Foo - piercing question

So i really want to get a surface piercing on the insides of my wrist about 6 inches up from my hands

has anyone here had a surface piercing heal successfully, I had a girl at a shop today tell me that none last past three months and she was going to charge me 120 bucks. I havent had a chance to talk to anyone else about it. and more of my friends with holes in them seem to have mostly the same piercings.

oh and does anyone have a vertical tragus?

is life really that boring in 'orlando sorta'?

is life really that boring in 'orlando sorta'?

:roflmao:

is life really that boring in 'orlando sorta'?

Must be for one to do that..................why not put your testicles on a chopping block and take a hatchet and , ...............well you know.

Geeeez what is it with folks that want to maim up their body? All my scars are from accidents............not intentional acts of masochism!

Dude, if you want to do something like that more power to you. I like botto wonder, what in life is so boring that would make you pierce your skin there to make life interesting.

But to each their own.

I dont know... to each thier own I guess, but not appealing to me.

http://www.franklinmaine.net/Images/Prince%20Albert.jpg

"Excuse me, but do you have Prince Albert in the can?" :D

Not at the moment, butt I can make accomidations. :lol:

:lol:

actually I am in alabama now, and my bike has a flat tire and i dont have any tubes, and I needed a break from sewing

so yeah it is that boring

actually I am in alabama now, and my bike has a flat tire and i dont have any tubes, and I needed a break from sewing

so yeah it is that boring

I think most things are generational.....................my generation for the most just does not do these things. But like I said to each their own. Good luck c0urt.

actually I am in alabama now

'nuff said.

You might want to post this in the ss/fg section..there are lots of heads there into tats/piercings/bme.

You might want to post this in the ss/fg section..there are lots of heads there into tats/piercings/bme.

ah yes, the Hipoisie.

So i really want to get a surface piercing on the insides of my wrist about 6 inches up from my hands

has anyone here had a surface piercing heal successfully, I had a girl at a shop today tell me that none last past three months and she was going to charge me 120 bucks. I havent had a chance to talk to anyone else about it. and more of my friends with holes in them seem to have mostly the same piercings.

oh and does anyone have a vertical tragus?
Straight up, the skin is to protect us from infection and piercing it increases the risk of Staph and Pseudomonis entering the bloodstream, which eat your heart valves among other things. In addition, there is the risk of contracting Hepatitis if the shop doesn't practice Surgical Sterile Field class sanitation. Just my thoughts, and you asked.;)

actually I am in alabama now, and my bike has a flat tire and i dont have any tubes, and I needed a break from sewing

so yeah it is that boring

Ignore the masses. I enjoy piercings (pre corporate job, had to make a decision but would go back in a second) and tattoos. I got my first piercing when I was 13 and continued there for several years. I never did any major piercing (in my opinion) but I had a lot of the ones that a decade later became popular. The only piercing left is a tongue ring which I intend to keep for as long as I care too.

Personally, I have never had a surface piercing like the one you describe, but several of my friends had similar and its 50:50. The ones who really took care of them and didn't end up with a body rejecting the piercing then they were fine. But a couple had rejections (where the body slowly grows around the piercing pushing it out, this happened to my eye brow, which I guess is a basic surface piercing) and a couple did't take care of them and they got infected.

Good luck and enjoy.

oh and does anyone have a vertical tragus

And no...these piercing seem to creep me out for some reason. The idea of stretching brings into light why a lot of people can't handle tattoos. Its a disfiguration in an area where I don't want to be disfigured. I keep my tats private and my piercings public.

You might want to post your question on the Tribalectic Body Piercing boards (http://boards.tribalectic.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi#). They're extremely helpful about piercing issues.

So i really want to get a surface piercing on the insides of my wrist about 6 inches up from my hands

has anyone here had a surface piercing heal successfully, I had a girl at a shop today tell me that none last past three months and she was going to charge me 120 bucks. I havent had a chance to talk to anyone else about it. and more of my friends with holes in them seem to have mostly the same piercings.

oh and does anyone have a vertical tragus?


I will just say this. If you were an employer, would you hire someone walking in with tats all over and steel hanging from lips, nose, nipple, or wherever? Don't say you would hire on his qualifications, not his looks, because that is BS. Just what every S&P Company CEO wants representing them.;)

To each their own I guess... but definitely not something for me. Peircings just dont appeal to me.

I will just say this. If you were an employer, would you hire someone walking in with tats all over and steel hanging from lips, nose, nipple, or wherever?
For shipping/handling, assembly line and back room stuff, yes; but not if I can see the nipple ring.

Some non-profits are not as discriminating about looks. Go to a convention of college financial aid officers and you'll see a minority with hardware, ink and atypical hair treatments.

You're right, one is not likely to be selling real estate or hitting a lecture circuit or calling on clients unless s/he fits the image. Anyone with such career ambitions would do well to be tatted and pierced only where it won't show when dressed for work.

I know an Episcopal priest who has one small, tasteful rose on her cheek.

I will just say this. If you were an employer, would you hire someone walking in with tats all over and steel hanging from lips, nose, nipple, or wherever? Don't say you would hire on his qualifications, not his looks, because that is BS. Just what every S&P Company CEO wants representing them.;)

Martin Luthur King, Jr. taught us to judge people by the content of their character.

I wouldn't be so superficial that I would make assumptions. I would hire the best person for the job.

That said, I wouldn't want to work for a company that has such soul-sucking, identity ripping smurfisms as an overwrought dress code and creepy Stepford Wives lockstep office culture again.

I worked for three of the biggest companies in the game, and it drove me crazy being the man in the box.

The money didn't make me happy. I needed to be my own creative self again. So I jumped.

That said, get some tubes and tires. Cycling will alleviate your boredom, and won't give you an infection.

I would never get a tat or piercing out of boredom.

I would never get a tat or piercing out of boredom.

Agreed. Definately not a good reason.

That said, get some tubes and tires. Cycling will alleviate your boredom, and won't give you an infection.


Yeah, that $120 you would have spent on the piercing will get get you pretty far getting your bike back in shape.

The problem with surface piercings is that they're extremely, I mean extremely twitchy.

Add to that the problem that the wrist area is very, very shallow and sees not only a lot of movement, but a lot of inadvertant bumping. Those will add up to an irritated, rejected surface piercing.

Sorry, bro.

That said, I've ridden to and from getting certain piercings stretched. No issues. Cycling is a lot more piercing friendly than fencing!

So I know that something like 90% of people have Staph epidermis as normal flora on their skin and 10% have Staph aureus instead. I learned in midwifery training that the Staph aureus women have the most postpartum infection complications. Would it be a good idea then to be tested and see which normal flora your skin harbors before you go and get a surface piercing?

Martin Luthur King, Jr. taught us to judge people by the content of their character.

I wouldn't be so superficial that I would make assumptions. I would hire the best person for the job.

That said, I wouldn't want to work for a company that has such soul-sucking, identity ripping smurfisms as an overwrought dress code and creepy Stepford Wives lockstep office culture again.

I worked for three of the biggest companies in the game, and it drove me crazy being the man in the box.

The money didn't make me happy. I needed to be my own creative self again. So I jumped.

That said, get some tubes and tires. Cycling will alleviate your boredom, and won't give you an infection.

I would never get a tat or piercing out of boredom.


agreed

Even when they sterilize jewelry, the dead bacteria and who knows what else is still on there. It's called bioburden. For medical implants, they must be removed from the factory packaging in the OR right before they are used to minimize bioburden. Since some shops display their jewelry in a place where there could be a lot of dust or handle it a good bit showing it to customers I order mine straight from a supplier and bring it to the shop to be sterilized.

But then, I only wear Ti and it's usually a slow mover because it's more expensive. It's worth the extra price.

Oh....


You're trippin' me out, man.

Oh....


You're trippin' me out, man.

In the name of "Jack Azz the movie" thets go "Tropical pole vaulting":D . Not much into peircings, i like food though;) .

Martin Luthur King, Jr. taught us to judge people by the content of their character.


Uh, Seren...FYI, it didn't originate with him (see 1 Sam. 16:6c).

The problem with the implication of your premise is, most people, at the very minimum, feel the need to advertise/express what's stewing inside of themselves by their lifestyle, their outward appearance, hairstyle, names they give their children (witness the slew of attention-begging names Hollywooders give their children (rumor, apple, suri, maddox, moon unit, dweezil, satchel, zowie...well you get the picture), bumper stickers on their cars, the clothes they wear, the vehicles they drive, etc.

And that's fine, as far as it goes.

What bothers me is when I get the feeling that it's a tad bit more than mere "personal expression"...where it's so blatent that it amounts to a virtual shoving of their personal preferences down my and everyone else's collective throats. E.g., gross-looking lip/eyebrow rings, most tats, freak hairdos. Or the wannabe thug, looking for pseudo-street-cred, with his windows down, radio jacked up all the way, and subwoofer maxed out so that I am forced to listen to his crap music from 100 ft. away. Even smokers who insist on exercising his/her right to smoke ten feet from the entrance to a store than I am coming out of.

They pretty much force me to focus on the outward and ignore the "content of their character."

Which, I suspect, is what they want anyway.

E.g., gross-looking lip/eyebrow rings, most tats, freak hairdos. Or the wannabe thug, looking for pseudo-street-cred, with his windows down, radio jacked up all the way, and subwoofer maxed out so that I am forced to listen to his crap music from 100 ft. away. Even smokers who insist on exercising his/her right to smoke ten feet from the entrance to a store than I am coming out of.

They pretty much force me to focus on the outward and ignore the "content of their character."

Which, I suspect, is what they want anyway.
I think you need to go re-read a bunch of stuff on tolerance. Gross looking is nothing more than your opinion. The people you discriminate against are FAR better at getting over your yuppie appearance (that they find equally distasteful, trust me) than the other way around. Think about that for a little while. I really don't see how modding your body is any different than a car, but that's just me. It's just a temporary container that you use to get around for a while. I'm sure you oogle women with fake boobs, same thing.

I think you need to go re-read a bunch of stuff on tolerance. Gross looking is nothing more than your opinion. The people you discriminate against are FAR better at getting over your yuppie appearance (that they find equally distasteful, trust me) than the other way around. Think about that for a little while. I really don't see how modding your body is any different than a car, but that's just me. It's just a temporary container that you use to get around for a while. I'm sure you oogle women with fake boobs, same thing.

Lauren, that may come off a little mean but i still agree with you 100%:D .

Uh, Seren...FYI, it didn't originate with him (see 1 Sam. 16:6c).

The problem with the implication of your premise is, most people, at the very minimum, feel the need to advertise/express what's stewing inside of themselves by their lifestyle, their outward appearance, hairstyle, names they give their children (witness the slew of attention-begging names Hollywooders give their children (rumor, apple, suri, maddox, moon unit, dweezil, satchel, zowie...well you get the picture), bumper stickers on their cars, the clothes they wear, the vehicles they drive, etc.

And that's fine, as far as it goes.

What bothers me is when I get the feeling that it's a tad bit more than mere "personal expression"...where it's so blatent that it amounts to a virtual shoving of their personal preferences down my and everyone else's collective throats. E.g., gross-looking lip/eyebrow rings, most tats, freak hairdos. Or the wannabe thug, looking for pseudo-street-cred, with his windows down, radio jacked up all the way, and subwoofer maxed out so that I am forced to listen to his crap music from 100 ft. away. Even smokers who insist on exercising his/her right to smoke ten feet from the entrance to a store than I am coming out of.

They pretty much force me to focus on the outward and ignore the "content of their character."

Which, I suspect, is what they want anyway.

It sounds like you are the ones with issues and not the person getting the tats and piercings. I betcha most care even less about what you think if you have the typical look that the heavily tatted and pierced people get. Heck I have gotten shocked looks and all I had was ear, cartlidge, tongue and nipples with a couple of tatts. Usually if someone gives me the look (you (as in the uninformed) all do it trust me) it makes me even less inclined to bother with you as a person. Trust us, we don't care if wanna do it, wanna understand it or even like it. We do...thats what matters. For those that show interest, I betch you have heard some killer stories of each and every piece. Its amazing the memories attached to different pieces.

And considering how far back it goes in history and how much it applied to our forefathers (at least mine, both sides of my family had sailors for example) and beyond that, native people in all areas of the world. So much history goes with body art. Its a really facinating topic of story telling.

I think you need to go re-read a bunch of stuff on tolerance. Gross looking is nothing more than your opinion. The people you discriminate against are FAR better at getting over your yuppie appearance (that they find equally distasteful, trust me) than the other way around. Think about that for a little while. I really don't see how modding your body is any different than a car, but that's just me. It's just a temporary container that you use to get around for a while. I'm sure you oogle women with fake boobs, same thing.
Oogle... I bet he wanks too. :D

steel hanging from lips, nose, nipple, or wherever? Don't say you would hire on his qualifications, not his looks, because that is BS. Just what every S&P Company CEO wants representing them.;)

would you ask if his or her nipple was peirced before you hire

I think you need to go re-read a bunch of stuff on tolerance. Gross looking is nothing more than your opinion. The people you discriminate against are FAR better at getting over your yuppie appearance (that they find equally distasteful, trust me) than the other way around. Think about that for a little while. I really don't see how modding your body is any different than a car, but that's just me. It's just a temporary container that you use to get around for a while. I'm sure you oogle women with fake boobs, same thing.
Agreed, Lauren! Actually, the only objection I have to body mods are the shops that practice poor hygiene. Otherwise, whatever floats your boat! I would have no problem, if it were applicable, to hiring someone with piercings or tats. Certain conditions, I might request cover or concealment (ie: AN ultraconservative client, because the bills still have to be met), but it would be for the duration of that particular meeting. Piercing and tattoos have nothing to do with someones qualification's as far as I am concerned.

Let me see if I've got this..(pauses from being "tripped-out").

For some, the tattoo and body-piercing shtick has been going on as a means of self-expression, a way of belonging with others (maybe). or other hobbies I don't dare mention. In my university days, I noticed a considerable number of individuals who chose to do it for whatever reason. For those of you who do take part in it, let's just say that I still don't completely understand why they do this. After learning about some of the consequenses which have happened to people who did, my question would be.........Why?

After learning about some of the consequenses which have happened to people who did, my question would be.........Why?
Like I said before, I work with sterile procedure every day. I have walked out of shops because I did not like the way they displayed the jewelry (bioburden, not that most people even know what I'm talking about). I have had my hepB series, and I make sure everything is one time use or autoclaved (yup, even want to see the color change on the package it was autoclaved in). All this is in addition to going to well respected studios. In the future I'll probably never step below internationally recognized artists, just because I am a snob about it. So with all of that, the risk is very small. About the same as going to the dentist on average, so even less for me and I haven't seen a dentist in a couple years so I'm about even. ;)

For me, I got a portrait of my dog on my side almost two years after she died suddenly and unexpectedly at five (bloat). It was about turning my grief into physical pain, and then letting it go. Really very personal and that's why I got it in a place that's easily hidden. I'd never get a stock design, so it's different for me than some. All custom, which is why I am so picky about who does it. Artist and guy with tattoo equipment are two different things.

Agreed, Lauren! Actually, the only objection I have to body mods are the shops that practice poor hygiene. Otherwise, whatever floats your boat! I would have no problem, if it were applicable, to hiring someone with piercings or tats. Certain conditions, I might request cover or concealment (ie: AN ultraconservative client, because the bills still have to be met), but it would be for the duration of that particular meeting. Piercing and tattoos have nothing to do with someones qualification's as far as I am concerned.
I am obsessive about hygeine and shop practices, and don't understand why anyone else wouldn't be. Then again, I am not going to some sketchy place that doesn't check IDs.

Since I want to start my own business, concealment has always been an issue for me. That's part of the reason my tatt is where it is. Easy to cover in a business environment, especially since I'll be a CEO asking investors for millions of dollars. So I completely understand about needing to yuppie up to get the bills paid. I haven't gotten any piercings other than my ears for the same reason.

Uh, Seren...FYI, it didn't originate with him (see 1 Sam. 16:6c).


One does not have to originate an idea in order to teach it.


http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r19/Serendipper/startat.jpg

^^^Me.

...We do...thats what matters. For those that show interest...So much history goes with body art. Its a really facinating topic of story telling.

Thus proving that I was apparently correct in what I said: (quote) "They pretty much force me to focus on the outward and ignore the 'content of their character.' Which, I suspect, is what they want anyway." (end quote).

Specifically: they're/you're looking for attention/reaction from others on some level. "Story-telling," etc. Not buying the "we-don't care-what-you-think" claim, since if they/you were the only person on earth, I suspect they/you would not have any tats at all. No audience :eek: for their/your "stories."


Gross looking is nothing more than your opinion. The people you discriminate against are FAR better at getting over your yuppie appearance (that they find equally distasteful, trust me)

And my alleged "yuppie appearance" being "distasteful" to them/you, is a manifestation of nothing more than their/your opinion as well.


I'm sure you oogle women with fake boobs, same thing

Speak for yourself. :D

Sorry to disappoint you, but no, I don't oogle women, fake or not, except my wife. http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/evilgrin0045.gif (http://www.thesmilies.com)

One does not have to originate an idea in order to teach it.

Fair enough.

...if they/you were the only person on earth, I suspect they/you would not have any tats at all. No audience :eek: for their/your "stories."



And my alleged "yuppie appearance" being "distasteful" to them/you, is a manifestation of nothing more than their/your opinion as well.



Sorry to disappoint you, but no, I don't oogle women, fake or not, except my wife. http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/evilgrin0045.gif (http://www.thesmilies.com)
WRONG, I'd pretty much be covered (except for the whole problem of only being able to tattoo yourself in certain areas) because then I wouldn't have to worry about discrimination from people like yourself and societal norms.

While they have a preference for an appearance other than yours, they do not discriminate. That's the difference you are missing. They are okay with people being different, and you are not. I am fine with my friends and family not having any piercings or tattoos, but some of them would disown me if they knew the full story. And you think this is okay, just because the people you disciminate against might have opinions about people like you that the do not act on.

I am calling BS on the not oogling women thing too. Heck, I am a straight as can be female and I'll give another nice looking female a second glance (at least to try to motivate myself to exercise a little more). ;)

Thus proving that I was apparently correct in what I said: (quote) "They pretty much force me to focus on the outward and ignore the 'content of their character.' Which, I suspect, is what they want anyway." (end quote).

Specifically: they're/you're looking for attention/reaction from others on some level. "Story-telling," etc. Not buying the "we-don't care-what-you-think" claim, since if they/you were the only person on earth, I suspect they/you would not have any tats at all. No audience :eek: for their/your "stories."



Usually if someone gives me the look (you (as in the uninformed) all do it trust me) it makes me even less inclined to bother with you as a person. Trust us, we don't care if wanna do it, wanna understand it or even like it. We do...thats what matters. For those that show interest, I betch you have heard some killer stories of each and every piece. Its amazing the memories attached to different pieces.

And considering how far back it goes in history and how much it applied to our forefathers (at least mine, both sides of my family had sailors for example) and beyond that, native people in all areas of the world. So much history goes with body art. Its a really facinating topic of story telling.

Re-read what Maelstrom posted (I quoted it above for you).

He's not saying that he thinks less of people w/o tats/piercings, or people who don't notice/comment on his tats/piercings. He's saying that he is less inclined to bother with people who show distaste in his body modifications. Yes, he's excited to talk about them to people who are interested, but he doesn't go up to people and just start telling stories about when/where/why he got a certain piece done.

As for hiring people with piercings/tattoos, to me it depends on the position. I used to have my ears pierced. My boss told me that the company would prefer that I take them out, but that it was up to me. Since I work off-site at a client's location, and the client has male employees with tattoos and piercings, my boss figured that I could, too. If I worked at an actual company location, I'd have been required to remove them. I removed them out of respect for my late father-in-law when I attended his funeral, and never got around to putting them back in. That was over two years ago. As for my other piercings and tattoos, when I'm dressed for work, no one can tell I have them, so it's no one's business but my own that I have them. It's not like I walk up to people and say, "Hi, I'm monogodo, I have a 4g piece of surgical steel inserted in the end of my penis, how are you today?"

"Hi, I'm monogodo, I have a 4g piece of surgical steel inserted in the end of my penis, how are you today?"
:D :D :D
Thanks, I needed to laugh.

One does not have to originate an idea in order to teach it.


http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r19/Serendipper/startat.jpg

^^^Me.

try that again, in good light, with the macro function of your camera turned on, and come back to us with the results.

Re-read what Maelstrom posted (I quoted it above for you).

He's not saying that he thinks less of people w/o tats/piercings, or people who don't notice/comment on his tats/piercings. He's saying that he is less inclined to bother with people who show distaste in his body modifications. Yes, he's excited to talk about them to people who are interested, but he doesn't go up to people and just start telling stories about when/where/why he got a certain piece done.


Thanks, For a second I thought I was typing in jibberish :D

"Hi, I'm monogodo, I have a 4g piece of surgical steel inserted in the end of my penis, how are you today?"

oh jeez...did it hurt? Hope it didn't get infected...yikes ;)

so i take this as no one has a surface piercing?