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STRETCHED! Stretched, damn it! You stretched your ears, you didn't gauge them. *flails*

and agreed if you're using Surgical Skin Scribes you use them once and then toss em

Tiff babe, thanks for making me vomit a bit in my mouth...Re-Using Surgical Skin Scribes on Tongues,etc and then Genital piercings. I don't do that but man do I feel fucking dirty right now...OUT SPOT! OUT DAMN YOU!!!!! GV and Sterile Toothpick that stuff when marking...IS LLC also has lil hollow plastic type tubing that sucks the pigment up just enough to use as a marking tool as well and they can be sterilized too.

I have a 2-year-old self done VCH and there's a bit of hardness around the hole when I take the jewelry out. It feels like when you remove an earring from your lobe and there's a little bit of something, tissue, from where the fistula formed inside. Its hard like hard rubber but not rock hard (best I can describe it).

I agree, iHung has given me nothing but the best experience anybody could hope for. I stand behind them 100%

I have a foot tattoo with lots of red ink, fine lines and a lot of other colour, admittedly it's only a couple of months old at the moment but everything has healed in fine with no problems at all and I was wearing shoes whenever I went out as well so hopefully you'll be fine too. Good luck anyway!

kudos to Sixums. With a good piercer, you never have to ask these questions online.

People have all sorts of reasons for wanting to do piercings, and other modifications, on themselves. It's not always the best choice, but sometimes it is. Regardless of how it works out, that's one of the amazing and wonderful things about body modification...it's your body and you can do what you like with it. There is all kinds of stuff on BME that I simply don't understand people's motivations. But I'm sure glad that everyone out there doing all the stuff I don't "get" has the option to do it to themselves.

Ah well. I'm off to the doc anyway in August so I guess I'll go get my septum done in the meanwhile. :)

What I'm worried about is WHY the person who pierced it didn't give you aftercare instructions. It sends up a huge red flag.

To emphasise Warrens point - post suspension aftercare is of paramount importance! We are talking mental/emotional aftercare. I have come a cropper from this myself having done a pull in an environment with strangers where this was overlooked and as a result found myself in a very bad headspace. Suspension is a very serious business and the benefits reaped can be enormous but there is always a flip-side, so go with an experienced suspension group where all your post-suspension needs will be met. Have fun. It is a most awesome experience when done correctly.

WTH?! Why would someone take such a chance of wrecking their hoohaw like that?!

Somebody should create a song entitled: "EPIC FAIL" and it should be like a speed trasher punk song that ends in like 1 minute hahaha Everyone would totally expect it to be a huge epic ballad but nope, 1 minute and done. lol

the fact is bioplast is udel polysulfone which means its a flexible material it is NOT soft and it does not confirm to the shape of your gums/teeth,etc....So its still a solid/hard surface, the only difference is its flexible/bendy.

Charlie: Actually you are quite incorrect there. Bioplast will STILL damage your gums and tooth enamel if it catches on your gums and/or rubs against your teeth...This often occurs if the placement of the jewelry is not perfectly done. Also with biting down on it you're at a greater increase of biting right through the bioplast and since most shops charge a lot more than what Bioplast is worth, its a money pit as every month or two chances are you'll need to purchase a new one. Not to mention the beads are ALWAYS coming off the jewelry,etc. Bioplast = CRAP

Lucas: I can be a bit of a jerkface when I choose to, but more often then not I tend to bring the comical side in so we can all have a big laugh. To this day I only hope and dream that one day I can wake up and be 1/10th of Shawn Porter. ;) Clara: Why answer? Because just like how in "Hustle n Flow" EVERYONE has the RIGHT, THE GOD GIVEN RIGHT....To contribute a verse! Just like that saying...Everyone has a right, A GOD GIVEN RIGHT, to ask a question and it be heard/answered. These people ask questions and they DESERVE answers, however simplistic it may seem to many of us. However my only wish is individuals who go to ask questions, actually read/search AskBME.com before sending their questions in.

Another idea that i have used before, put the taper in backwards, then insert the plug in from back to front. I have no idea about how healed you ear is because well, everyone heals different, and I don't know what it looks like. No guarantees, but this has worked for me. :)

haha, thanks Lucas. <3

Why answer at all?!?

I think he's given all the really... "Annoyingly" asked questions, because he's not a scarcastic asshole. Like Ryan or Shawn Porter, Even though i love reading those guys answers it makes me sad that Ryan never answers anymore he was great.

I am supprised that any piercer worth half a grain of salt would do this sort of piercing, i can almost 100% that this will reject and fail horribly. The elbow is one of the highest movement areas on the body... EPIC FAIL!

Jay: It was teenglish.

was that english?

warren, how did you answer that so patiently?

Apparently Bioplast is good & if you dont want your teeth or gums dammaged,use it or not have the piercing at all. If you keep biting down on your current bar, maybe its to long.You should get it properly measured for a comfortable fit. I kept biting down on mine when I first had it done then I had it changed to a smaller labret and have had no problems.I do still catch it occasionaly but rarely.

You just need to wait longer.

Hi, I'm Tim.I'm white and pasty. I've had marverlous results with scarification using "strike branding". *throws in two cents*

Those places, personally, give me the willies. I've been on a job-hunt lately for places that wouldn't mind piercings, and, here's a shocker, apparently Claire's at the mall doesn't mind. I asked the woman working at the counter if you had to run the "piercing booth" to be an employee there. The told me yes, that everyone working there must learn how to use the piercing gun. I hightailed it out of that shithole like nobody's business!

My 12g conch piercings got knocked around quite a bit right after they were pierced (darn punk rock shows!) because the initial barbell length was super-long. If you are healed enough to accommodate straight, shorter jewelry, I'd advise it. The second day after I got them, I was in too much pain to move any part of my body, but the Chamomile tea bags were a lifesaver!

what Derek said is true sure it IS possible. But the reality is the current body jewelry that's predominately sold is not ASTM F136 6Al-4V ELI Titanium its something called G23 Titanium which unfortunately at this moment in time I can't recall the EXACT difference, there apparently is a significant difference though. And not just the ASTM label that's slapped to the one mentioned.

thaks for the answer!

thank you! about time. ;)

Gotta love the easy answers! :D

wow. what a good question.... *sarcasm*

Just did!

I'm pasty white too. I've had seven different scarifications done by six differnt artists and all but one have faded to very fine white scars, and are almost invisible. The last one, however has healed into the most amazing, raised scarring ever. And it's BURLY. Look into placing your scarification in a high movement area, mine is on my upper abdomen where the skin was stretched taut every time I stood while it was healing, pulling the scars open (I should mention this was a removal piece done by Ryan Ouellette). I figure, no harm in trying, right?

*Arnold Voice* ITS NOT A KELOID!!!!!!!!

and no, i haven't bought the said product as yet...i felt more secure if i would consult you first before i make any purchase which sort of contradicts with those concepts/knowledges i have on ear lobe stretchings. :) thanks again!

Thanks a bunch warren for that comprehensive answer to my question. MUch appreciated! :)

*headdesk*

agreed Tiff...PEOPLE WE NEED MORE DETAILS NOT JUST VAGUE QUESTIONS PLEASE!!!!

regardless of the tattoos on the wrists or the temples...beware the angry ninja's! they're angry! and they got ninja swords!!!!! and their faces are covered!!!! but yeah I agree with everything Derek said *nods* Just make sure its a image you're willing to have and see daily from the day you get it to the day you die...don't just get something because you're now 16 and your parents are willing to sign for you. remember it takes 5 minutes to decide your first tattoo, it takes 5 years to figure out how to cover it up. lol

ALL BOW TO THE POWER OF AWESOME SCARRING!!!!!! Flexes his scarring muscles* mwahahahhahahha!!!!!!!!

you guys really, really, need to find a way to get the pictures to show for us all to see...

this is the same shit as "don't get a tattoo on your temple as you will bleed to death."

hey, thanks for the advice. i downsized my conch to 4mm pretty much straight away after reading your answer. its totally cleared up. when i stretch it back up i'm going to make sure i go super slow. thanks again :o)

d'oh!

Thanks Derek. Benjamin.

Warren: Sorry, I didn't know anything about Canada's piercing protocols and how they are followed. Thank you for explaining. I wasn't meaning to contradict, and am sorry if I came off that way. I know piercing guns are a big problem, period. The original question said "Arizona," and talked about banning guns in the US. I should have clarified better. I was responding this statement: "Some places have managed to pass regulations that limit their use, but even those still typically allow the use of the gun anywhere on the ear. If you stop to consider that there are probably 1 to 4 places that do ear piercings with ear piercing guns in every mall in America (and that’s just one country)" Each state has different laws here. I meant for the US, Oregon has strict laws about gun use, and has had them for years. The laws are enforced, as well. The mall shops in Oregon are positively paranoid about not getting anywhere near cartilege. I think that is a step in the right direction, generally speaking.

To Lucas, he/she said that he/she was interested in it for a few years. This could mean two or three. The parents could have a few tattoos or piecings. Oh and just for the record, just because you change your mind frequetly does not mean that others are that fickle. To the person who asked this, kudos to you for knowing what you want to do in life and having a set direction. So many kids your age don't know what they want to do, so to see some one wh does is inspiring. Hell, I've been in school for three years learning music therapy because I'm a musician with a passion for music and wants to use her talents to help someone else.