Thursday August 14th, 2008 @ 12:44 AM
Hi there,
Ive got an appointment in 3 days to get microdermals in my nape and Ive come down with a pretty bad cold.
Ive been taking multi vitamins for 2 weeks now (in preparation for the piercing) an have loaded up on cold and flu tablets to fight the cold and it seems to be going ok.
My question is, should i postpone my appointment until after my cold is gone?
or will it be ok to go ahead with??
cheeeeeeers!!
Wow! Good for you for taking extra precautions in actually planning to have this procedure done!
You’re right to assume that while your body is under stress as a result of your illness your immune system may take a toll after having a dermal anchor done.
If you have the option (and patience!) to ride out your cold and postpone your appointment, that would definitely be your best route to take.
That said, many people don’t have the same patience you do and will opt to have the piercing done anyway and will likely be fine after the fact.
Ensuring your body is in prime physical and mental condition will always make for a better piercing procedure and healing experience.
+9 / 9 votes 
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Tuesday August 12th, 2008 @ 4:19 PM
I have a 7 month old cautery brand on my forearm, down by my wrist. It has healed to the point where it has all turned white.
Except for a few random purple splotches. Sometimes they’re really evident, sometimes they’re almost gone. They are also not open wounds, or raised up - they’re flush with the rest of the scar.
My best guess is that blood pooled underneath the scar?
I’m going to see my artist ASAP, in two weeks, to see what he thinks, but I just wanted to get another opinion.
I have a five-year-old cautery brand on MY forearm, funnily enough, and it looked exactly the same for awhile during the healing! By the time it was a 12-18 months old, it had pretty much all settled down into the same colour of white scarring. I’m really not sure why it healed so unevenly - like you, there was no rhyme or reason to it, just the odd splotch of high-coloured scar tissue amidst the rest of the white scar tissue - but if I had to guess, I’d say yours will probably settle down over time, too. Seven months is really not long enough to assume that your scar will look like that forever, it’s pretty early days yet! 
+4 / 6 votes 
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Posted by Lori St.Leone | Permalink | 1 Comment
Tuesday August 12th, 2008 @ 4:13 PM
I was just wondering if a retainer would be okay as initial jewelry for a bridge piercing. I would love to have this piercing and my job doesn’t mind wearing retainers, but they won’t let me have any metal jewelry in it. Thanks!
I prefer to use straight jewellery such as barbells in bridge piercings (and I do not place them as surface piercings, like some piercers seem to do), so if a client came to me with this request I’d be happy to do the piercing with a quartz glass tongue-style retainer. If your piercer uses glass retainers as initial jewellery for piercings (and honestly, we’ve done lots of them at my shop and never had any problems other than the occasional client losing their jewellery - retainers are NEVER as secure as threaded jewellery!), I can’t imagine why they would mind doing this for you.
+4 / 6 votes
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Posted by Lori St.Leone | Permalink | 2 Comments
Tuesday August 12th, 2008 @ 4:08 PM
I am pregnant and need to change my triangle jewellery for something non-metal. Can you recommend PTFE or Bioplast, straight or curved barbell or captive (what I have now).
Are you talking about just changing the jewellery over prior to birth, per the hospital’s requirements? I’d suggest a PTFE barbell of appropriate gauge and length would be fine, if you’re concerned about the piercing closing. I actually removed all the jewellery from my genital piercings in early labour as a precaution and was really glad I did, I didn’t tear at all but certainly feel that having jewellery of any sort to resist against the stretching tissue wouldn’t have improved my chances of staying intact!
Congratulations and good luck to you and your baby, too!
+12 / 14 votes
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Tuesday August 12th, 2008 @ 2:01 PM
Filed under: Ear
Hi there
Quick question. I have my ears stretched to 16mm and am wearing standard surgical steel tunnels. What I would like to know is what is the best way to stop them from smelling. I clean them daily using a mild soap, and soak the tunnels, yet after about 5 minutes they begin to smell funky. My ears are perfectly healthy, never had a blow out and it has taken me 3 years to get to the size I am at.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks.
Levon Gravett
Other than what you are doing the only way to stop that funky smell totally is to switch to wearing organics. I do believe I have answered a similar question to this before so a quick search should bring up ‘the science bit’!
+6 / 6 votes
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Posted by Tiff Badhairdo | Permalink | 3 Comments
Tuesday August 12th, 2008 @ 2:40 AM
This might be a really stupid question, and if it is I’m really sorry about that. I was wondering if you could use a microdermal in an Ashley piercing, I’ve had this piercing done before but each time the back would show or would look to low on the lip, no matter how it was positioned. Because of this I was wondering if I could use a Microdermal instead. Yet again I’m really sorry if I shouldn’t of even asked this question in the first place.
Sorry again I have another question, I used a labret for the jewerly and on your Encyclopedia picture it looks like a curved barbell could that of been a reason for my previous problems…Thank you for your help.
Using a straight labret barbell could be the first reason for the rejection of your previous ashley piercing. A curved barbell is going to be the best choice of jewelry, in my opinion - though many piercers do opt for a flat disc on the inside of the lip to reduce the risk of tooth and gum erosion.
A dermal anchor in the thin, stretchy lip tissue wouldn’t be the best alternative. I’ve removed several of them in the past and have never personally been interested in doing one for anyone else. It’s just too high-impact and high-movement to be able to anchor into place stably.
+6 / 6 votes
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Tuesday August 12th, 2008 @ 2:37 AM
I’d like to get in touch with as many people as possible who have had their tongue split. I’d like to know about their experiences in the real world. Like has it affected in any way negatively on their career. How did they react if someone at their workplace had noticed the split and asked about it? I’d also like to know what they do for a living, and what country they live in.
I actually had my own tongue split about a week ago. My dad find out about it, and he’s convinced that it will have a major negative impact on my life. I’d like to get some real proof that this is propably not the case.
I don’t have any other body mods (not even piercings or tattoos).
Many people lead “normal” successful lives with a tongue split. BME experiences will be a great resource for you to read about other people’s experiences with their own splits!
I think the best way to prove to your dad that having a split tongue isn’t going to negatively affect your life is to not let it! If you’re an educated, hard working, clean individual there’s no reason that a forked tongue is going to hinder your success in life.
+15 / 15 votes
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Posted by Lexci Million | Permalink | 3 Comments
Tuesday August 12th, 2008 @ 2:35 AM
Filed under: Ear
Hi.
I’m curious if it is safe to wrap electric tape around a pair tapers I have. I’m currently at 00 and I can not find any tapers or plugs for 7/16 anywhere and when I do find them, they’re too expensive. I told a friend about my problem and he suggested using electric tape and wrapping it around my plug/tapers to make them bigger so I could stretch. Is that safe to do?
I hope this question wasn’t already asked. I searched on here and couldn’t find what I was looking for.
Thank you.
You’re better off using teflon tape than electrical tape. Teflon tape is super thin and it’s self-adhesive so it’s not going to cut up your lobes and have glue come in contact with them (which is VERY irritating)
Just a wrap or two every several days works well for a lot of people.
+8 / 8 votes
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Posted by Lexci Million | Permalink | 5 Comments
Monday August 11th, 2008 @ 12:08 PM
I got tattooed about two to three weeks ago and for about the past week I keep getting pimples on my tattoo. It wasn’t shaved, so it isn’t like razor burn. & I got it done by the amazing David Bruhel (who was featured on the site a few days back). Would there be any other reasons then bad pigment? Or whatever I’m using on it (which isn’t anything for the past week). They pop up randomly and in different places, I think I’ve had about five now.
There could be a few reasons.
If it’s not from being shaved - it could be from NOT being shaved.
It could be from the vaseline or whatever Dave used to lubricate the area during the tattoo.
It could be from the soap and/or moisturizer you’re using now for aftercare or it could be an allergic reaction to the adhesive on the bandage you were wrapped up with after the tattoo.
A problem with the pigment would likely result in some rejection of the colour and some seriously goopy looking tattoo.
If you suspect you have an infection of some sort, your doctor will be able to best diagnose that.
In the meantime, be sure you’re cleaning it once a day with a very mild, unscented soap and keep it moisturized as needed with a thin layer of unscented moisturizer (Avoid petroleum jellies and balms)
+3 / 7 votes
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Posted by Lexci Million | Permalink | 1 Comment
Monday August 11th, 2008 @ 12:06 PM
how would i numb mylip for snake bites
You would have it injected, multiple times! with a small syringe with some xylocaine or similar. It would be painful …and silly. You might as well just have TWO needles and have the piercings over and done with.
+14 / 14 votes
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Posted by Lexci Million | Permalink | 4 Comments
