer quickly flashed a mirror in front of my face, said, "All done!" and promptly offered to knock ten dollars off of what I owed him. I still hadn't really seen the result, but was eager to leave, so I paid and left. I should have judged by my husband's semi-horrified expression that something had gone wrong, but I didn't think much of it at the time.

As soon as we got into the car, I flipped the visor down to look in the mirror. At that time, I discovered I was the proud owner of the most crooked septum piercing I'd ever seen in my life. It wasn't that my face is asymmetrical or that my nose is oddly shaped - it was an absolutely horrible piercing. It was so bad that when I spoke, one bead on my horseshoe pressed against my lip while the other hung freely. I tipped my head back and was horrified to see how twisted the ring was.

At this point, I was completely panicked. I'd never wanted to remove a piercing immediately after having it done and wasn't sure if I would damage my nose or cause an infection by doing so. Going back to the shop was out of the question. I had no desire to have my septum pierced a third time in a fifteen minute period and wouldn't trust that piercer again to begin with. After getting closer to home (oh yes, I made a special trip to see this specific piercer) I decided to go to a local piercing shop for advice. Being Sunday evening, both of the tattoo shops in my small town were closed and I was forced to just go home. I immediately called a large, extremely reputable tattoo and piercing shop located in the nearest city and the piercer who answered the phone was kind enough to help me, even though I'd had the piercing done at another shop. He said I could safely remove the ring and was horrified when I briefly told him what had happened. He said a septum should not be pierced several times as mine had and the piercer I'd thought I had carefully chosen had no idea what he was doing. I will most definitely be going to this large shop the next time I want any work done.

Now that I knew I could remove the jewelry, I had to actually do it. My septum was extremely sore from two back to back piercings and the horseshoe stubbornly did not want to come out. Blood was running from both sides of the piercing all the way down my face and dripping into the sink - it was absolutely disgusting. Pulling the threaded portion of the ring out hurt the most and I finally just yanked it to get the whole mess over with.

The entire experience was extremely frustrating because I felt like I had done my homework and gone to a reputable shop. It would have been frustrating enough to have one bad piercing, but two in a row is simply ridiculous. I do not anticipate having my septum pierced again, as even though this piercing was terribly crooked, I could still tell even a proper one wouldn't look right on my face. I had expected to come home with nicely done new piercing and instead I'm out the money, sore, and angry. It was altogether a painful, disappointing piercing experience.
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I don't know about you, but occasionally I get an overwhelming urge to change my appearance. Sometimes I cut or dye my hair. Sometimes I try a different colour eyeliner. Today, I decided I wanted a new piercing.

I don't have many piercings. In my right ear, I have my conch and two cartilage piercings and I have the left side of my lip pierced. That's it - not even my earlobes are pierced. Fairly tame, and to be honest with you, I'd like to keep it that way. It was only recently that me and some friends were discussing future body modification dreams that I really thought about getting my nostril pierced.

"Why not?" a friend said.

The first thing I thought of is "Too many people I know have it." I know, I know - I'm one of those. Personally, I'm more of a fan of septum piercings, and maybe one day I will actually 'man up' and get it done, but right now I'm not sure enough whether I'd be doing it to be 'different' or because I actually wanted it done.

This conversation took place a few months ago and I had been thinking about it since. So today, with my urge to change spurring me on, I decided I was going to take the leap and get my nostril pierced. I didn't think about what family, friends or my boyfriend would say. I do that too much and decided that this was about what I wanted.

I walked into Cosmic Tattoo at about 4pm. I wasn't nervous for the actual piercing, but I was nervous for what it would look like and what people would say.

After filling out the necessary form and being ushered into the piercing room, I met Dickie. He was a lovely piercer - always talking me through what was going on and what was going to happen next. He drew the dot on my nose and asked for my opinion - I asked him to take it forward a bit, because I was interested in getting my nose pierced twice. (I knew a girl with two silver studs in one nostril, and it looked cute.) Dickie was happy to, and made sure to leave enough room in case I wanted another piercing at a later date. I was given the option of a silver plain stud, a blue gem or a pink gem. I'm not a very pink person, and I always end up choosing the plainest options, so I thought I'd go for the blue gem, just for a change from all my silver titanium I already had.

Clamping my nose, I didn't know what to expect. Your nose is quite tough. I've had various piercings in various places that are no more, and I've rarely walked out thinking "Gee whiz, that hurt!" I wasn't sure I'd feel the same about my nose. The overall verdict? I've had worse, but I've also had better. You can't expect any piercing to not hurt, but piercing through skin and piercing through cartilage are very different. It pinched - but it was over fairly soon. All that was left to check out my new nose.

I saw it and loved it. The purple dot was still visible, but that came off easy enough. I walked out of the parlour proud, but very conscious of the blob on my nose. Whenever I look down, I can see it. But it didn't stop me wanting everyone else to see it too.

I got home and couldn't wait to shamelessly stare into the mirror. I gave it a clean, as instructed, and kept on looking at it. But unfortunately, the buzz I felt in the parlour had gone. It may sound like a let down, but I'm not sure how much I do like my new nostril piercing. Don't get me wrong - I don't regret it and I certainly don't hate it. I guess it just takes time to get used to piercings you're going to see every time you look in the mirror. It was certainly not the fault of Dickie - he did exactly as I wanted in such a calming way, I'd definitely go back to him in the future.

So, I felt like a change, and I went through with it. Time will only tell if I'll want to keep that change, or go back to the way my face was. No doubt my friends will love it out of politeness. My boyfriend will probably leave it at "It's okay, I guess." And my family will probably say it looks hideous. But really, what I feel is what goes. I'm giving myself the six weeks I've been told it'll take to heal. If I still like it, awesome! If I think that maybe I could do without it, well, that was my bad and I shouldn't have been so impulsive. We live and we learn.
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Even with 10 years ago, I found all the boys in the class really had a Flinserl (earring on one side of Mдnnern). Began as the first order of Mario. One day he came with his silver piercing in the left ear so. All boys Scharten to him and not long it took until the nдchsten piercings in their ears had. Slowly I was wьtend and began secretly at home, zuzustechen and so then I went quickly with an earring around in the city - but never in front of my parents, because they allowed me not. Slowly I was selbststдndig and wore my earring in school - all were impressed and super-fit it to me dumbells barbells. These I bought me a dьnnen golden ring - but with time it became a habit, my piercing to wear and not much with the other darьber spoke, I forgot to remove it when I came home. My parents cried at me and banned me, the bar continues to bear. In order not to have thought blцde to come, they took me away piercing. I was terribly sad and in the school asked all my class where my earring plцtzlich is because they have been all out gewцhnt. Then I had them erzдhlen, with the time but my parents noticed that my bar is missing, but as many weeks have passed since then were, was my hole already admitted to grow. They went with me into the piercing studio and allowed me then 14, the piercing sting again to leave. As a gift, I had the right ear can also Pierce. Slowly healed after 8 weeks, from the razor-hole, had now on both sides with a thick silver ring inside. But slowly was a normal earring stale, and since I saw the first plцtzlich people with stretched lobes.

I needed not even the idea of wasting my parents like this to erzдhlen it wдre been pointless.

But that my parents had forbidden me to stretch my Ohrlцcher. Quite fixed, I saw the Lцcher always, if I met people so on. It was just so cool, the head of the Lцchern to see if ьbehaupt the Lцcher grцЯer than 12mm were. But this was in Vienna 2 years ago groЯe unfortunately a rarity. The time had come to the girlfriends, then I had one, and I had the same double Glьck, because the brother of my friend Pierce was in Vienna on the MariahilferstraЯe. Again and again I ran in his Geschдft past and I also read his advice privately. He said that the stretched Lцcher wьrden very good to me fit. For his birthday, I got two, summarizes look the same earrings. They were also silver and had a дhnlichen diameter. He sought so that my parents are not much noticed, but slowly schцn my two Ohrlцcher increasingly stretched. The school was then bal d to an end and I learned my profession as a mechanic. Nobody was there anything against my two earrings, even the boss was thrilled. After work I went to Tom again in his piercing studio, on 4.1.2001, as against just under 2 years was again one day. He looked at my Ohrlцcher and said, so if I want to try, we can rate, the smallest tunnel use. Ьberaus I was thrilled - everything was part of the tunnel fit like a glove. Now my parents were the problem - so I wore my little stretched lobes ьberall, not only at home - well what remained other ьbrig me. 4 months ago burst my collar, stьrmte Tom's piercing studio, and asked him to nдchsten tunnel. The praise both mid-now stretched so far that I have the 7mm tunnels could use. So then I came home, did not stir groЯes than hдtte my normal silver earrings inside.

My parents cried just as it was already in the normal Ohrlцchern scrumper. However, the Tom stood behind me and unterstьtze me, my Parents calmed quickly and so I have my silver Ohrrringe stored and wearing only two tunnels. After about a year ago, now I'm at 15mm. Even from my parents I got 2 16mm tunnels in the dark Wodden style. Nobody thought it hдtte so wьrde question. I never had problems with the tunnel had and all have made me as I am - I find that great! The once every Gefьhl should have seen it is so wunderschцn and indescribable. But still some people look at me as I wьrde come from the moon. Here in Цsterreich there is still a feature. My family, friends and acquaintances ask me again if they do not even pass through the hole can rate. I am always pleased when I use other tunnels colleagues see!

Warning Warning: All described in this report are methods Realitдt, and not recommended for imitation. At the time where this happened piercing studios were very rare. The angefьhrte method is unfortunately still the Hдufigste and unhygienic. Please login examines a bar Always a specialist on women! Your health will thank you.

So now I mцchte times erzдhlen how I came with my two Ohrlцchern am.

Even as a small child I was attracted magic of earrings. In a drawer, I found my mother had a few Clip earrings, which I am now and ansteckte. The fascination nдchste were then the ears of my babysitter, they were nдmlich pierced. I had always wondered how they Hдnger and plugs in their ears got. At night, she had her earrings indoors and always drauЯen morning. Eventually, I had so little Lцcher to their Ohrlдppchen seen where they are set in jewelry. Even then I wondered whether the onset of earrings hurt wьrde. My parents did my curiosity about these earrings are not hidden. So they asked me one morning if I did not even want to wear earrings. At that time I refused, because I thought to myself, the boys should not wear earrings, but only Mдdchen. This made me login this issue once done.

A few years spдter, I went to my now Pubertдt too, came to me this issue again. In my school caught some of the Mдdchen to pierce their ears to leave. At the time came to me the question of how Ohrlцcher probably come into your ears. So when I was 13 years old, had been in my class, the first a boy Ohrloch increased. Somehow I then mitgekriegt, daЯ this hole is probably shot. In my imagination I painted, as the kцnnte probably go (with a gun?). I found it by chance in the schoolyard one of these initial Pierced earrings without VerschluЯ. I looked at him for me, and saw a peak at one end of the connector. Now I had a ungefдhre idea how the earring in the ear comes first. In the two years nдchsten began more and more boys to wear earrings too. Most had a girlfriend and they were probably from the Mдdels encouraged. During this period also came Mehrfachohrlцcher at Mдdchen on. Z wei Lцcher or three per ear were not uncommon. I now always gave me more ideas on how to Lцcher probably can sting. Sometime I asked Mдdchen from our neighborhood, whether the placement of earrings probably hurt tдte. She said no, and said perhaps the insertion into their existing Lцcher. During this time I started at times with a safety pin scrumper piercing in my left ear herumzustechen. I only got the needle is not through the skin. So I stдrker gedrьckt and eventually the needle was then also. The result was then a pierced Ohrlдppchen what was swollen, slightly hurt and did something had become red. After some time I have the needle again pulled what was very difficult. Then it caught on both sides of the Ohrlдppchens to be bleeding. With a cloth, I have the blood for as long as abgetupft until it aufgehцrt had to run. In Flдschen stood a cabinet with alcohol, which I have something on my ear dabs. (When this happened I was too young to tell me about the risks of infection to be in the clear. So do not) As nдchstes there was something Дrger with my mother, because the Bark yes ьbersehen was not. My father had said nothing. At school I was asked whether I Ohrloch hдtte me a bite, but I talked myself out with a Aknepickel. Whether you believed in me has weiЯ I no longer work.

So two years spдter, shortly before Christmas, I talked my mother again at my request to wear an earring on. I muЯ say daЯ my mother has no Ohrlцcher. Their attitude was just so negative. They then looked for ancient giant Clip earrings out, probably with the intention of earrings off before me. I told her then, the daЯ not GrцЯe of wдre earrings, which I seek, but much smaller. What they said that I should wait until times. Since I wuЯte, daЯ one in every jeweler's shop Ohrlцcher can get, I beschloЯ on the first holiday in such a go. Two days spдter were my mother and I shop when I told her, I now daЯ to this jeweler's shop wanted to go. She said she still mьsse elsewhere, as I said, daЯ now I wanted to shop. I then hingefahren and reingegangen. Before me was a дltere woman who was still serving. After they had gone, I said to the woman behind the counter, daЯ I wanted Ohrloch. She said o.K. and hohlte from a showcase eingeschweiЯte Pierced earrings. I was always nervцser. Plцtzlich my mother stood in the shop, she was driven behind me. She told me quietly, daЯ only into the hole left ear should be crisp, as I told her, eh daЯ that my intention was. She was probably terrified right = Gay. We then searched the earring, which I should be used. The painted Verkдuferin then with a pen in my ear a point where the hole in their opinion hinsolle. I liked the point right away. It was now a sort of pistol fetched, where they plug with the VerschluЯ activated. She held this Gerдt to my ear and I presented myself to pain is an. It made clack and it was told daЯ the earring wдre already there. Ьberhaupt I had no pain verspьrt. My tension vanished when I looked in the mirror and my ear with the earring is provided. It gave me a disinfectant and I went home.

After four weeks, I took the plug out for the first time, and made the mistake on my Ohrlдppchen herumzudrьcken. The result was a canal skin in my fingers and a three week Ohrloch what was easily entzьndet. Subsequently lieЯ I first plug ungefдhr still three months before I put him indoors against a Creole eintauschte. The reactions of my environment were overwhelmingly positive.

I had at the beginning of two Ohrlцchern spoken. The second came ungefдhr fьnf years spдter added. I went to a jewelry store over, the time the couple first Pierced earrings with schieЯen offered very cheap. Here I have only plugs the couple bought. Then I looked at ьberlegt almost two months whether I am the second Ohrloch also tatsдchlich have wanted. When I had decided, I am with the plugs and proof of purchase in the store zurьckgegangen. The Verkдuferin showed me both and they said OK I sat there in a chair and they hohlte already known to me the gun. Then I earring I wore rausnehmen. The woman this time my Ohrlдppchen disinfected with a cloth, which smelled of alcohol. On the first hole was not made. They signed the item above the first hole and I looked in the mirror in order to control it. I lieЯ the woman the point fьnf new Anzeichnen times until I was satisfied. The package was geцffnet and the plug inserted into the gun. It was like the first clack and I also had this gespьrt nothing dumbbells barbells. I took a package with disinfectant and drove home. This was the healed without problems. It took about a year until my parents ьberhaupt realized daЯ I have a second Ohrloch. Also, the reactions from my environment to the hole ьberraschenderweise were all positive.

Since I am the pages of BME very much spдter've found wuЯte I do not like the risks groЯ with a Ohrlochpistole are. Mдdchen and many women I have gehцrt, daЯ problems they had with the Abheilen and sometimes with the holly direction were not satisfied, so they daЯ their Lцcher accrue lieЯen and then re-sting lieЯen. Today, I advise each of the Ohrlцcher wants a Pierce to go. It is more expensive, but the risk of infection but there is considerably lower, and the stitch channel is also immediately in the right direction.

Before I galleries of the pictures had discovered BME, wдre I never come up with the idea that you can stretch Ohrlцcher well. At first I was not even clear what exactly in the pictures to see was, until I then began to experience reports to read. The smaller Ohrlцcher until about 1cm diameter liked me best, and soon I was sure: I will too! First, I still worry me, as my ear wьrde probably look like if one day I groЯen rings but no longer wants to wear, whether I probably hдtte difficulties to find work, etc. Eventually I had but then said that it is up to a degree of GrцЯe probably nobody really noticed anyway wьrde - and yet it was also so.

The decision was taken: the Ohrloch in my left ear (in about ten years at the hairdresser with the gefьrchteten Ohrlochpistole shot) should be based on six to eight millimeters stretched. The three Lцcher in the right ear, I wanted to leave it only once, as they were (they also sit too close together to the bottom really stretching). Now I only made the thought of the many jewelry worry, I login to ZwischengrцЯen wьrde buy mьssen. Since I had the offer of Skin & Steel just right: login a one-time payment of EUR 25 wьrde my jewelry in the smaller GrцЯen between Dehnschritten get borrowed 8 plugs body. The stretching itself was also included in the price.

Approximately two months after I first photos on BME had seen, then I lieЯ the first "real" earring set: a 1.6 mm ball strong clamping ring of steel surgeons. Previously, I had a lot with my old Silbercreolen played around, so the new ring glided smoothly into Ohrloch. Enthusiastic, as the ring is smooth compared to my other rings anfьhlte, took me before I even login ьbrigen Ohrlцcher the right to obtain piercing jewelry - but that's another story and be a andernmal erzдhlt be.

On the Internet, I had different recommendations to the waiting time between each Dehnschritten found, the information submitted two to six weeks, depending grцЯer the ring diameter, the more lдnger waiting. My Piercerin, Meike, said, however, I kцnnte after a week to come back. Zunдchst yes, I was somewhat skeptical, but because of the ring so without any problems through the old hole and folded when turning even had a little game, lieЯ I tatsдchlich already one week spдter the use nдchsten ring, this time with a Stдrke of 2mm. Also this flutschte through the ear and do not lieЯ resistance rotate.

Two weeks spдter I stood before Meike again, and this time they sat me a 2.6 mm segment ring. Had the advantage that it can rotate endlessly through the ear lдsst, because no ball is off. This makes it easier to play with the jewelry immensely, and by turning the ring hдufiges expanded my Ohrloch always been something of its own. However Meike used this time to onset of the ring for the first time a Dehnungsstab because the Ohrloch not yet had enough geweitet. The ziepte although briefly, but did not really hurt, and after a few minutes fьhlte my Ohrlдppchen again quite normally.

Although I had made before nдchsten Dehnschritt something lдnger to wait, but that I finally almost six weeks wьrde wait mьssen, I had not really expected. This happened: After three weeks, I tried the first time to get new jewelry - Meike had me a 3mm tunnel promised by the one already hдtte durchgucken can rate. Unfortunately there were no tunnels in the corresponding GrцЯe there, but it was what I ordered and should be in a week to come back. A week spдter I stood before the piercing studio and got the first time a shock: no more Skin & Steel Cocoon piercing but now stood at the Tьr. The studio had been sold, told me of Mark Pierce with, and orders kдmen frьhestens in a week again. After wьrde I still continue to stretch the jewelry get borrowed, as with the old studio was denied.

Two weeks spдter were 3mm Tunnel is still not there, and Markus suggested that instead 3mm ring to take. I was so agrees, and he made himself out to me the ring with the help of a strain staff only. Ziepte it again only briefly, and the ring was through. But now began the first SpaЯ correctly: Markus nдmlich had enormous difficulties to the ring with the help of his tongs far enough to цffnen to use the ball. Again and again he slipped the ball or lieЯ fall until he schlieЯlich fluchend in the next room made from where I then hцrte loud crackles. When he again abgeregt had, he came with hochrotem Back head, and after some further attempts saЯ the ball then in the ring. Not very confidence ...

In between was my first order of BMEshop with T-shirts and a claw-4mm acrylic arrived. The claw, I used to at home times slow even further to stretch. After about three weeks took the 3mm I ring out (with my pliers at home ьbrigens no problem) and rubbed my ear with Massageцl On. I very slowly pushed it as far as the acrylic claw through until I resistance at stieЯ, and then waited for a while from first. During the nдchsten three or four hours, I pushed the claw always a little Stьckchen continue until schlieЯlich the 4mm wide end saЯ quite there. Here, I had no pain, and my ear fьhlte also quite normally. On nдchsten day, however, swelled the Ohrlдppchen and it was something Gewebeflьssigkeit from Ohrloch, so I took the claw out and put the smaller ring again. Two days spдter had my ear calmed down again and this time when I activated the claw, I lieЯ it clear ch more time, a total of about two days. This time there were no problems. A few days spдter I won me a 4mm tunnel from the piercing studio, which I liked, though not as good, but had the advantage that it is without rubber rings outcasts - which seems to my ear nдmlich not quite so easy to tolerate. Add I got a Dehnungsstab acrylic, also on loan to home times already (slowly!) 5mm to continue to expand.

Natьrlich I had firmly made, this time with the lдnger stretching to wait and slower approach to let. Unfortunately, my patience was already after nearly two weeks off. The small Dehnungsstab, such as the innocent in my Schmuckkдstchen was, always seemed to me to call ... After all, I created it, this only very slowly to 5mm to stretch. Although my little red Ohrlдppchen was fьhlte it is quite normal and had a few days spдter again vцllig reassured. With several centimeters long acrylic cone in the ear, however, one sees something silly, so I picked soon a 5mm tunnel (and the nдchstgrцЯeren Dehnungsstab) from. Here, I pleased to note that Meike also in the new piercing studio - with her to get much better than cope with Markus.

Meanwhile, do I 5mm plug out of wood. Wood has the advantage that it is the dead skin cells, etc. дhnlich like a sponge aufsaugt. This keeps the wood schцn lithe and we must also not worry more about the strange odor that sometimes occurs when stretched Ohrlцchern. The plug is at the ends a little farther (almost 6mm), so I do not rubber rings need to make it noted. Many people have this kind of plug difficulties because they are badly out again if they sit too closely 4 plugs body. Therefore, I had a while before long steel plugs taken little grцЯer than 5mm were (4GA). Through their weight, they have yet zusдtzlich the hole stretched, and the wooden plug lдsst now easily deploy and remove.

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I weiЯ not what me as a child has made so sure that one day I Lцcher in the ears and tattoos on his arm will have. I come from a family priest and have a lot of siblings. Not that my parents obviously wдren Conservative, but any form of BodyART and it was only the hair fдrben was absolutely not an issue. Nobody in the family far and wide has Lцcher in the ears. It was an issue in which my mother otherwise tolerant really easy to almost militant statements hinreiЯen read. She said that with so little who will arrive rausgeworfen. But I knew with four, that I one day something will arrive, although I had thought that earrings only slightly wдren women's login.

I am no longer sure whether I stretched Ohrlдppchen first published in a newspaper or Christian mission in an edition of GEO have seen. I was maybe seven years old. From that moment on I knew that one day I not only Lцcher in the ears but stretched Lцcher in the ears will have. This picture of these black woman with the gutters Lцchern in the ears through which a pearl necklace has helped me to see not only thrilled but downright sexually aroused. Natьrlich I could never dream someone from my erzдhlen, especially since I myself login something perverse and gave me my login Trдume schдmte. Yet had my desire for tattoos and piercings such a strong attraction to me that I have already started with 12 me Tattos accessible to all agencies to sting and from time to time ьberkam me Bedьrfnis me vorrьbergehend a hole in the ear to bite. I then looked at me ten minutes in the mirror at, and then had the S teck out, because nobody could see anything. Natьrlich I had from my 12 years of age to consistently wear long shirts and go into the outdoor pool was taboo, because the panic, my mother kцnnte discover something like this was lдngst already become neurosis.

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It took three more years until my first "real" Ohrlцcher got shot. The Дrger with my mother was so natьrlich planned. But somehow imagined at the end everything out to be less bad than I expected hдtte. They threw me out of the House. Hardly had my Lцcher healed I began my Ohrlдppchen to stretch, but still only a short time login, because I had dared still not join my friends, everything from BodyART no friends, so show me. 1997, I finally arrived in Stuttgart discovered a store where you Plugs and a dehnspirale could buy. Temporarily, wдhrend Civilian my time I had my ears even turned to 3mm. ьberkam But then I always fear, you discover kцnne because what I do. I have until then not even with my ever becoming grцЯer tattoo collection, in the Цffentlichkeit married.

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I have my first new Lцcher sting, because one of my Ohrlцcher was now healed. In a Tattoshop in Berlin have been me on the one hand, a new hole razor, by 1.6mm, the other was at this GrцЯe stretched. Gefьhl I can not quite describe, because somehow I knew that I am at this moment to do something irreversible. I had to 6mm with aufzuhцren stretch. After four weeks, I pushed on each side another ring in my hole and after a further week I could on the one hand, start with my Dehnstab to stretch. I had been worried Earlets with 6mm. When I finally after three weeks at the end of my Dehnstabes arrived was wanted Earlets not fit. But I wanted it now at any price have in my ears. And so I was a bit gewalttдtig. It was an incredible Gefьhl that I had here, I had never been a comparable Gefьhl. The whole thing with his own orgasm to compare wдre probably an understatement.

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Natьrlich is in the 6mm, which I had not stayed. In the first moment when I Earlets in my ears have seen, I found it incredibly groЯ. But even after a week they fell to me in front of the mirror little more. My nдchsten Earlets were 8mm, doubleflared, since it at this time in Berlin, still nothing to buy there. The procedure this Earlets in the studio in the ears to get was really unpleasant. Blutrьnstiger nor was the nдchste Dehnschritt, because for some reason, my Ohrlцcher unbalanced, I had a question before a hole with a cut to the right place. I was therefore a razor blade, disinfected and sterilized everything as well as mцglich and made a small cut. (This is not a good idea!) Vцllig The wound healed without problems, even after a week everything was ok. But the Lch on this page is still too deep, the cut was probably too small. Then, my soul fьrs R uhe first time. Prдsentiere proud of my ears, it fьhlt good to know that a dream that has erfьllt. Again and again fдllt it to me, then ьberkommt me a surge of enthusiasm. Until now I have almost only positive reactions by other people get. I fьrchte almost in all the other the silent Hцflichkeit.

These Frьhjahr I then bought Earlets with 13mm. You have zunдchst not fit, but after I now keep a layer of insulating tape around my 10mm Earlets've worn them yet fit. Zunдchst, I wore the 13mm tunnel only on special Anlдssen, I could not quite gewцhnen fact, the other fascinated me when I head to look in the mirror, through my ears to see can rate. And always цfter I went to 13mm about the tunnel also lдnger in the ear to leave. For two or three months I wear them stдndig who want to 10mm tunnel now no longer legally hold in my ears. And so I have to gewцhnt nipple shield. But hardly meets the Gewцhnung a ьberkommt exerts even have the desire to make. WeiЯ I do not know if I really do. I'm really not BodyART freak, although I use the whole arm tдtowiert had me somehow is that my piercings and my appearance tattoo stress, but ni cht dominate. And the tunnel grцЯer than 13mm are going to truly eye-catching pieces, I think they are my face too much dominate. The other half I always pale with envy when I have someone with grцЯeren Ohrlцchern see. My Ohrlцcher are spдtestens since my razor blades cutting a lasting acquisition, they were also ne than anything else planned. I listened long enough darьber thought about and had always fear lip labret something before it really to be done. But I am really fьhle naked without them, and they wьrde about nothing in the world hergeben. That is not what it abhдlt me go one step grцЯer to go. One problem that awaits me is, inter alia, that the Lцcher are still unbalanced. So, when I still grцЯere Lцcher do, then I will tackle this issue and I Lцcher Scalpellieren leave. I will still darьber after a while ... but I think fьrchte already, but at the end wins the addiction.

An industrial piercing, sometimes called scaffold piercing (UK) or construction piercing, is any two pierced holes connected with a single straight piece of jewelry (compare to orbital piercing); however, it typically refers to a double perforation of the upper ear cartilage specifically. Two piercings are made, one fairly close to the head (anti-helix piercing), the second further down the cartilage, on the opposite side of the ear (helix piercing). A straight barbell is inserted through the first piercing from behind the ear, travels diagonally across the front of the upper cartilage, then goes through the second piercing, and is secured with a screw-on bead behind the second hole.

A 14ga industrial

The piercings themselves are made with a medium gauge hollow piercing needle, and the barbell jewelry is worn during the healing period. Sometimes, a pair of captive bead rings (CBRs) are used instead, and are exchanged for a barbell after healing is complete. Although the use of CBRs often results in faster healing, proper alignment of the piercings is difficult when this technique is used. It can be pierced with a flexible plastic tube and swapped for the metal bar when its healed. Healing typically takes between three months to one year.

Proper care for this piercing during the healing process includes cleaning it with a Q-tip or cotton balls and saline solution. Twisting or sliding of the bar is discouraged as it irritates the hole and pushes bacteria into the unhealed area.

Two or more of this type of piercing located on the same ear is typically referred to as an ear cage.

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So ever since i was 14 i wanted to get my nose pierced. Every time i asked my mother she said wait another year. Figures right. So finally when i was 17 my mother suggested that i get my eyebrow pierced since my brother had his done. Sure why not piercing ? So i skipped school one day and me and my mother went to this new shop that had just opened and charged like 30 bucks for anything. She signed the papers although she didnt need to cuz they dont check Ids and in two seconds it was done piercing world. Didnt hurt and everything was sterile so i wasnt worried and have been pleased with it ever since.
Oh right I forgot. I got it done a week before school started not a good idea cuz i went to a catholic school and the principal made me take it out several times so it didnt heal as quickly as it should have.

tonite i just my very first eyebrow peircing i have always wanted piercings such as eyebrow,lebrae, and all that other stuff cept bellybutton....but anywho i dun my eyebrow cuz needed a new peircing to be put in my body so thats my story.
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Piercing guns have been used for years in mall and department stores for piercing people of all ages. Today, though, professional body piercers want to see the gun banned. Why?

I talked to a lady (who shall remain nameless) who works in a jewelry boutique at a local mall. She said that she has been doing piercings there now for about 6 months. Her "training" took all of 2 weeks, which consisted of watching others and practicing on a teddy bear. (huh?) Although she claims that in the time she has been piercing she has only gotten one complaint, that does not mean this procedure is entirely safe.

The first concern when it comes to piercing is sterilization. Any kind of procedure which involves contact with blood or bodily fluids requires strict adherence to cross-contamination prevention.
Piercing guns are usually made with plastic and cannot be sterilized in an autoclave. Sure, they wipe it with alcohol or antiseptic in between uses, but how sterile is that? It is not unreasonable to guess that in a 2-week training course, these mall piercists are not being taught about infection control and blood-borne pathogens. A quick wipe with a sterile pad is not effective in removing disease-carrying blood.

Some will argue that the piercing gun never comes in contact directly with the customer's skin. This might be true, but the piercers hands do - if they touch the customers skin and then touch the gun, the gun is now contaminated. Period. And when the gun drives the stud through the flesh, if the skin starts to bleed there is no way of knowing whether or not tiny particles of blood could have been dispersed into the air contaminating everything around it.

But Doesn't The Gun Hurt Less?
Sterility is just one of the possible problems with gun piercing. Tissue trauma is another. The gun forces a blunt stud through the skin, causing it to literally rip in order to make room for the jewelry. Then, it pinches the back of the jewelry in place snugly against the skin, allowing no way for the new wound to breathe and heal properly. The customer is then told to turn the jewelry a couple times a day, which only further pushes growing bacteria into the wound, causing infection.

True, many customers get pierced with guns and never have any problems with it. But why put yourself at risk when there is a safer, less painful way to go about it?

Why the Needle is So Much Better
In comparison to the two-week training of the mall piercer, a professional body piercer goes through extensive training that can last as long as two or three years. They learn about the human body and how piercings affect the circulatory system. They learn how to avoid hitting nerves that can cause severe pain to the customer. Most importantly, they learn about cross-contamanation prevention and how to properly sterilize their instruments. Anything that touches the customer that cannot be autoclaved is thrown away immediately. Work stations are fully disinfected before and after every piercing procedure.

The piercing process itself is also much safer and less painful than having a blunt stud forced through your skin. A piercing needle is actually hollow and extremely sharp. It slices through the skin, safely pushing the tissue aside to make room for the jewelry to be inserted. That may not sound too appealing, but it is actually a very quick process and the method is virtually painless for most body parts.

The jewelry that is used in professional piercing shops is also much better for you. Barbells and Captive Beads Rings are specially designed to allow removal of dirt and bacteria effectively during the healing process. Allowing for full movement of the jewelry makes it much easier for you to clean it without counter-productively pushing more bacteria into the pierce. The metals that are used in this jewelry are also better for your skin and less likely to cause a reaction. High-grade Surgical Stainless Steel and even Titanium (which is virtually nickel-free) give you the best chances of an infection and reaction-free piercing.

Although it is true that professional piercing prices run higher than those performed in mall stores, why put a price on your safety and well-being? The quality and personalized service you receive by going to a professional are certainly worth a few extra dollars. These trained professionals are also happy to follow up with you should you have any questions or complications. Your mall piercer might offer their opinion on how to treat an infection, but who do you think will be more qualified to help you? The answer is obvious.

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I first saw the Industrial piercing whilst in the waiting room of Studio 9 with my friend and instantly fell in love with it. After my friend had her ear pierced I decided to talk to the piercer about the industrial. I had already had a cartilage pierced in Studio 9 and knew that it was a very good piercing studio. He told me about the procedure and the cost and well pretty much everything I wanted to know, he was really helpful actually and quite friendly. That was my mind made up and so I began to plan a trip to the piercing studio.

After my talk with Rob (the piercer in Studio 9) I came back when I was next in Southend-on-Sea to make an appointment but Rob wasn't busy so I got a slot right then and there which was great, so I got it done. The piercing was done really well and the experience was great. Firstly Rob gave me a couple of options like degree and location of the piercing using a bar so I could see the final effect then he explained the process and that I would have to have rings for a few months to ensure good healing.

Then it was time. So we moved out of the waiting room and into the room... which was actually really nice it had some pretty cool pictures and some nice crazy tiles- which I must admit amazed me. We spent a while admiring the decorations and I was very pleased to see how clean it was. While we sat admiring the pictures Rob went around setting up the equipment, he placed paper towel down and opened the packets. He told us that the equipment had been sterilised in Studio 9's sterilisation room in their autoclave machine, so I knew everything was going to be really clean and sterile. He then sterilised the rings and the equipment in a gel. Sterilising my ear to ensure everything was clean it was all ready. So I lay on the 'bed' (which was oddly comfortable) and got ready. I was a bit nervous as this was only my second piercing but with my mates by my side I had the first piercing- to be honest it didn't hurt as much as I thought and Rob had struck up a conversation with me and my mates so I felt relaxed throughout the whole experience. He changed his gloves after the initial piercing and then put the ball into the BCR. He then changed his gloves again for the second piercing which hurt a lot more than the first (actually it hurt a lot!) but it was over really quickly, again he changed his gloves between the piercing and the BCR completion- I was really impressed by the cleanliness. He then checked the piercing for any blood, which there wasn't (thank god!) and then let me look in the mirror. I loved the rings but couldn't wait to get the bar put through, it looked really good and I was surprised by how accurate the piercing was.

Afterward Rob ran through how best to look after and clean my piercing and actually gave me some really good advice. So off I went really pleased with my new piercing.

So, three months later I returned to Studio 9 after following the advice about caring for my piercing. Rob checked the piercing and was happy that they had healed well, so he began to measure my ear. He ran me through the sizing and what was best; I listened to his advice and picked the 30mm length bar. He laid down paper and sterilised everything. He took another look at the rings before removing the balls from the BCRs. He then removed the rings, dropping them into the sterilising solution and taking the industrial bar slid it through both piercing holes. It was quick and painless and when I got to look at it in the mirror I was so pleased. He took the two rings and put them in a small zip-lock bag for me to keep. It was perfect and looked as good as the picture in the foyer I mused as I left.

Ever since I have had loads of comments and questions about the piercing and have been very pleased to tell the tale. I talked to a couple of mates about the Industrial one of whom had had it done a month earlier. We got talking and she agreed that Studio 9 had done a very good job and that the service was really good (and so was the price!)

I would defiantly say that my piercing experience was a good one and that anyone thinking of getting it done should defiantly go and make that appointment! (It does hurt, I wont lie, but it is totally worth it!)

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I had always wanted my ears pierced even when I was really little. But I was too afraid of the pain. But at the time I didn't know how enjoyable the feeling actually was. It all started when I saw my friend's ears. He had 2G at the time and they looked really cool. I told him I had been thinking of piercing mine and he talked to into starting to stretch them. So on a Saturday a few weeks before my 16th birthday, my friend, my girlfriend, and her mom all went to the mall. We went to a store called icing that I never heard of before but is apparently owned by Claire's piercing town. I felt like a loser getting my ears pierced in such a store but I wanted them done now. So we go in and get them pierced with a gun (I know I know, stupid me) and I was as happy as can be. They only hurt for about a day then after that I just let them heal for a few weeks.

Keep in mind I DO NOT believe in skipping sizes. Most of my friends do and think I'm a "wuss" for taking baby steps. But I like it better that way. So afterwards I put in some 18G CBRs. obviously no problems there. Then a few days later I put in some 16G curved barbells. I struggled a little bit, but nothing too bad. Waited about 2 weeks and put in some 14G barbells. Kept those in for some time and eventually put some 12G in. Then the night of homecoming I really wanted some new ones to show off some I put in two black and red 10G plugs. (That was supposed to be my stopping point. Little did I know how addicting stretching is).

I had those in for about a month then my friend gave me some 8G plugs piercing vox. I was sitting in study hall in school and decided to put them in. Some jock/preppy kid thought I was a complete freak for what I was doing. I just smiled and continued till they went in. A few weeks later I used a 6G taper to stretch them so I could get some tunnels in. I had some difficulties but like my previous stretches they went fine. I had run out of things to clean my ears with and my girlfriend at the time who had 00s had told me to clean my ears with rubbing alcohol. SOO fucking dumb of me. My ears were swollen, crusting, bloody, and smelled like shit for the next two weeks. Eventually they healed up and were just fine.

Here's where the sad part comes. I went to Hot Topic and got two black 4G tapers and put them in. This one was probably my hardest stretch considering my problems with the last one. But the bad part is that my dad saw the tapers and thought they looked hideous. He told me to take them out. Now as you can tell I spent a lot of time and money going step by step to get here so I was not about to take them out. I told him no. You can imagine how mad he was. Eventually I had my mom and my uncle on my ass to take them out as well. Eventually I gave in and took them out. It hurt me so bad. I felt like they stole a part of me.

Over night they closed to 10G and I wore some curved barbells for a few months. Then I started to give it another shot and slowly every week or 2 went up a new size till now I have my beautiful 2G stainless steel plugs. My dad was mad but hasn't told me to take them out yet. I'll probably be putting some 0s in probably in about a week. I really hope I have the willpower and control to stop here because I really do not want anything bigger than a 0.

There isn't much of a moral of the story. It's more of just a walkthrough of what I did to get to where I am now. Overtime I learned a lot though. I am a FIRM believer that everyone's bodies are different. What works for you will definitely not work for the next person. There really is no guide on how you should go about doing this. Such as aftercare and what not. Some people have made it to 3/4 and completely closed up. Others get to a four and they don't close. Some people clean with alcohol and have no problems. Personally I prefer antibacterial soap and sea salt soaks. I have yet to go wrong using those. I strongly encourage stretching your ears because they are very fun and extremely addictive. Just be careful, listen to your body, and keep them clean.

So, for about 3 years I've always wanted my lip pierced. My friends used to discourage me and say 'You'll be stereotyped as one of *those* people.' What can I say? I'm a fashion enigma. I look like an Abercrombie meets Urban Outfitters chick... Chanel purse and all. Not the type of girl to walk around with a labret and plugs. But a few days after my 19th birthday (October 31), I decided to screw what everyone said and do what I wanted. I mean, hey, it's my body. Plus, if somebody's going to judge a book by its cover, I wouldn't want to be associated with them anyways.

I've had my nose pierced before, and I pierced my ears myself 4 times, plus I have 3 tattoos, two of which are in decently painful spots, so I wasn't a total amateur to the whole pain issue. But the fact that made me so nervous was that your lip is just so damn sensitive! I mean, i accidentally bite down on my lip and I shriek in pain!

Nevertheless, I told myself 'Hey, if Christina Aguilera can do it, I definitely can.' I had decided to take the extra codeine pill I had left and stock up on Orajel (a numbing substance) before I went to get it done. Honestly, I was expecting excruciating pain, tears streaming down my face, screaming 'MOMMY!' kind of ordeal.

That Saturday, me and my friends were on a mission to get it done. The place is on Belmont and Clarke, and if anybody here knows Chicago, they know that section is bumpin during night. We got down there around 8pm, and drove around looking for parking. There was literally absolutely NO parking. We must've drove around for about an hour just in search for a spot. I had taken the codeine a little too early because I wasn't expecting this setback, and the Orajel just wasn't cutting it.

By the time we go to the studio, the codeine had completely worn off and the Orajel was useless. I was nervous as hell, sweaty palms, shaking hands. I asked the receptionist how much a labret would be, and she said about $40 for the piercing, and up to $50 for the jewelry depending on what I chose. I didn't want a ring, but a labret stud. There were 3 different sizes to choose from, she told me 'Most people choose the smallest one.' I had always wanted a gemstone so that's what I got. The middle size ball with a clear gemstone.

The receptionist told me there'd be a 15 minute wait while the piercer, Olivia, ran to Starbucks. Let me tell you, that might've been the longest wait in my life! I was pacing back and forth in the studio, I couldn't get my mind off the pain! I guess the receptionist noticed this and said 'You have your nose pierced, I see. Trust me, the nose is so much more painful than the lip. Labret's are such a cinch!' This calmed me down a bit, noticing she had 2 labret's and a vertical.

When Olivia returned, she called my name and asked me to follow her back to the piercing room. It was as clean and sterile as a hospital. That relieved me so much more knowing my piercer took great precautions to make sure I wasn't going to end up with my lip falling off! She made me gargle with mouthwash (the nasty Listerine kind) for about 30 seconds and spit it back into a cup. Then she put on gloves and rubbed a gel on the outside of my lip and asked me to not touch it. She dabbed some ink on a tray and with a toothpick, asked me where I wanted the piercing. I said my bottom lip, on the right side. She placed a dot, held up a mirror and asked me if I liked the location. I asked her to move it a little but more over to the right and she was more than happy to do so.

Now time for the clamps. Olivia said 'There might be a little discomfort but try to hold as still as possible.' I didn't feel a thing. This was all going way smoother than I expected. I was relaxed and more than ready to get that needle in... until I saw the needle. It was a long 16G sharp object, and in a flash I started to panic.

'Don't worry, it will honestly be over in a second! On the count of three I want you to take a deep breathe in. Then release. As you release I'll pierce your lip, but remember to keep breathing after that. Ready?'

'Ready...'

'1... 2... 3...'

POP.

'Now let me just slide the jewelry in, and we're done.'

Wow. That was... nothing. The pain, psh hardly there! Way less painful than my nose. In fact, it wasn't as much of pain as it was pressure. All these visions of crying and screaming were brushed away.

The total all together, with my antibacterial mouthwash and soap plus a tip for my excellent piercer was $104. But, it was money well worth spent. I know have a beautiful, sexy diamond-like labret sittin' pretty on my lower, right-side lip.

I had expected my lips to blow up the next day and to be all swollen, but honestly they didn't. I'm not supposed to play with the flat disk in the back, but I do anyways. But then again, everyone has a different body and different reaction. The only hard part is eating. I cant tell you how many times I'll bite into a Johnnies beef (you Chicagoans know what I'm talking about!) and chomp down on a nice piece of metal instead. I'll probably lose a few pounds from this.

Of course, my mother wasn't too pleased. She's very old-fashioned and prefers my natural beauty. Hell, she even hates it when I dye my hair! And when I got more than one hole in my ear she flipped. Let's not even discuss the tattoos! Of course, I am 19 years old, and I'm not doing this to 'rebel' or anything. I told her I don't get piercings and tattoos in spite of her, I just really think their beautiful.

She'll learn to accept it.

Don't let the pain factor hold you back from getting a labret. It's barely there and it really is a beautiful piercing!

And if you're ever in the Chicago area, go check out The Chicago Tattoo and Piercing Co. on Belmont and Clarke. Nick does amazing (and fast!) tattoos and Olivia is one of the best piercers around!