If You Could Get Something Else Pierced, What Would It Be?

I always wear my hair up, so I figured it wouldn't bother anything to have the cartilage pierced. Glad to know it doesn't hurt. I thought the ear one hurt a bit, but I had my ears pierced with a 16G needle and then had captive bead rings put in. The piercing itself didn't hurt, putting on the rings hurt a bit though. Not too bad though, I'm still glad I did it that way instead of at the mall. My body tried to reject my earrings because apparently I am allergic to stainless steel, sterling silver, and 18K gold. But now that I figured out the secret, that PTFE (Teflon) or glass work just fine in my ears, I am ready to get something else pierced. I'll just make sure that something like titanium or Teflon can be put into that piercing. That's what I'm figuring is that at least piercings aren't permanent if I don't like it later in life. That's the main reason I have no tattoos. I am a bit worried that ear stretching might be somewhat permanent though, I'm still debating how far I'm going with that. But yes, I definitely hope to exchange new piercing stories with you soon! And who knows, maybe sometime I will get that cute little nose piercing too. I do like it, I just can't decide if I have the right nose.

I'm sure my girlfriend would love it if I got my tongue pierced, but I guess the main thing that keeps me from doing anything to my tongue is that I play harmonica. And so therefore, I need my tongue intact. Sometimes I forget that not everyone plays the harmonica. I was watching some show were people got their tongues forked and I'm sitting there wondering, "But how on earth does that guy play the harmonica now?" And then I realized, he probably doesn't.

LAMO! Yeah I can see why you wouldn't do that. I'm among those who don't play the harmonica :)

You know, if you had asked me this question a month ago, I'd have had the same response as you. Now that I finally figured out that as long as I'm using non-metal earrings, my ears are great, I'm so tempted to pierce something else.

My ears would grow back very very quickly, and I actually did consider letting them grow back before. Due to them being allergic to everything I wore for the past 3 years, my holes have slightly shifted so that they are not matched perfectly anymore. But now that I'm stretching, it's already starting to be not noticeable. I think that the spot the holes are in is good for stretching too. Plus I absolutely hate how the super low ear piercing looks on old people, so I don't want to end up with it there once I am old (usually that's caused by having your ears done as a baby I've heard though, but still I'm not taking any chances). I thought both of my ears were cursed at one point. ;) I'm thinking if I get something that would be unacceptable at work, I'll just wear clear glass in it. And I work in an office, so basically, anything is unacceptable. But even people with giant tattoos just cover them and as long as things are covered, they're overlooked.

I've never bought any earrings that came with smaller ones for other holes, but I think my friend who has 2 holes in each ear buys some like that sometimes. I find earrings in larger gauges that I want a lot nowadays, but never with an extra pair.

When I got my ears pierced at the one shop I told them how a lot of my relatives had problems with 14K gold, and they only used 316 stainless steel there. Which unfortunately, I was allergic to. I also have problems with gold and silver. But now I finally have a longer list of things I don't have a problem with: pyrex glass, acrylic, and Teflon.

Is the belly piercing easily rejected? Or you just let it close up? I like eyebrow rings, but my eyebrows aren't very pretty so I don't want to accent them. I'm trying to get in shape for the belly piercing, but I'm kind of reconsidering that one as I can't think of when I ever show my belly.

That's what I'm afraid of, that the cartilage piercing wouldn't heal on me. But I think as long as I use titanium, it should be fine. Even doing the salt water and anything else I could think of, my ear lobes never healed until I finally put in Teflon. I've wanted to get a tattoo of a small lizard on my shoulder blade area for awhile now. But I'm too afraid that I might be being impulsive here like I usually am. So I'm going to wait about 5 years and if I still want it, I'll get it done. I think tattoos can look really nice if done properly.