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What the kid posted was ridiculous, get it professionally done. You're not 'cool' or what ever doin' it yourself. I'm 13. Anyway. I agree what most of you are saying, they are just SHEEP. Fucking stupid sheep.

My personal favorite is when people say they "gouge" their ears.

I am really wanting to get a MD piercing around my eye area to bring out my single snake bite piercing by my lip. All these stories of rejection is scary. But what assume is rejection dont happen immidiately like at that instance. After reading articles they said that MD piercings should reject because a different kind of steel is being used. So has anyone used Skin Divers before, its said that its smaller and easier to remove but most likely to reject. Let me know I want to get this piercing in the nxt week or so. write me @ queenj2sweet@aol.com

had my piercing for about a month... first two weeks awesome... then the lump, then the puss... and a little pain when I smile. I rinsed my mouth with Listerine and rubbed the inside of the piercing with sea salt on a Q-tip two times a day. I wash my face with clear antibacterial soap and use Kleenex around the site instead of a rag. I made a paste of sea salt and water for the outside of the piercing and alternate nights with neosporin. Each night I massaged the lump. The lump is now gone, the skin is no longer dry and peeling, and the secretions are now white/clear instead of yellowish green. I think it's always going to secrete... just a matter of cleaning properly. I smoke, drink, wear makeup, and refuse to rinse after each meal and drink... so I expected issues. Bottom line all piercings have issues. I love mine and if I am destined to keep sea salt and neosporin in the bathroom...and a nightly massage... so be it.

Any bleaching achieved with the glutathione preparations that are becoming popular in South East Asia would be due to inhibition of melanin production, so the same risks as above would apply. That's if it actually does anything. In a few minutes on google I've found the stuff marketed as tablets, creams, soaps and injectable ampules, pretty much everything short of crystals to freebase. The scientific literature does support that glutathione is involved in melanin production, but I wasn't able to find anything confirming that high doses cause a skin bleaching effect. I call bunk, and if it's somehow true then it's likely very dangerous.

I have an IUD, and my boyfriend has a 6g apadravya. There are no problems at all with the strings getting tangled with the barbell or anything like that. However... Talk to a doctor about how short the strings can be trimmed. Mine are relatively short, but *DO NOT* have them clipped "just inside the cervix"! The reason why the strings must be longer is to remove the IUD later in life, and to check to make sure it is still properly in place (which should be done about once a month). Generally, though, you won't even notice the IUD strings are there. After it's been in for a week or so, the strings "soften" and usually will curl up above the cervix so they're entirely out of the way. Just my two cents from experience! :)

my belly's doing the same thing i'v had it done since june 20th and it's proper sore, and around the bottom hole of my belly it seem's to get crusty (yes i know ew) and when i clean it it really sting's! and it always bleed's i dont know what to do?!

Slightly off topic, but here's my recent experience with a large gauge non-lobe piercing: I had a 0g lorum scalpeled about a year ago. It was slightly too shallow at one end and never toughened to my satisfaction, even with very light teflon jewelry, so I finally gave up on it about 6-8 weeks ago and removed it completely. Two nights ago I thought I'd see if the fistula had indeed closed, so I tried sliding a 14g barbell through, which fit with plenty of room to spare. I stepped it up to an 8g cbb and it was still a little loose. I couldn't get 6g jewelry all the way through, but if I had a taper on hand it would have been a breeze. I'm wearing 8g jewelry for the moment, but should I decide to ditch the piercing altogether, I highly doubt the fistula will completely close by itself - the diameter only dropped by about half in well over a month. Eliminating the hole completely will probably require severing the thinnest part of the skin at the very least. Anyway, estimates can be made, but interpersonal variation is huge. A friend was able to reinsert 14g jewelry into her tongue piercing effortlessly after leaving it out for 8 years - your mileage *will* vary. There certainly is a point of no return, but you probably won't know until you've passed it...

Is IAM moddoctor still kicking around? If so he'd be well worth tracking down. Anyhow, I'm a little more skeptical than Lexci on this one. I'm not a doctor, but as I understand adult circumcision is a significantly bigger deal than as an infant, and generally requires stitches and/or cauterisation. Remember circumcision involves removal of 1/3-1/2 of the shaft skin. Hence, unless you can think of some way to stitch the foreskin in place to avoid complete retraction, any "slits" will open directly onto the shaft flesh, which at best would likely lead to visible scarring or possible infection during healing, and at worst severe shaft scarring can lead to erectile dysfunction and other nastiness. Again, I don't claim to be an authority, but I'd tread very carefully. Untested (heavy) body mods are risky enough, but we're talking about function of your junk here. Don't let anybody tell you it "sounds safe enough, can't hurt to try" just because they want to see something cool and new, especially if they have no medical experience. Piercers and cutters don't count. Xeno and I are both research life scientists, we don't count. Try and find an understanding doctor, online or off.

I've also wondered the same thing for a long time, nobody has ever been able to give me a clear answer. The BME wiki describes the anatomical/procedural differences between the piercings, but I've never heard any subjective comparison between the two - perhaps because few people would have had both in their lifetime?

My lip biting habits meant that my vertical labrets never healed properly, I pulled them both out after maybe 3 months of slow but progressive scar buildup. I still have some minor scarring I can feel physically but nothing visible. There's not a lot of harm in getting the piercing and finding out how you go, as long as you're willing to give it up if you find you can't stop playing with it! I'm also a smoker and used to chew my nails - all the usual oral fixation cliches - so I guess it's no surprise they failed for me really...

Use sub-lingual Glutahione, Pure L-Ascorbic acid and NAC cysteine. The combination should have a bleaching affect..

i have mine at a 6 going to a 0 i might have went to fast but i had my ear pierced for 4 years then i stretched to 14 in minutes left it in for 2 months then started stretching i stretched to a 6 in 3 days but i tried numerous times to do it once i had it at a 6 for 10 days and it grew up in a night so i dunno trying to avoid a blowout haha

Thanks guys. Since I've submitted this question I've gotten two tattoos. The first didn't turn out well at all, since I found out that I just don't heal well. I ended up with a lot of scarring and lost a lot of the pigmentation in the tattoo. The second has gone beautifully. Unfortunately the "you live you learn" process is what I went through in tattoo care. I have no regrets though, and am very thankful my question was attended to.

hey there im getting my dimples pierced soon and have been doing alot of research about them all the great and bad :). My partner is a blade piercer in yarmouth and he has said you shouldnt pierce cheeks passed the first mouler as it can cause salival glands to open up into the piercing causing leaking effects which can also cause problems with the piercing itself etc chapped skin and sore around actual piercing. He learnt this on the job and also from the book called "the piercing bible" by Elayne Angel a very very advanced and skilled piercer she had learnt this from her own mistake. Also use 1.6 mm by 22mm bell bars. Hope this info is useful to other people interested in unique dimple piercings. xx

That sounds hilarious. I hope he goes through with it and posts pictures. Might be fun for his sexual partner...

Hmm I've had my nose pierced for well on 2 years now and it's healed completely, and every now and then, especially in colder weather, the skin around the piercing gets quite dry and chapp-y. I think it's just something that happens. And again hmm, I was under the impression that peroxide was really quite bad for using on new piercing.

Yep, my friend had her cheeks pierced, I don't know for sure but I think the jewellery was too short, so she ended up taking them out about 2 or 3 weeks afterwards, and now she has really noticeable dimples, especially when she smiles.

Whoa, I must've asked this over a year ago, almost two! Glad it got answered and might help someone. Don't know if it was infected or not, but it healed beautifully and didn't need touch up.

I have the same problem. Do you think not switching to a longer post will cause any significant damage?

I have both my thighs covered with large tattoo, one with a large blackwork bird and the other with a large, full detail, full color elephant. For both tattoos I found that wearing gym shorts under your jeans for the first week or so can prevent the seam from rubbing on the fresh tattoo preventing both discomfort and degradation of the tattoo.

i got tattooed on my ribs about 3 days ago and ive got lots of little red bumps on the tatto and about an inch all around it, could this be a reaction to the tattoo? or sign of infection? I'm getting really worried. I've been tattooed at this place before and I never had this sort of reaction.

I've had my navel pierced for 10+ years. I work as an EMT for an ambulance company, and sometimes when I lift the gurneys they snag my barbell and it causes irritation. It doesn't matter how healed they are, you've got to be careful.

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I too have been looking for a surgeon to remove my naval but when I check online doctors that are supposedly in the LA area or Orange County, CA. area they never get back to me. My reason for naval removal is purely cosmetic.

yeah hey, i wrote that question, and thanks, as i dont have a very high tolerence and i didn't want jerk while getting it done, so yeah thanks heaps

As an artist, I need those tips. It is important. I do a lot of work and stress about it coming out right. I stand behind my work, but this whole I don't see the point is stupid. I need to pay bills and if I don't tattoo I don't eat. Please be kind and help us out. If you tip anyone else why not us.

I had my cheek piercings for about six months before i got the all too common bumps.I tried absolutely everything from chamomile soaks(which helped alot,but didnt solve the problem) to sea salt soaks,to tea tree oil to antibiotics.eventually i had to take them out.They've been out for about a year now and no major scarring.When i first removed them i had deep purple-ish red bruising around the holes and the very large bumbs.I massaged baby lotion on them for a whole month after wards and they are now fine.No discoloration and minimal scarring which only make the dimples i already had more pronounced.I am considering getting them redone,because i love this piercing too much to go without.

5 minutes of running water just for a piercing is a bit wasteful, in my opinion. Hot running water in the shower is my best friend for new piercings.

I'm a piercer and I just pierced my own cheeks about a month ago. So far, so good. With the pus pockets, these do need to be drained often to prevent a huge build up like most of you guys are talking about. Also, the length of the jewelry makes a huge difference. If your jewelry is even a tad bit too tight, it could remain irrated and take virtually foreverrrr to heal. Don't get too anxious to tighten your piercings if it's not healed yet !!! or if you tighten them TOO much they can even start cutting into the inside of your mouth which means it'll probably swell again and stay swelled until you lengthen the jewelry again until it's comfortable. Also, just like any other piercing, it can have random flair ups every so often. If this happens you might have to make the jewelry longer AGAIN until the swelling and possible fluid build up goes away.... Yeah it sounds like a pain in the ass, and it REALLY is sometimes. but cheek piercings take A LOT of time and maintenance. I think those are probably the two main factors to consider, squeeze out extra drainage so it doesn't build up, and be cautious about the length of your jewelry.

The Dr. Max Powers Scar Serum actually works. It worked for me everywhere I used it. I read that "Histologic analysis demonstrated significant reduction in scar hypertrophy and scar elevation...significant reduction in scar erythema with Dr. Max Powers Scar treatment" (Saulis). I think it helped because the Scar Serum kept the area moisturized while it healed. Even old scars, over the course of weeks or months (which is the amount of time the Dr Max Powers Scar Serum tube claims it take to see improvement), will change.

i live in indiana and most shops that i have gone to do most genital piercings at 14g unless it's a pa then they will start at a 12g or a 10g if requested. most shops around here just don't carry higher guage barbells long enough for ampallangs or apadravyas .

I only want 4 or 6gg so that means theyll close easily right?

I didn't have dimples when I got mine and now I do when I smile, with or without the jewelry in!

Looks like the bmewiki answered your question for you. "It's very similar to a triangle piercing, but with a deeper ("higher", toward the pubic mound) placement. Rather than sitting right below the glans of the clitoris, it sits under the glans and/or shaft itself."

What type of research project is it? Medical, psychological, sociological . . .? I am also working on a research project/experiment (psychological) concerning body modification at the moment and whether or not age plays a role in perceptions of modified individuals (age of the person with the perceptions, not the person that is modified). Personally, I am also interested in, and plan on conducting experiments in the future, about the neuropsychological aspects of body modification and body rituals.

I get ingrown hairs as well, and I've discovered that getting waxed a few days or a week before getting tattooed and exfoliating really well (in the days before, not during the healing, of course) helps. After it is healed exfoliating and whatnot to help with the ingrown hairs has not been a problem for me.

i agree with G. it's definitely worth it to take the time and clean those suckers. your significant other does NOT find the smell attractive, i promise.

HEY WELL I GOT A PIERCING ON OUTER SIDE OF MY EYE 3 DAYS AGO.. THE PIERCING IS FINE BUT IT STARTED TO BRUISE UNDER MY EYE ABOUT 1 CENTIMETER NEXT 2 MY PIERCING. FIRST IT WAS GREEN NOW ITS TURNING PURPLE, I WAS KINDA WORRIED ABOUT IT, BUT I SEE THAT OTHER PEOPLE GET BRUISING WITH PIERCINGS AROUND THEIR EYES ASWELL.. NO WORRIES IM SURE ITLL BE BACK TO NORMAL SOON, ALTHOUGH IM WALKING AROUND WITH A BLACK EYE

Not quite what I was asking. http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Triangle_Piercing vs http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Deep_hood What is the big difference?

What if it was only a hypertrophic scar. Would it be possible to pierce?

Holy *shit*, that exact problem has happened to me and I came here looking for answers, and bam! My piercing's about two months old now and that same freaky lump has grown on it practically overnight. It almost feels like my body is trying to replicate its own labret stud, it feels disgusting! I didn't see any suggestions on how to get rid of the lump, I hope it'll just go away if it's looked after well?

I'd say it's the spray-on saline solution. I had this problem when I used cotton buds & saline to clean my fresh rook piercing. When the salt is left on my skin, it leaves it extremely extremely dry and hence it itches. What you could do is continue your normal aftercare routine, then wash it at the sink/shower with warm water. Wait until it dries and try dabbing a bit of emu oil on with a cotton bud. I find that the emu oil really helps it to stay hydrated and help healing along (especially during the last few weeks of healing a fiddly cartilage piercing.)

I wish so badly my parents could afford to pay for me to go to college. I love my new piercing, and I plan to get more and some tattoos now that I'm finally in a stage of life where I'm able to do so. I would call myself a very big fan of body modification, and my piercing brings immense amounts of pleasure. However, I would gladly trade in my body mod dreams for a free ride to college, especially knowing I could do whatever I wanted once college was done. If you throw that away or press the issue you're a fool.

I have two (either titanium or stainless steel I can't recall at the moment) screws in my ankle from a bad break I experienced many years ago. Though these screws are quite large pieces of metal (and I even have a card from the doctor explaining them just in case) they have never once set off a metal detector, no matter how sensitive. If those screws haven't done it your microdermals should be just fine!

As someone who just got my first piercing done, I can say this to those of you who mention places where the sanitation is adequate but that are lacking in other areas: when I wanted to get my piercing done I did top-notch research to find the best place in the state that was within a reasonable distance. It was totally clean, almost over the top in sanitation (which is what I wanted), the people were really nice and and they did an excellent job. I found out about this place by reading reviews of piercing places and when I discovered this place I couldn't find a bad review of it. It might sound stupid, but writing negative reviews of places could stop someone from making a bad decision. If there's an alternative paper in your area you could write a letter to the editor explaining the dangers of the establishment, or you could write reviews on consumer review websites. Once again, while it might sound stupid, if you stop even one person from going to a disreputable piercing place you've done the world a great service. I also saw someone mention reporting things to your area's Better Business Bureau, once again, it sounds stupid but it can help. If you and any friends you have all start spreading the word about how lousy the place through every channel you can eventually you could put these kinds of shoddy piercing places out of business.

Thanks so much!

This is going to sound weird but has she had a blue or black tattoo recently in that area? I had a large amount of black work done on my upper arm and some time later I had black discharge secrete out the front of my nipple. With a few black dots around it as well. Once it was squeezed out and the tattoo healed it never happened again. That was the one thing I could pinpoint.

Hi this same thing is happening to me. Except the discharge is not blue. It does not smell bad and does not have a weird color. I have implant grade stainless steel barbells. Should I be worried?

Never ever ever ever use silicone to strech. I learn that the hard way. Used to go to 1 inch and completely ruined my left ear.