Thursday August 14th, 2008 @ 7:18 PM
Filed under: Nose
im getting mine done on saturday
and need to hide it from parents.
what should i get it done with a horseshoe one
or the retainer? and whats the difference?
and what colour? silver or black?
what hides the best in other words!
and will it hurt?
Yes it will hurt. Probably not as much as you think. Pain is strictly personal. Some people say that they didn’t even feel their septum piercing, some people say it hurt so badly they’d never do it again. *shrug* No way to know how yours will go until you have it done!
Circular barbells (or “horseshoes”) can be flipped up into the nostrils to hide the piercing. Depending on the anatomy of your nose, that might be suffice.
Some retainers are staple shaped or crescent shaped.
Some people’s jewelry can’t be seen with implant grade steel or high polish titanium, but as an extra precaution against visibility, you could also have a black annodized niobium retainer put in initially.
+9 / 11 votes 
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Thursday August 14th, 2008 @ 1:46 AM
I currently live in lawrence, Kansas, which is about fourty five minutes to an hour out of kansas city. I would love to suspend for my first time, but I dont know how to go about contacting anyone to make this happen. I saw in the encyclopedia that there is a branch of rites of passage in missouri, would i contact them? Do they do private suspensions, or would i not want to talk to them? Is there another option nearby that I should take instead? Any help would be super apppreciated, thank you so much!!!
Rites Of Passage is one of the best options to contact. They are a great Suspension Crew/Group and very professional as well as very caring towards first-timers.
ROP have in the past done NUMEROUS Private Suspensions so they should be capable of offering you that type of service. However the best option is to contact them personally and ask about what services they can and cannot provide,etc.
If ROP is unable to offer you the services you require, for whatever reasons (prior obligations,etc), they can quite possibly refer you to another Suspension Crew that they have a solid relationship with as well. That way you can be able to go through with the private suspension that you are wanting.
+1 / 9 votes 
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Thursday August 14th, 2008 @ 1:40 AM
I am interested in piercing my own eyebrow, and I was just wondering if I should use any specific needle, or if any needle would do? (Like, would a sewing needle that was big enough be alright or suicidal?) Thanks.
Not “Suicidal” but “Stupid” quite possibly.
If you cannot comprehend the definitions of “Sterile” vs “Non-Sterile” and/or “Clean/De-Contaminated” vs “Dirty/Contaminated” then I most honestly would suggest you are not a potential candidate to try a DIY piercing alone.
You’re best choice is to visit a reputable piercing artist and bring up that you want to do the piercing yourself, but want to make sure you have the best possible chance. An easy-going/reputable artist should be willing to help/guide you through this by offering you their guidance/assistance and help you prep, mark,etc the eyebrow. But then when it came time to pierce the flesh with the needle, then that’s your queue to pick the needle up and do the piercing. The piercer would only be on standby in case you are unable to do it or lost the transfer and can’t get it in,etc.
+11 / 35 votes
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Thursday August 14th, 2008 @ 1:33 AM
Filed under: Navel
I will be going to get an industrial navel piercing and i am wondering weather i should get a bioplast or stainless steel barbell. I’ve done some research and have heard pros and cons of both types of jewlery. I have a somewhat active lifestyle and I would like to know which will be more comfortable.
thanks for your help:]
Realistically neither would be “more comfortable” with someone who has an active lifestyle.
Also have you visited a reputable piercer to inspect the navel area and make sure what you’re looking for, is even capable of being done? As more often then not, peoples navels are not suited for the type of piercing you’re referring to.
If you are suitable to get both your Standard Navel and Inverse Navel pierced. You could technically heal the each piercing with separate jewelry. Then once healed place a Tygon piece of jewelry through the pathways and leave it in until it becomes firmer/harder. From there remove it and the piercer can either order a custom bent Barbell or if they have proper non-damaging (ie: won’t gouge the hell out of the surface of the jewelry) bending pliers they can attempt to make the shape themselves.
If you want you can do a search on AskBME involving BioPlast and it will explain why BioPlast is not a suitable jewelry material to be used in fresh/initial piercings.
But realistically if a client came to me looking for this and mentioned they lead a very active lifestyle, I would have tried to really make them understand that a very active lifestyle is not conductive to the healing of this specific piercing. If they were still interested in going through with it, then I would stress to the client to consider it a “project” and encourage it be done the way I mentioned above. Where its pierced with two pieces and then later figure out the pathway shapes and create/order a custom barbell shaped specifically for what your navel requires.
+3 / 5 votes
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Thursday August 14th, 2008 @ 1:19 AM
I work at a Hot Topic in the Midwest and lately (I think because of back to school) I’ve had a high number of parents asking me or my associates about piercing rights almost??
Basically I am hearing that some PUBLIC schools are banning piercings and for boys to have pierced ears.
For some reason this really doesn’t rub me the right way and it seems to be mainly located in smaller towns where piercings and gauges are seen as something that common criminal would have.
I mean I understand the reasoning and legality of a work dress code (you are being paid) but schools aren’t the same. It is required by law (in most states) that students go.
How can a public institution can both overrule parents decision making? Not to mention continue the stigma that anyone with a nose piercing must be a druggie or hoodlum?
So I guess my question is do the pierced have rights??
(By “gauges” do mean stretched piercings wearing larger gauge jewelry? 
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I think it’s pretty unfair to ask guys not to wear jewelry in their lobes while girls can. AND I think that if someone had the time to kick up a fuss about it, a fair conclusion could come of it (ie: guys are allowed to wear earrings like girls - or no one’s allowed to wear earrings at ALL!)
I think since the beginning of schools, students have felt oppressed and hard done by by their teachers and that establishment. The best way to change the rules is approach with an educated, level-headed case for your cause.
+18 / 18 votes 
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Thursday August 14th, 2008 @ 1:15 AM
I’ve had my lip pierced for about 6 months now; I had it pierced with a bigger ring for swelling purposes and I haven’t changed it since. It tore a bit so I went to the place that I got it done at and they said it could possibly heal although it had migrated as well as torn. I’m wondering if I should try to wait it and out and see how it feels, or if I the irritation could be from having such a large ring still?
I don’t pierce center placed lip piercings with CBRs for this reason.
Your irritation could definitely be from wearing a large ring in the piercing.
I would suggest you put in a longer flatback labret barbell and heal it with that. Once the piercing settles down you can begin to downsize the barbell until all the residual swelling subsides. From here you should be able to comfortably wear a CBR in it.
+2 / 2 votes
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Thursday August 14th, 2008 @ 1:09 AM
Hello guys, i was looking into getting my first tattoo,
and i want the words
“every act which has no heart will be found out in the end. every gesture”
From my all time favouritebook, cities of the plains by Cormac Mccarthy.
And i wanted it on my wrist in three lines going across, but want a quite small size and id heard that small font is likely to blend and end up looking like a blob.
I was thinking around size 19 font for Kunstler Script on MS word.
Any advice would be awesome.
Thanks alot!!!!
I don’t know a lot of artists who would be pumped on tattooing a teeny tiny font on your wrist.
It’s true that tattoos tend to settle with age and will fuzz out slightly. This requires fine detail in tattoos to be applied large enough that they will still be readable after 1, 5, 10, 50 years. The amount of letters you’re wanting on an area as small as your wrist just won’t age very well, truth be told.
Maybe consider having your tattoo done lengthwise down your forearm to ensure that none of the letters get lost with age?
+6 / 6 votes
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Thursday August 14th, 2008 @ 1:04 AM
Filed under: Ear
Hello! I’ve had my ears stretched at a 0g for years. Recently I bought some wood tunnels on a trip to Seattle almost a month ago. I had worn them just about every day since I got them with no issues, taking them out only for showering. Yesterday morning I took them out to shower and rushed out of the house for work without them… as the day went on they became very swollen, red, itchy, hard, and warm to the touch. Though my ears hardly look anything like the picture above, they are still very swollen, itchy, and starting to peal this morning.
I was unaware of allergies and dangers of wood body jewelry, and was not informed by the seller; most likely because I did not purchase these from a Tattoo / Piercing shop. Is there a way to tell what kind of wood they are made out of just by looking at them?
Is there anything I can do to help reduce the swelling and dryness. Any Oils? or if sea salt soaks would be appropriate. Any information would be great.
Thanks!
If you had an allergy to the wood you’ve been wearing for the last month, I’d think you’d have seen it very quickly.
Wood jewelry must be maintained regularly to keep your lobes happy about wearing it. Regular oiling is a must to keep the jewelry hydrated.
Why your lobes became swollen and red after not wearing jewelry for the day may just simply be a result of them being able to breathe and have some circulation pumping to them.
In the meantime, you should keep your earlobes clean and moisturized - I like jojoba oil, personally. Try wearing a more biocompatible material like implant grade steel, titanium or glass and see if that makes them feel better.
+2 / 2 votes
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Thursday August 14th, 2008 @ 12:54 AM
Filed under: Nose
Hi,
I am wanting to get my nostril pierced and have read some about it online. I found a place around here that does it, but they use a nose bone and I have read that it is bad to put that in a new piercing. I’ve heard that nose screws are better. I just wanted to get some advice from someone who knows. Also, how do you change a nose screw? I have been wondering that since I saw the jewelry on a website. Thanks!
I don’t even offer jewelry insertions of nose bones should someone bring one in to me at my studio to have their nostril jewelry changed.
Many nose bones are made of low (low!!) quality mystery metal that tarnishes terribly in the piercing. I’ve seen some that cost $3.00 and must have cost half a cent to make for whatever they’re made of.
Jewelry quality aside, wearing a nose bone (a straight piece of jewelry for the nostril with a small ball that sits inside the nostril to plug it in place) will cause the piercing to shrink around the very thin post which will make the jewelry very difficult and very traumatizing to remove. That little ball is going to be bigger than the healed piercing the jewelry is sitting in and, as a result, will need to be torn out of the piercing by force OR the head of the jewelry (what you see on the surface of the nostril) will need to be snipped off, the remainder of the jewelry removed from the inside of the nostril backwards and the piercing tapered back open to accommodate a new piece of jewelry.
That hurts! It will also make for a very angry piercing.
Nose bones are the devil!! I hate them!
A nostril screw is a VERY comfortable and very common design for nostril jewelry. The end of the curve that makes for the backing of the screw is inserted straight into the piercing and the rest of the jewelry is gently pushed and turned to follow. Once you understand the concept of the jewelry and the anatomy of your actual nostril piercing, changing the jewelry is simple.
Many piercers opt to purchase their nostril screws unbent (which means the jewelry comes like a gem or ball, etc on a long straight stem.) He or she will examine your nostril and determine the length you’ll need for the initial piercing and anticipate any swelling and custom bend your nostril screw to fit your nose.
You also have the option of using either a flatback threaded labret barbell or a press-fit labret barbell which leaves you with a flat disc on the inside of your nostril rather than the hook of a nostril screw.
I hope that helps!
+14 / 20 votes
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Thursday August 14th, 2008 @ 12:49 AM
Filed under: Nose
I got my left nostril done about a week and a half ago and since then the tip of my nose and a bit of the left side has been numb. Is this normal?
Some people do experience a bit of numbness around an area after being pierced. Personally, the tip of my nose and a portion of my gums directly underneath experienced some numbness for several days. A consultation with my doctor concluded that the swelling was putting some pressure on the nerves in the area and causing some pinching that did subside after a while (a week or two)
Be sure that the jewelry you’re wearing is allowing for adequate swelling and practice a really gentle aftercare regime in the meantime.
If the numbness doesn’t go away as the piercing begins to settle down, check in with your piercer and your doctor to decide the best option to take. I’d be pretty confident it will start to feel better pretty soon.
+4 / 6 votes
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