Saturday March 15th, 2008 @ 2:40 PM
Hiya,
For years, I’ve been extremely interested in suspension; specifically the four point suicide suspension and have been since trying to hunt down a group around my area that could assist me through my first one.
I live in Cambridge, Ontario and a few days ago, I discovered IWasCured on the encyclopedia. The problem is, I can’t really find any way to contact the group and for some reason, IWasCured.com leads me to their gallery on here.
It would be amazing if someone could give me some information about the group and how I could contact them. I turn 18 in June and have really been looking towards doing a suspension sometime thereafter.
Thank you SO much.
You can contact Mike from IWasCured in Toronto at FaithInModernSteel.com or at poisonmsmith@hotmail.com
He will gladly speak to you in regards to setting up your potential future suspension experience(s) with IWC in Toronto.
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Posted by Russ Foxx | Permalink | 3 Comments
Friday March 14th, 2008 @ 9:14 PM
Hey all,
So I’ve had an apadravya for ~18 months now - ~12 months at 10ga, then a stretch to 8ga for the last six months. Say I wanted to take the barbell out for an hour or two, how difficult would it be to put it back in after that time? Would I have any issue with the piercing starting to ‘close up’?
Put simply I’m afraid of not being able to get the barbell back in 
Sorry for the newbie question!
Cheers,
Cam
The length of time it takes for a healed apadravya to tighten up without the jewelry in place will vary from person to person. You can try testing it in the bathtub by taking it out for a short period of time and then putting it back in. This will give you an idea of how long you can leave it out and still be able to replace it comfortably.
If you take your apadravya out before sex you may find that the piercing tightens up due to the increased circulation that comes with an erection. It can be handy to keep a taper and lube on hand for smoother replacement.
Also, be sure that your jewelry and/or taper is highly polished and free of nicks or scratches before removal and replacement.
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Posted by Russ Foxx | Permalink | Comments
Friday March 14th, 2008 @ 7:19 PM
This is just an inquiry of opinion. I’ve been trying to find out different peoples’ opinions on the APP. Yay? Nay? Elaborate!
If you are looking for a general opinion on the APP, that’s not a very specific request. I will say this though:
In my opinion, the APP is definitely a very helpful organization for up-to-date knowledge and resources in regards to the piercing industry. Their seminars are a great opportunity for piercers who are new to the industry to network with other piercers and pick up new and refined knowledge. The APP is generally regarded as an association that upholds the highest standards in health, safety & piercing and also stays in touch with international standards in the industry. This also makes the APP a great place for more experienced piercers to get together and update their existing knowledge.
They offer different levels of membership and they will recognize studios that meet their criteria on their website. All in all, I feel that they have a positive influence in the piercing industry.
+1 / 1 votes
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Posted by Russ Foxx | Permalink | 4 Comments
Tuesday March 11th, 2008 @ 6:37 PM
I just got my piercing yesterday and it hurt and it still hurts and it’s bleeding. Not a crazy blood flow it’s a very small amount of blood. But everywhere I’m reading on the internet alot of women didn’t bleed or it didn’t hurt much. I got it done by a reputable place the woman is a nursee.
I’m walking around like I just got off a horse. I love it and I think it was worth it and don’t want to take it out but how long should I expect it to hurt and bleed for?
I’m not even going to get into my feelings about medical professionals offering piercings - ok, I’ll briefly get into it, my experiences with medical professionals who pierce have been overwhelmingly negative, body piercing is certainly NOT taught in medical school or nursing college, and while there may be a few doctors and nurses doing a good job at it, the vast majority are almost certainly NOT doing it well, and generally have no clue about placement or jewellery selection, either. Ahem.
It’s normal for a genital piercing to spot-bleed in the first few days to a week after having it done, it shouldn’t more than a pantiliner could handle. Don’t start soaking the piercing while it’s still bleeding, obviously, as that will exacerbate the bleeding considerably! If it continues to hurt (and that is kind of unusual, most women find hood piercings to be fairly straightforward), I’d strongly advise you to find a reputable BODY PIERCER in your area and have a consult with them on the matter, they may be able to give you a lot more insight about the placement and jewellery choice than I can over the internet. And good luck with it.
+6 / 6 votes
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Posted by Lori St.Leone | Permalink | Comments
Sunday March 9th, 2008 @ 1:06 AM
Filed under: Ear
Hey,
Back in the day my dad was a piercer and had his ear stretched to about 28mm. This was nearly seven year ago and for the last 3 years it has been barely noticable (just looks like a normal piercing hole).
I want to scalpel my ears (professionally, obviously), but was worried about the permancy of it. Will it ever close up like a regualr stretch or is it more permanent, if you know what i mean?
Cheers
Chris
Any lobes beond 2 gauge should be considered permanent. However, in most cases lobes several sizes larger that were stretched will eventually return to there unstretched state. If you remove tissue, either by punching or scalpelling there is almost no chance of your ears returning to there unstretched state without the aid of surgery.
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Posted by Sean Philips | Permalink | Comments
Wednesday March 5th, 2008 @ 12:51 AM
Filed under: Nipple
I have 3 questions. In order of importance;
**** 1)It’s been 3 weeks since I had both my nipples pierced. They’re doing great and I haven’t had any problems so far,other than the ball almost coming off the end at one time. How long until my husband can :ahem: play with them and such?
2)Should I keep cleaning them everyday forever or just watch then and see if they need a cleaning?
3)I had a little stud put in the side of my nose at the same visit. That hurt worse!! I have a small bump near the ‘fake diamond’. not sure if it’s a zit or something built up? Should I wait to see if it goes away? clean it with something else? or go see the piercer and have it checked out? Neosporin?
1) Wait until the aftercare protocol is complete, before engaging in playful light activities in that area. During the healing time you do not want to introduce foreign liquids (ie: his saliva,etc) to the wounds, nor do you want any stress/irritation/aggravation done. So wait for after the specified aftercare protocol period and then ease into the play.
If it hurts, instantly say so and make them stop. Speaking from experience I had nipple piercings and had a partner who enjoyed playing with them. Needless to say one night I went to the bathroom and found blood running down my body and a partially torn nipple piercing.
2) The piercer that did the piercing should have provided you with aftercare advice and an aftercare protocol sheet, as well as instructed you how long to clean them for. Normally I advise my clients to clean nipple piercings anywhere from 8-12 weeks and to make sure they understand everyones different and some heal more efficiently then others,etc. But I use the 8-12 week period as a basic timeline and encourage people to wait that long, as better to be safe than sorry.
3) The nose stud could be inferior jewelry quality. Did they custom bend the jewelry for you? What type of jewelry is it? Nose Bone? Nostril Screw? Nostril Stud (ie: a smaller labret stud design)? There’s a lot that could be leading to why this bump is occurring. You could try warm sea salt/saline compresses or even chamomile tea bag compresses to try and reduce the bump. But depending on if the jewelry is inferior quality or not, it might require a jewelry change. I would suggest to NOT use Neosporin and to visit a reputable/experienced studio and have them look at the piercing, even go to multiple shops and just get suggestions/opinions.
+2 / 2 votes
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Posted by Warren Hiller | Permalink | Comments
Wednesday March 5th, 2008 @ 12:41 AM
Some time last year while I was sitting at the doctor the young guy next to me had a rather large blowout on both of his stretched lobes, which were well past 00. He was discussing with his girlfriend and his friend who was sitting in the chair across the aisle that he hoped the doctor knew what had happened to his stretch lobes while touching the blowout.
Would it have been rude, nosy or just plain impolite of me to tell him he had a blowout or to refer him to BME so he knew what had happened?
There aren’t any piercers nearby, the nearest one is about an hour away so most people in my area go straight to their doctor when they have a piercing problem rather than going to their piercer.
What do you think? Should I have said something to him or minded my own business?
This type of conversation can often be a touchy situation, as some people might take it the wrong way,etc. As always in talking with others, its about how you verbalize your statements, so not to appear hostile,etc.
One way of slipping into the conversation is to simply say: “I’m sorry but I couldn’t help but over hear what you were talking about, I have some piercings and I’m curious as to what’s going on with yours, if you don’t mind me asking?” Usually by being very polite and showing the person you’re genuinely curious/concerned they are usually ok with talking about these things…
Then as you two are conversing about body modifications, the problems the person is experiencing,etc…You can then slip in BMEZine.com, and what you think the problem might,etc as well as suggest to not just consult with that doctor. Instead to consult with a couple and even take the time to visit a experienced/reputable shop to have them look at the problem.
So no I don’t think its rude or anything like that, so long as you’re not acting rude. By that I mean you’re not pulling gross faces, talking down to them, calling them stupid, screaming at them,etc. The problem is there so its not like this attitude will help, it puts people on the defensive. So if you open up and be kind and caring,etc I have found people are very willing to discuss these things, so long as you word what you’re saying properly.
Also never really got the whole: “the only piercer is about an hour away” excuse. As personally it used to take me 2-3 hours to travel from where I lived in Niagara Falls to visit one of the very few artists I trust to do serious work on my body. I used to purchase a greyhound ticket and like I said spend 2-3 hours depending on traffic to get there. Also at the time I was pretty much dirt broke and barely just paying rent, eating,etc. So if I was able to do that, I think its not really a valid excuse to say: “the only piercer is about an hour away.” But that’s just my personal view on that statement haha!
+1 / 1 votes
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Posted by Warren Hiller | Permalink | Comments
Wednesday March 5th, 2008 @ 12:31 AM
Since I was a young kid, branding has always been a way to deal with certain kinds of stress. I remember being at a halloween party when I was 9 years old, and the people had those little candles on poles and lit a piece of hay letting it get red hot and then putting it on my hand out of interest. But as I got older, branding took over a different meaning. Back in september, I was really stressed out over finances, I thought my wife *at the time fiance* was pregnant, and I was at a dead end job. So, I did the branding on my upper right bicep. And it was fine, until about a month after I did it, it started to form a keloid. And since then, it’s just been a reminder of an unhappy moment where things weren’t as bad as they appeared. I was wondering if there are ways of having mod artists remove it? It’s about an inch long and it’s just one of those things where it’s not enormous, but it’s noticable to me, and I’d hate to have my future children ask me what it is.
To simply answer your question off the bat, yes there are certain mod artists out there who might feel they are skilled enough to do this procedure (see: http://modblog.bmezine.com/2006/10/06/when-scarification-goes-bad/). However I would strongly consider the fact that the majority of mod artists out there will not have performed this type of procedure, nor probably have the skill/understanding of what to do. My suggestion is to seek out a plastic/re-constructive surgeon instead, but you can source out a mod artist should you want to go that route.
The reality is that you currently have that scar tissue and the most you can probably do is reduce the scar, depending on the type of scar (how big,etc) you have, by surgical removal and then with the proper sutures and suture techniques.
However ask yourself this, why spend all that money go through all that surgical procedure, only to have a minimized version of the previous scar (that’s if the procedure goes smoothly,etc)…It will almost always be there in some form or another, so instead of focusing on the negative aspects of that scar…Why not focus on the positive?
As you said: “it’s just been a reminder of an unhappy moment where things weren’t as bad as they appeared.”
So by converting that brand from a negative, you can focus on the positive…That things are never bad as they may appear, and that you can overcome these trials and tribulations life throws at us. Instead you can use that brand as a means of giving you strength during very hard times….That no matter how hard you might think life is, you can simply look at that brand and say: “You know what? This isn’t THAT bad, things could always be worse!”
Just something to think about my friend, before you spend a lot of time and money in removing a larger scar, to be left with potentially a minimized version of its former self.
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Posted by Warren Hiller | Permalink | 1 Comment
Tuesday February 26th, 2008 @ 9:44 PM
I’ve read some expierences about pulls/suspensions and some say when the needle is put through the flesh lube is used, some say no lube… I’m staring at a 10ga needle and it seems like lube would be a good idea - but what kind? I find it hard to believe KY would be appropriate. Thanks.
For starters let me say that in the realm of pulls/suspensions, its very rare that a 10ga needle would be used. At least in my past experience with suspensions & pulls. In fact the average reputable suspension crew will usually use 8ga and 6ga needles and hooks.
Now I could make MANY comical statements here…Saying to not use lube, Saying to use spit and various other sexually related joke comments. But alas lets just cut to the chase, with these large sizes its ideal to use some Sterile Water Soluble Lube. Sure you can insert the 10ga needle dry, but my personal suggestion would be to use the Lube.
Also know depending on the type of needle you’ve obtained, the use of lube can definitely be an ideal option. As certain companies produce needles differently then others, ie: some are duller than others.
+2 / 2 votes
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Posted by Warren Hiller | Permalink | 6 Comments
Tuesday February 26th, 2008 @ 9:29 PM
Filed under: Nipple
Hey bme its me again . I have yet another question. I submitted a picture of my nipple piercing so that you can help. Wen I got the piercings I got both done unfortunately the lady that I requested to do my piercings didn’t know what she was doing she was trying to pierce my nipple and it wouldn’t go threw so it started to bleep badly so she takes it out and calls the man to cum do it (which I didnt want because he was a man) so he tells me he’s going to do it over but in the same spot she did it and its going to hurt which it did , badly… so then he do the other nipple but he don’t put it in the same spot as the other one that the lady started he pierces it and it didn’t hurt that bad I guess he knew what he was doing… but here’s my problem… I looked at my nipples when I got home they were in two different spots one was directly threw my nipple which I took out, so now I have only one which I’m starting to question because I want to get the other one pierced again and I want you to tell me if it is in the right place or not so that I will know if I should have the other one done the same… the piercing is not threw my nipple as you can see in the picture it is behind the nipple but kind of threw the begining of my areola I can’t really explain the placement but hopefully you understand …is this placement ok or is it done wrong help me please also I’ve had this piercing for almost two years and it still forms crust and it do not smell good is this a sign that it is in the wrong place? Or infection? If any one else other than bme wants to help you can email me at msprettyprissy@tmail.com
Greetings and Salutations!
First I’d just like to say that it really grinds my gears when I hear people say how they don’t want someone of the opposite gender, piercing them. When people look at piercers they should not look at what gender they are, they should care more about getting the best person to do the job. Because like you said you insisted on the woman doing it, yet she didn’t do the job right in your eyes. It’s like this, picture yourself in a car crash and dying or your seriously injured. Now the ambulance pulls up and they are men, are you going to send them away demanding a female EMT?
Although some people view it more as a comfort thing which is fine, their views are their views. But honestly I just wish people would consider the piercers capabilities instead of what gender they are.
As for the picture its a bit distorted/pixelated, probably due to resizing and everything…But to answer your question, NO a nipple piercing is not suppose to be behind the nipple base and in the areola….Especially with the nipple development that is displayed in the picture. In some relations (mostly men) you can go a tiny bit behind the nipple base to secure it better, but it should only be a mm or so behind the areola not multiple mm’s.
Ideal placement especially with women is specifically right at the base of where the nipple and areola meet, and to use the ideal gauge size required with the specific nipples in question. By that I mean some nipples are more developed then others thus ideally would require larger gauge sizes, ie: some are suited for 14ga, others are for 12ga and some are 10ga and so on and so forth.
As for what you’re describing the discharge/crust,etc that can be a result of low quality jewelry, do you know if there is threading on the post (Externally Threaded) or is the threading on the beads? (Internally Threaded)…Is it Stainless Steel or is it Titanium?
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Posted by Warren Hiller | Permalink | 7 Comments
