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belarki
Bluelight Crew
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Finally got a new piercing done today. VERY happy with it!!
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Looking good n3o! :D Was it a painful one? I'm tempted to get another piercing; only have my nose done at the moment, had a nipple pierced aeons ago but took it out after a couple of years and it's healed over.
My bestest buddy had a scaffold piercing done a little while back but it has scarred pretty badly on one of the holes and has a noticable lump next to it now
poopie
Bluelighter
love the new jewelry n3o!
i had both my tragus and rook done. the rook *killed* me...it was quite painful. i have had them both now for about 7-8 years, i think.
so, i might be getting a new job in a fairly conservative hospital. this obviously means no earrings in my pinna. bah! none of my body piercings ever get futzed with. i never take them out and i never change the jewelry. obviously, for a job though, this would have to change. i have a captive bead hoop in my tragus, which will have to be replaced with either a spacer (?) or a bent barbell or something that is easy to take out.
what is everyone's experience with spacers? (is that what they're called?)
i had both my tragus and rook done. the rook *killed* me...it was quite painful. i have had them both now for about 7-8 years, i think.
so, i might be getting a new job in a fairly conservative hospital. this obviously means no earrings in my pinna. bah! none of my body piercings ever get futzed with. i never take them out and i never change the jewelry. obviously, for a job though, this would have to change. i have a captive bead hoop in my tragus, which will have to be replaced with either a spacer (?) or a bent barbell or something that is easy to take out.
what is everyone's experience with spacers? (is that what they're called?)
Snugg
Bluelighter
I'm not sure about the use of spacers, but I used to use a retainer all the time for my lip-ring during a job I had. Worked perfectly. It's just a clear barbell, that's short as hell, and very hard to notice.
They make them for virtually all piercings, so maybe you could check that out?
They make them for virtually all piercings, so maybe you could check that out?
silentangst
Bluelighter
I can't use a retainer at my job now I tried though haha.
I tried though haha.
Snugg
Bluelighter
Damn, that's fucked up. I've never had a job say no to using a retainer.
...But, have you had the piercing long enough, to where you can leave your jewelry out for a few hours, and it won't close up?
...But, have you had the piercing long enough, to where you can leave your jewelry out for a few hours, and it won't close up?
silentangst
Bluelighter
Nope, I took them out two days ago and within five minutes the skin had closed up. Mind you, I had only had these ones for 10 months and they weren't healing very well.
Snugg
Bluelighter
Oh, damn. That really fucking sucks. Maybe get them repierced, and hopefully they heal correctly?
silentangst
Bluelighter
Well I can't, because of the job lol.
n3o, having had both nipples done twice, i can say that that is a fuckin amazing experience. think of nipple sensitivity, well, the sensitivity on the outside is like a watered down version of the sensations inside. there's something really special to having them done and riding around on a motorcycle on a summer night in only a tshirt up top. seriously, there is nothing i can think of that can compare to that feeling.
downsides are they don't heal easy and commonly reject. that's why i had to take them out the first time. also getting them done HURTS. the needle process is over before you know it, but afterwards they swell and bloody KANE!
i don't know how some people only have one done. it's such a difference that i'd imagine it's really strange or lopsided with just one.
downsides are they don't heal easy and commonly reject. that's why i had to take them out the first time. also getting them done HURTS. the needle process is over before you know it, but afterwards they swell and bloody KANE!
i don't know how some people only have one done. it's such a difference that i'd imagine it's really strange or lopsided with just one.
silentangst
Bluelighter
I'm getting both of my nipples pierced soon 
I can't wait.
I can't wait.^^ Oooh yay!! Post pics when it's done please
IP, yes I can certainly imagine the sensation, which is kinda why I'd want a nipple piercing. But I'm done for now. Maybe sometime in the future
poopie thanks hun! That sucks about your job not allowing any piercings. Interesting that you found the rook to be painful...I certainly felt it and it hurt a little, but it was tolerable and it did not rate very high on all of my piercings pain scale. Even now, 2 days later I can sleep on it and everything. Weird how some people are more sensitive in different areas than others and stuff. How did your tragus rate in terms of pain?
And thank you belarki!
Go and get something pierced!!
I really am so happy with my new piercing. It turned out absolutely perfectly. My dad saw it tonight and was very curious because he'd obviously never seen a rook piercing before, so he had a good inspection of it, and he approves
Hehehe my dad is cute sometimes
IP, yes I can certainly imagine the sensation, which is kinda why I'd want a nipple piercing. But I'm done for now. Maybe sometime in the future
poopie thanks hun! That sucks about your job not allowing any piercings. Interesting that you found the rook to be painful...I certainly felt it and it hurt a little, but it was tolerable and it did not rate very high on all of my piercings pain scale. Even now, 2 days later I can sleep on it and everything. Weird how some people are more sensitive in different areas than others and stuff. How did your tragus rate in terms of pain?
And thank you belarki!
Go and get something pierced!!
I really am so happy with my new piercing. It turned out absolutely perfectly. My dad saw it tonight and was very curious because he'd obviously never seen a rook piercing before, so he had a good inspection of it, and he approves
Hehehe my dad is cute sometimes
theotherwoman
Bluelighter
I really want to get my septum pierced but a lot of people say its unattractive so now im having second thoughts :/
Pillthrill
Bluelighter
Yeah, it is a very stark-looking piercing, and in my opinion only certain face types can pull it off.
But hey, if you really want it, just do it. It's your face!!
Snugg
Bluelighter
I'm debating on getting my ears punched, rather than going through the process of gauging them again, but I'm not too sure yet. If I do, I'm just going to say fuck it, and punch them straight to either a 0 or a 00.
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^^ Holy shit dude!!!! That would hurt so much, 
I'm all for pain, but even that is crossing the line in my opinion.......
And also, I'm not in to stretching, but I imagine that half the fun would be to watch it "grow", so to speak, to see the fruits of your labour over time.
But hey, each to their own
I'm all for pain, but even that is crossing the line in my opinion.......
And also, I'm not in to stretching, but I imagine that half the fun would be to watch it "grow", so to speak, to see the fruits of your labour over time.
But hey, each to their own
Snugg
Bluelighter
It's whatever, gauging is just a huge pain in the ass. I was at 7/16ths before I took them out, and I just don't feel like going through all of that again. So, punching them would just be easier. As I want to go to at LEAST 2 1/4'', so it'd just be easier to get there, by starting at 0 or 00, and going up quickly without tearing anything.
One of my friends got it done, and he said it wasn't that bad.
One of my friends got it done, and he said it wasn't that bad.
Snugg
Bluelighter
I don't know if I'll actually go through with it or not, though, to be quite honest. I mean, I'd rather get tattooed than pierced. But, who knows. Maybe I'll get it done anyways.