Nipple piercings and sports

Friday February 1st, 2008 @ 12:44 PM

Filed under: Nipple

Hey. I’m planning on getting both (female) nipples pierced in a few weeks. My issue is that I’m pretty active: I play volleyball twice a week, soccer once a week, tennis 1-2x a week, and have a 2 hour martial arts class once a week–all on different days. After being pierced, I’ll have a week’s break from sports due to reading week but will that be long enough, considering the long healing time? Should I stay away from sports for some period of time after that? I’m especially worried about volleyball (arm movement) and soccer (potentially “chesting” the ball). I’ve searched for information about this but really haven’t had much luck.

Thanks…

Unfortunately, there is no “right” answer for a question like this, because everyone will have a different experience. In general, I think you’ll find that sports doesn’t irritate the piercings too much. Basic movement, even arm movement, shouldn’t impact things too much. You may want to consider covering the piercings with some padding, such as a thicker pantie-liner cut in half. That will help keep things clean and should provide help reduce irritation from movement.

I would STRONGLY suggest trying to avoid taking any soccer or volley balls to the chest. Unless you’re wearing some serious armor, that kind of trauma could very likely cause healing problems….not to mention hurt like the dickens on a new nipple piercings.

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Fimo Plugs?

Friday February 1st, 2008 @ 12:39 PM

Filed under: Uncategorized

wow… I really do ask a lot of questions on here.

I’m browsing around on a few sites and I came by Etsy (Perishables entry in modblog sparked my interest)… Under a different sellers name, I came upon some plugs that looked like they were made from Fimo (clay that you can buy in craft stores, model and then bake in the oven so it hardens).

My question is, is this kind of clay safe to wear as jewelery in stretched ears?

It seems kind of questionable to me, because it’s craft clay… the dyes to get the colour, etc… but I wasn’t completely sure.

Thanks

I’m very curious as to what the answer would be.

Many people have made plugs and other types of jewelry over the years out of FIMO and have reported no obvious problems. A number of years someone came to me who was making some very cool shapes out of it. I did some research into it and came to the conclusion that I wouldn’t be willing to wear it in my own body and therefore it wasn’t something I’d be willing to sell to my customers. I don’t remember the specifics of what I came across, but I recall that it had to do with potential hazardous chemicals being released from polymer clay.

I do recall most of the concern was from handling the clay in it’s “wet” form, and maybe wouldn’t translate to the stuff that has been baked. But, it’s not something I was/am willing to take the risk with.

I’m sure if you do a Google search for “dangers of fimo” or “dangers of polymer clay” or similar phrases, you’ll find lots of information with which to make your own decision.

Good luck!

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