Curious. Anyone into body-modification here?

I have a few tattoos. Planning on getting a sleeve. No piercings.

I have 2 nose piercings, snake bites, labret, 9 earings, eyebrow and tongue. They are all fine and well except the eyebrow kept having rejecting problems which is common.

I'm looking into tattoo's some day and possibly further modifications like tipping my ears.

Some modifications such as skin removal or braces are also a thought.

Anyone with nipple and navel/conch piercings? Curious about how the pain scale compares between the three.

Belly button was the worst one I ever had. Even worse than my lower lady bits.

Isn't that interesting. I literally never felt my navel piercing. My boyfriend at the time was turning 6 shades of pale watching it happen but i watched it and felt nothing.

Interesting!! Maybe cause it was my first? But all I remember is it being the absolute worst pain ever. I was so grateful that it was over so quickly lol! I am genuinely shocked I got more after how horrible the belly button was. Maybe I just have a sensitive belly button area.

^^ this - I never felt my navel piercing at all, it was just a pinch and done! Didn't feel my lip piercing FIRST time round, but it hurt like hell the second time (had it done in a snakebite position).

Worst one ever for me was my scaffolding....thought I was going to pass out. Ended up taking it out - would love it again, but the thought makes me pale, lol. None of the other ear piercings hurt though (of which I have 7 - 3 in cartilage).

I have first and seconds (ears) tragus, tongue, lip and nose. I am dying for more but I can't decide. I love septum piercings but I'm not convinced it would suit me. I wear glasses too so I'm wearing of having too much going on in my face.

I love tattoos too. I don't have any yet. I've never been happy enough with my body to get one but I'm sure I'll get one eventually.

I do get quite frustrated too when friends get facial tattoos and then complain that they've been turned down for a job because of them.

My body apparently hates piercings. I have 3 holes in 1 ear, 2 in the other... have had to get the first holes re-done... but now, I NEVER wear earrings because my holes get infected every time I try, even with super high quality jewelry. Also, at one point in college, I had my eyebrow pierced but over time, my body pushed the barbell out.

So... now, I just have my tattoo - it's a very large tattoo and I would really like to add some things to it - am working on the design at this point but don't know when I'll actually get the work done. You can click on my profile for pictures of my tattoo.

For the record, I'm not someone who anyone would ever expect to have piercings or tattoos. Most people are pretty shocked when they find out - I'm a pretty "cautious" and some might even say "conservative" person - have a super professional job. But I love my tattoo - thought about it for over a year before I actually got it. It took 9 hours (3 sessions x 3 hrs each) to complete and it hurt SUPER badly (especially the large flower right over my shoulder blade) but I don't regret it for a minute.

This is stage 2 of my second lobe gauging:


I also have a larger gauge tongue piercing.
Depending on my weight loss, will have my nipples done, as well as corset piercings to help constrict loose skin (If I have skin removal surgery, corset piercings will be solely because they are sexy to me).

I plan a labret and maybe a septum. Depends on where my career goes right now. Currently in the designing and planning stages for a large tattoo piece.

Edited because I totally forgot how to post pics there for a minute... ha

I have 4 tattoos and 5 piercings, which are snakebites, lobes and a tongue piercing.

I have one tattoo, double pierced earlobes. I had a cartilage piercing, but it scarred so much it overgrew and left this gigantic lump in my cartilage. It finally went down five years later.

I desperately want two more tattoos. One leg piece that I have all planned about as a tribute to my kids and my grandma, and one that is a reflection of how far I have come in life.

Any other mods are prolly out of question, because the profession I am going into is super-harsh on any facial mods and I have absolutely NO desire to pierce anything below.

I have three small/medium tattoos (one of my smaller ones is across my chest), currently working on a fourth, my back piece... piercings: gauged ears (00) and I also have two other holes in each earlobe that I don't ever put anything in), orbital, tongue, eyebrow, nose (don't wear anything in it), lip (also don't wear anything in it), both nipples, two in my navel... more tattoos and piercings to come!

In the past, I had my nipples pierced. It hurt like nothing I had ever felt before, and even after a year they never healed. I removed them and have been happy ever since, so in my opinion they aren't worth it. Luckily I was still able to breast feed my son but did have some problems with slow flow and leaking on different breasts (one with more and one with less scar tissue).

If you don't mind, I have a number of questions:
Do you mind elaborating on how they never healed? Were they simply tender or did they get infected easily? Did you use a barbell or a ring? Also, did they stretch out the nipple when you took the piercing out?

I'm considering getting only one done, and don't want my breasts to end up asymmetrical. I've had friends who had satisfactory results with their nipple piercings, but I want to get a more cumulative survey of everyone's experiences.

I had both nipples done by a professional piercer and they took forever to heal and were sore for a long time. He did them really deep. I took them out for a surgery and they healed up before i was coherent enough to put them back in. I had one redone by a Army medic (yay lidocaine) and it healed within a few months perfectly. BTW, the first time hurt like ...OMG I dont wanna do the second one.

Have belly button done, hurt but bearable. Hood done, the alcohol before the piercing hurt worse than the actual piercing. Also have 2 tats, looking to get more.

I've got 2 holes in my left ear and 1 in my right. I only wear 1 earring in each ear though.

I am seriously considering a band (tattoo) on my right forearm once I've lost the weight and built up my muscle.

I don't have piercings, i like how they look but its not for me. But i do have a lot of tattoos, and im still not even close to finishing. Im going for a full body tattoo suit. Nothing above the neck or bellow the wrists though.