Piercings & Gauges... Like them, hate them, or have them?

Dead_Darling

On my right ear, I have:

Tragus
Rook
x3 normal piercings and my lobe stretched to 3mm with Tribu earrings
New cartilage piercing done on Monday

Left ear:

Helix - although with my new cartilage piercing I'm hoping to put a scaffold once it's healed
Pinna
Cartilage, which was done on Monday
x3 normal piercings and my lobe stretched to 8mm with Tribu earrings

I've had my nose pierced, but hoping to do that again soon, along with a daith on my left ear and maybe a snug on my right ear.
My two lobe piercings on both ears have got a wrapped earring going through them.

Because of the jobs I've had, I wasn't really allowed to have facial piercings (nose was the most acceptable) and I have long hair, so I can cover my ear piercings

YokoJ

I love them!!!! I have my septum, navel, of course 2 in each ear, and a Vertical hood piercing.

Jellyphant

I just have my tongue and ears pierced right now. I used to have a 12 gauge in my right ear. I'm supposed to get my tragus done one of these days.

EveryoneElseIsTaken

I used to have my ears pierced until my right earring actually got infected and the diamond stud part of it went into the middle of my ear. Yeah, it's hard to explain... I plan to re-pierce them though, and I've been wanting to get my lip pierced for a while! I actually tried piercing it before, and I failed epicly. I actually still have a scar on the inside of my mouth. I'm not sure whether I want my lip pierced now though, maybe later on in my life. I don't mind piercings at all, in fact I think they look awesome on other people! I'm just sure they'd probably look like crap on me though. My friend had gauges so large she could fit things in them. She also had about 4 or 5 facial piercings too. They looked amazing on her!

Scandalist

My ears are double pierced, cartilage piercing in my left ear, and my naval is pierced. I used to have a tongue ring but took it out cuz it got too hard to hide it. I can get away with the cartilage cuz I just hide my hair over it when I have to.

SarLem81

I have an industrail, conch, orbital, forward helix, rook, tragus, and regular lobe piercings. I go back and forth on gauging them. Had my eyebrow pierced in college but it grew out within a year, so I just opted to stick with my ears.

Badd3st

i have my tongue, belly button & of course ears pierced. not really n2 gauges, but i have friends who have them. they all seem 2 like them:)

rocketpopsicles

I currently have :

- 6 ear lobe piercings (3 per ear)
- left rook pierced
- Borth tragus piercings
- eyebrow
- two tongue piercings
- right upper cardlidge

I have also had :

- 2 other tongue piercings
- both industrial bars.


I adore piercings!

silhouettes

I've had a variety of piercings, over 20 total, right now I just have my ears, labret, monroe, tongue, and inner ear, but I've had my nose, eyebrows, nape, wrist (I loved it but it rejected ), industrial, a bunch up and down my ear, and a few other places. I adore piercings. I just learned over time that there is to such a thing as to many in one area, which is why I only have a few showing now.

As for gauges, I don't mind small ones, I had 8g in my ears once (no longer they went back to normal size), but I'm not a fan of the HUGE ones.. no offense bout they aren't attractive to me, I just don't like all that flapping skin, but I do have a close friend with real big ones, just not for me.

mandasimba

I've had a bunch over the years but all I have now are ears. I've been thinking about working up to a 0 in lobes - just a 14 now, which isn't anything, but I don't know. I've been thinking about a septum but I'm very plain and conserative and I think I'm too old for that.

Anywho, I do hope somebody reads this, as I know most people just skip over replies, but in a thread of people with percings, I was hoping I could ask a question...

I had my conch done about 4-5 years ago (12g... I wear full titanium, not just coated, barbells in them - never taken them out, they are the originals). It healed up just fine, no issues, but a bit over a month ago it got really nasty. Swollen, bleeding and pussing. I started a 10 minute sea salt soak twice a day with a dab of tea tree oil after and switched my pillow case every night. It went back to normal after about a week or so. Then about a week later it got really nasty again. I've started the process over again, but is there something else I should be doing, or doing different to make this go away?

Thanks for any help!

dvnjustina

I'm pretty boring with the standard normal pierced ears which I don't ever wear earrings. The most rebellious thing I've done regarding piercings was wearing safety pins in my ears because I never owned a normal pair of earrings. I also had to re-pierce my right ear several times. When I was in high school, I adored piercings and tattoos, and I wanted to have several. I grew out of that phase, but I have nothing against others who have them. Ear stretching doesn't bother me as long as it's not to the extreme. In all honestly, I find tongue piercings tacky.

JBennis1013

I have my belly button, tragus, and the normal ear piercings. I did have my nose pierced, but I took that out.

KaleidoscopeEyes1056

I have my right eyebrow done twice. It's pretty smexy.

Medea81

I only have my ears, 3 in the left 4 in the right. I want my nose done but one of the girls I work with just got it done and I don't want to seem like I'm copying her...
I do wonder though on some people, when they are to an age when they want to get a corporate job, will they still like their gauges?
I'm a sucker for guys with piercings or tattoos... dated a guy with 23 piercings.

DollyMiel

I'm a bore compared to most. Snakebites and a center labret. Plus two standard ones in my ears. Would like more in my ears, but I think it'd hurt way too much, so I haven't done them.

anels449

Love me some awesome piercings. I currently have my tongue, industrial, an oribital, both conches and my lobes doubled. The first lobes are 8 gauge, but I don't think I'll go any bigger...maybe, I don't know haha! Eventually, as a treat I'll be getting my nipples pierced.

anels449

I only have my ears, 3 in the left 4 in the right. I want my nose done but one of the girls I work with just got it done and I don't want to seem like I'm copying her...
I do wonder though on some people, when they are to an age when they want to get a corporate job, will they still like their gauges?
I'm a sucker for guys with piercings or tattoos... dated a guy with 23 piercings.

I'd like to think I'm at a fairly coportate job (security officer for a travel insurance company) and I still have my gauges. They're small in comparison to some, and almost unnoticeable unless you really look, but if I needed/wanted to take them out, they'd go back to their normal size for the most part. With larger sizes, I'm not sure. It's a decision they have to make before getting them. Maybe one day it'll be accepted, along with tattoos!

LadyGhostDuchess

Ears twice
Belly Button (it was a weightloss prize for myself - then I put the weight back on LOL - gotta work it back off!)

rekka24

I have my nose and nips. Used to have a monroe (twice actually) but had to take it out for work. Also had my tounge but swalled the ball when I was like 17 and waited too long and then couldnt get it back in. I love tattoos and piercings although i only have 2 tats right now.

lavr

i've got 3 piercings on each earlobe
then two microdermals under my right collarbone

i like my microdermals there. if i have to dress up for something, i just have to pick the right shirt or let my hair fall in front of it
if i want to show it off, i bring my hair over to my other shoulder and maybe braid it

my parents hate it though, they don't like belly button piercings (or at least didn't want me to get one) so me getting these piercings was too out of the ordinary for them :P

glenoakchic2006

I have had my tongue pierced, I currently have 2 piercings in the bottom of each ear, 2 in my left cartilage and an industrial in my right ear. I also have my nipples and labret done and have 6 nautical star tattoos across my back and a heartagram on my right collar bone and a tribsl son with paw prints underneath on my right forearm.

I'm not a big fan of gauges had them in high school but just didn't really like them. I wish society would accept tattoos my job just passed new rules that all tattoos have to be covered up and since I have one on my right forearm I have to wear a long sleeve shirt even when it's in the 90's and it's awful.

wyze

I am probably the most boring person on this thread. Have normal ear piercing for earrings and nothing else. I really love art, but i'd rather they were not on any of my body parts....lol....not really a fan of piercings and tattoos. That being said, i have seen a few cool tattoos and can appreciate the creativity and skill it takes to do them. Really cant stand piercings or stretched earlobes.

It is kinda entertaining to see the differences in preferences, it truly is what makes the world such an interesting place.

rinnismom

have 'em and love 'em!!!

let's see.....

my right eyebrow is pierced. i've got the snake bites. my tongue is pierced. i have a size 10 in the lowest of my lobe piercings in each ear. my second on the right is at 8. on the left, i have a second 10 and an 8 right above that. then two size 14 in my cartilige on the left and one 14 in the cartilige on my right. i also have my right nipple and three in my right labia majora.

16 total.... more to follow.

rekka24

my nose has always been the easiest to put back in. I can go yrs without wearing it and it will go right back in. But then I had mine for like 12 yrs. I did it myself when I was 14 Was trying to answer question for someone and don't know what I did lol

futuremalestripper

Just my nipples.

(I swear I'm not trolling this time - they hurt like a mofo)

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wbgolden

gauged my ears to 0

then took them out. it was an addiction i had to stop pursuing.

tritepoet

I like piercings a lot, but certain things look good on certain people. Sometimes we lose sight of this lol.

I have my eyebrow pierced and I love it. The thing about piercings is that you can take them out one day, and have them the next day for different looks.

I've always had a commitment problem, that's why I'll never get tatted. I know I'll change my mind/want a different color/want it in a different area/have a new idea.

I don't like gauges at all. Just don't like how it looks.

davidsgirl145

when i was 14 , i pierced my own ears with a safety pin. i threw up a couple of times doing it...but, i wanted 2nd holes really bad. hey, it was the late 80's, lol.

Syderelli

00 gauges. Would love to go a couple sizes bigger but I have smallish earlobes,and don't think I should push it much more. Multiple regular sized earrings in each ear, both tragus's pierced, both nostrils, center lip, septum. i love them. used to have a lot more, but removed them for various reasons.