im new to this site and now i feel dumb
fail 
No worries!
If at first you don’t succeed….
Keep on tryin!
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I currently am looking to get a constellation installed up my left flank. A family thing. I was wondering if you could answer a few of my questions about such a piercing.
Currently i have been doing a lot of research on the art and find it splendidly beautiful. I think that the idea i have is close enough to original and is a lot more like who i am than tattoos.
My boggle is i am also a college rugby player. i have seen these piercing and herd a couple of people talk about when they are healing that they do tend to hang up on things. i was wondering if having these put in and fully healed would be a bad idea for me to go and play a little rugby.. as with any modification i know that being a rough little boy can cause some oops issues, if one gets snagged and i feel a little pain or even bleed i wont mind.. if i get hit and have too have the whole dammed thing removed will piss me off. these things are not cheep and having it until it heals just to remove the dammed thing would be quite the nuisance.
is there any information or suggestions that one would have for my situation.. somebody said that they took his out for football but it was on his wrist. If its on my flank/ribcage/side will i be setting myself up for failure?
Surface work is temperamental at the best of times and even a well-healed microdermal on its own can get pissy if knocked or caught. I can tell you now that having a microdermal project and playing rugby is a sure-fire fail. Even without the rugby, healing several microdermals in a high-motion area is a feat in itself and success is most definately not a given. There’s no way around this one, I’m afraid.
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hi all
I’m opening a piercing parlor and i need to know swell bar sizes. i know whats she doing opening a parlor and dosn’t know that simple not the piercer ha ha, but yeah any help would be brilliant much thanks
This question has confused me a little. When I moved to this studio that I am at currently, the person responsible for making sure I had all the necessary consumables, jewellery etc actually consulted me with regards to what I needed. This is a question that you would be better off asking your piercer.
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Just a question about tipping etiquette:
I recently got a tattoo, and the artist did an AMAZING job, so I gave a good sized tip. I am scheduled for a follow up/potential touch up in a couple of weeks, and my question is if I do end up needing a touch up, do I tip the artist again? Or is tipping just at the time of the tattoo okay?
Am I going to seem like a jerk if I dont tip a second time?
If the touchup session is free, drop a $20 or so on them to cover supplies.
It’s never wrong to tip.
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hi
um i need help. i have recently been asked by a new academy in my area to give a lecture for them on body modification and the role it plays on the path to enlightenment.
as such they asked for a 3 hour lecture on the subject. i have no clue where to start.
i have a chance to educate people on what body modification is and why people practice it today as well as where its origins lie in the past.
if anyone can help me with information that is accurate even if it is of personal experiences in rituals the contain some form of mental physical or spiritual realization?
any help will be highly valued.
a 22 year old from South-Africa
Michael
Have a look through the archives, publishers ring, interviews, articles, experiences right here on bmezine - afterall, the site seeks to document pretty much everything on body modification. I think here’s a grand place to start.
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Dear Bmezine
I’ve had an infection in my lip piercing for a weeks time now. I’ve taken all my antibiotics, but it’s not worked at all. My lip is swollen and the piercing is so sore that I can barely touch it, let alone clean it. I called the doctor this morning for more antibiotics, but she wouldn’t give them to me and just told me to take out the piercing. Knowing about trapped infections, I didn’t do that, but if I can’t get more antibiotics and the infection gets worse, what do I do?
Chili
Go see another doctor. If your doctor has already prescribed you antibiotics then I’m assuming they did so because they were satisfied that there was an infection present. Telling you over the phone that you don’t need a second course and to just remove the jewellery makes me think that they either don’t believe you - in which case you need to have them see you or that they hastlily prescribed antibiotics in the first instance for something that is most likely irritation. Either way, you need to make an appointment to see a doctor.
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I was wondering if using a pressure cooker set for an hour on the maximum temperature setting is suitable to sterilize jewellery that only myself will wear?
I usually boil my metal pieces of jewellery but I was told by a friend (who recently started working at a not so good piercing place just to get his foot in the door) that boiling was not the best option and can still leave a lot of bacteria on the jewellery.
Also what is a good way to clean acryllic jewellery? I’ve just been running them under tap hot water then leaving them in a shallow bath of 25% Hydrogen Peroxide overnight.
Keep in mind that the best answers to these questions may vary depending on some specifics on your end. If you are planning to sterilize new jewelry to use for a piercing procedure, you can likely go to a professional piercing studio and pay to have them process/sterilize it on your behalf. I don’t condone re-sterilizing used body jewelry that has been in another person’s body for your personal use.
I’m not sure about your location, but in Canada a pressure cooker does not meet Canadian Health Standards for sterilization for professional use in studios. Regulations will vary from place to place, so check with your regional municipality to find out your local standards.
As for private personal use, I don’t see why sterilization can’t be achieved with this equipment. If you go this route, be sure that the pressure cooker reaches a temperature of 132 degrees celsius for a full 30 minutes.
In regards to cleaning (not sterilizing) your acrylic jewelry; an ultrasonic cleaning machine will do a great job. Many different types of detergents and cleaning agents can be used in an ultrasonic cleaning machine. Professional piercing studios will likely have these on hand as well.
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I’m not sure if asking this question on BME is warranted, but as I see it, it would be a major mod. I’m looking to stop the melanin production of my body but I don’t know who to ask or where to go to inquire about it. If anyone could point me in the right direction?
To hazard a guess, I’s say endocrinology is the area you should be researching. I deeply doubt this is something that could be done without the use of specialists and a laboratory, if at all.
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Micros are a bit easier to heal than traditional surface piercings in most cases. The hips can be a viable place for them, however care must be taken during healing to avoid, mmm how to put this delicately, rough bang-em-up sex. I’d recommend low profile disc ends for healing and for wear with any clothes that may put pressure on the dermals as well. I’d definitely do the tattoo first and if you want to be extra cautious leave a little space around the dermals location so if you did have to remove them the potential scar wouldn’t affect the design.
I know that surface peircings aren’t the best of ideas, since the reject and scar so easily, but how good of an idea is it to get hip microdermals? Is that a wise place to get microdermals?
Also, I’m planning on getting a tattoo on my stomach that would most likely cover at least part of where two of the mirodermals would be (I want two on each hip, similar to the look of surface ones); what is the chance of this messing my tattoo up? (Yes, I’d be planning on getting the microdermals sometime after the tattoo).
Thanks! ^_^
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I have a rook piercing which was pierced in metric jewelry in 1mm. I’d like to downsize to an anatometal curved barbell, which is in gauge, so that will be 16ga=1.2mm…
Would I be able to change the jewelry without ripping the fistula out, causing rejection? I’m sure my piercer doesn’t have a taper going to 1.2mm…
Thanks.
Have you asked your piercer if they have a 1.2mm taper? I know I carry several 1.2mm tapers both blunt-ended, threaded and with pins (for internally-threaded). In all honesty, though, we are talking a fifth of a millimeter and chances are, if it is a well-healed piercing (over a year old) and the jewellery moves quite freely then a warm soak and a bit of water-based lube like KY should do the trick. If you do find it is a bit of a struggle then seek out a piercer with a taper!
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