Tuesday January 8th, 2008 @ 2:11 PM
Hello,
I am thinking about getting my inner labia peirced, but i do not like the look of rings. i was wondering if labret studs as jewelry would be a viable option.
thanks
There is no reason this type of jewelry couldn’t be done. The shaft of the jewelry will need to be long enough to accommodate some initial swelling, and the ball and disk on the end of the shaft will have to be large enough to prevent them from pulling through the piercings. If those factors are accounted for, it shouldn’t be an issue.
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Posted by Derek Lowe | Permalink | Comments
Tuesday January 8th, 2008 @ 2:05 PM
Hi.
I’m planning on getting my hip pierced on Saturday, but I really can’t find out much about them on the internet. I need to know the age restrictions for the UK and the pros and cons on getting one done. Some people are telling me that it DEFINATELY will reject, but others are saying if the piercer is reputable and qualified enough, there should be no problem.
Thanks ?
Unfortunately, I can’t help you with the age restrictions in the UK. However, I’m sure a phone call to any of your local piercing establishments should get you that information pretty quickly.
As for hip piercings…Any time you get a surface piercing done, you need to accept the fact that rejection is a very real possibility. Surface piercings in certain parts of the body work better than on other parts. Certain types of jewelry work better in certain area. Certain piercing techniques may prove more successful than others, depending upon the area of the body.
However, even if everything is “ideal” there is no guarantee that your piercings won’t reject…regardless of “reputable and qualified” the piercer is. Obviously, the more experience they have, the better the quality of jewelry they are using etc etc…the better the chances of success. But again…there are no guarantees with surface piercings (with any piercing, really).
Hip piercings can be challenging to heal, because of the amount of movement that occurs in that part of the body as well as friction and irritation that can occur from clothing rubbing on the piercings. You and your piercer will have to determine the placement that is most-likely to work out for you.
Best of luck!
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Posted by Derek Lowe | Permalink | 10 Comments
Tuesday January 8th, 2008 @ 1:58 PM
I recently split from my ex-fiance and decided that since I had to remove most of my facial piercings for one reason or another while we were together, that I’d get a new one to mark my new life and independence.
I settled on getting my bridge done. With years between piercings that I mentioned, I was sort of at a loss as to where to go. I did some cursory checking on BME and saw that the few (straight) bridges that I could find on the search were done by this one particular piercer, so I decided to try him out.
It’s crooked. I was super-nervous at the time that I was getting it, and I thought that the marks might have been a bit off, but I wasn’t completely sure… I preferred to defer to the piercer’s knowledge of where to place it on my admittedly not-so-symmetrical bridge… So I went ahead with it. Turns out that the marks were indeed off (left side lower than the right by about a millimetre), and that one side is placed deeper than the other, as well, which I didn’t initally notice, my friend did after I got back from it being done.
I want this to be right so badly. Is it reasonable to ask the piercer to redo the piercing? After some stories that I got wind of after I got this done, I’m not completely sure that I want to head back there, anyway… I got the piercing on Friday. How long after removing it do I wait before getting it redone?
Piercings do sometimes come out crooked or off center or less-than-ideal. Piercers are, after-all, human and not machines. In general, bridge piercings can be very challenging to get perfect…not trying to make excuses for anyone, just stating the facts.
However, regardless of the piercing, if it doesn’t come out the way it should, a “good” piercer will be willing to re-do it for you at no charge. Even if the marks were off initially, if the piercer thought everything seemed all-good, then they should be willing to re-do the piercing so it’s correct.
As for whether you choose to go back to that piercer, that will will have to be your decision. I’m not sure what other kinds of stories you’ve heard since having your initial piercing done, but I would encourage you not to let a crooked bridge piercing put a piercer in the “no good” category.
As for how long to wait…I would suggest 2-3 weeks, assuming you remove the piercing within a week or so of having the piercing.
Best of luck with your next go at the bridge piercing. And, next time, if you aren’t 100% confident in the marks, don’t proceed with the piercing.
If a piercing does come out not the way you want it,
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Posted by Derek Lowe | Permalink | 1 Comment
Sunday January 6th, 2008 @ 10:43 AM
Filed under: Nipple
I’m looking for high quality, internally threaded, black titanium barbells for my vertical nipple piercings (10g).
Any suggestions?
Anatometal make black niobium barbells in whatever size you fancy - I’d contact Ryan from BMEshop and get him to organise some for you, if your local piercer doesn’t carry Anatometal.
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Posted by Lori St.Leone | Permalink | 1 Comment
Saturday January 5th, 2008 @ 11:49 PM
Do you think that large gauge genital piercings (amp or app) should be done by scalpelling or have you used a dermal punch? I mean 3mm jewelry or sizes in that range. There was once a school of thought that scalpelling healed faster than smaller gauge and stretching.
I’m very familiar with dermal punches but I have never used one for an amp.
If this wasn’t BME I’d say “who want’s less penis tissue?”, but this is BME and there are plenty of people here who would or have happily chopped off the whole package. But I digress, there is NO advantage to using a dermal punch and the risk of damaging the corpus cavernosum is greatly increased. For a large gauge piercing a scalpel is ideal as it neither removes tissue (like a punch) or damages tissue outside of the center line (like a needle). However, at 3mm a needle is just fine.
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Posted by Sean Philips | Permalink | Comments
Saturday January 5th, 2008 @ 2:21 PM
Filed under: Ear
I had my cartilage pierced several years ago, maybe a decade, with a gun… I had to take it out a few years ago and ever since I’ve really wanted to get it pierced again. This time though I was thinking of getting it dermal punched, to remove the original hole, and I’ve heard that on some level it’s better to get cartilage dermal punched as opposed to piercing with a needle or otherwise. I don’t want to get too big only 12 or 10 gauge.
I have inquired at a few local shops and have been told that typically they would pierce at such a small gauge. Is it possible or even recommended to get a dermal punch that small?
It’s absolutely possible to get dermal punches as small as 1.5mm (which is about 14ga), and I’m a long-time advocate of punching over piercing, it heals so much more quickly and easily! You might have to cast your net a bit wider, but I’m sure you can find a good piercer to help you out with what you want if you keep looking. 
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Posted by Lori St.Leone | Permalink | 3 Comments
Saturday January 5th, 2008 @ 2:18 PM
Thanks to my awesome foreign dad, my arm hair is pretty dark (not a very feminine trait). At some point, I would want to get laser hair removal on my arms. Is it safe to get laser hair removal on an area before you get tattooed? Would there be any effects on the tattoo?
If you do it BEFORE you get tattooed, it will have no effect on the tattoo whatsoever. You really don’t want to do it after you get tattooed, though! 
And take your time and find a good laser hair reduction operator and do your research, there are a lot of different kinds of lasers and they’re all going to have different effects on your skin. Good luck with it!
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Posted by Lori St.Leone | Permalink | Comments
Saturday January 5th, 2008 @ 2:14 PM
I got a tattoo of a spiral on the back of my neck 3 weeks ago. The tattooist gave me some a & d ointment to put on it for the next week or two and told me it should heal within roughly 2 or 3 weeks. The thing is, my tattoo hasn’t scabbed. It peeled a little, but that was about it.. My mother has 3 tattoos and said that if it didn’t scab, that means that they probably didn’t go deep enough. Is that true? Do I need to be worried about it?? What should I do?
Tattoos definitely don’t have to scab, and in fact, very few of my tattoos have ever scabbed up! Your mum probably just goes to a really heavy-handed tattooist. I wouldn’t worry about it, if I were you.
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Posted by Lori St.Leone | Permalink | Comments
Saturday January 5th, 2008 @ 1:46 PM
I recently discovered the wonders of Emu Oil which I use on all my piercings and it works great with clearing up oozies, redness and overall healing. The instructions tell you to apply to piercings and tattoos 3 - 4 times a day, but I was wondering if there is any harm in applying emu oil to a cotton ball then bandaging it over the piercing over night? I’ve done this for the last several nights on my new surface piercings and they look great with no redness or crusties, but I don’t want to cause them harm unknowingly.
Your piercings need to be able to ‘breathe’ and drain any lymph, keeping them covered and saturated with oil is not ideal. Emu oil is popular and many people find it effective on healing or troublesome piercings, but I would apply it sparingly - less is often more with these things!
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Posted by Lori St.Leone | Permalink | Comments
Saturday January 5th, 2008 @ 1:42 PM
Filed under: Nose
Ok, so I just got my nostril pierced a few days ago, and the only aftercare I was told was to spray the outside with some H2Ocean and then just leave it alone. The outside is nice and clean, but I’m guessing there is some gunky stuff on the inside that probably shouldn’t be there…
What should I be doing to keep this as clean as possible? I would just sea-salt soak it, but I was told not to “dunk” it in water for a few weeks.
I tell my clients to mix up a sea salt solution in a clean glass, stick their nose in the glass, and blow bubbles. After soaking, blow your nose gently with your fingers on either side of the stud (not pressing directly on it) and clean the inside with the salt water and a cotton bud/q-tip. H2Ocean’s fine if that’s what you want to use, but you do need to clean the inside of the nostril as well!
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Posted by Lori St.Leone | Permalink | 2 Comments
