Is your body a work of art?
By missybear
@missybear (11391)
United States
July 29, 2011 6:45pm CST
Back in the day {almost 30 years ago} I got my first couple of tattoos and way before that my first piercings{my ears only}.
Then it was not to common for Girls to have tattoos and piercings like it is now a days.
I got my ears pierced the old fashion way...sitting in my friends bathroom with a bottle of booze waiting for her to ram this earring stud through my lope.
My tattoos were done by hand and I got them for free too.
Now everybody you see has tattoos or piercings.
Do you enjoy looking at peoples tattoos and piercings or does it gross you out?![](/Content/images/emotes/whistle.gif)
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12 responses
@gdesjardin (1918)
• United States
3 Aug 11
At one point, I had five holes in my ears, plus the cartliage pierced (that one hurt). Now I am lucky if I remember to put earings on..LOL. I love tatoos, and will also stare at people's tatoos. I also will go into tatoo places and ask if I can watch. The funny thing is that I don't have any tats myself. I have always wanted to get one but I keep changing my mind on what I want. I guess I will be a senior citizen before I ever get one!
@missybear (11391)
• United States
4 Aug 11
One way to save money I guess...you just look at others getting 1
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
1 Aug 11
I enjoy looking at tattoos but I don't like huge tattoos or all over ones...like a full leg or arm covering.
I like the simple piercings too...not the brow, tongue, lip or belly button piercings, just simple ear type piercings. A nose piercing is OK if it's tiny.
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
1 Aug 11
I like the tiny studs in the nose but I would never get one...can't get drunk enough for that![](/Content/images/emotes/rofl.gif)
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@dream_ozn (1754)
• Singapore
30 Jul 11
HI missybear,
I had my first ear piercing when I was 12 years old. That was the only piercing that i have.
I actually wanted a piercing on my belly button but a report I read on the newspaper which says a girl had her whole stomach pulled out by the seat belt in a car accident because the seat belt caught her piercing. It set me back.
I always wanted a tattoo because i felt that it is cool. However, people around me are telling me that I should not do it and that i will definitely regret it should i have done it.
Still, i would very much like to have one even though i am worried about the pain. Is having a tattoo painful?
@missybear (11391)
• United States
30 Jul 11
Ouch that sounds horrible about the stomach thing.
Tattoos don't really hurt that bad, after the first couple pokes you just kinda feel a little uncomfortable feeling at least that's how it was for me.
@dream_ozn (1754)
• Singapore
31 Jul 11
Yes. it's really horrible and that really deterred me from piercing my belly bottom.
Think i really need to pluck up my courage and get a tattoo done soon. Have you regretted doing yours?
@fabsprecious (1565)
• United States
10 Aug 11
I personally don't like tattoos at least not on my body, it doesn't bother me a bit to see it on others, again that's their body and some people enjoy it. I personally like to see them as well. As for piercings I have had a few. I have the traditional ear piercings (which I got when I was a baby) and then I got piercings in the ear right above the first ones. I have also my tongue pierced, but I only had that for about a year, as soon as I found out I was pregnant I immediately removed it.
@missybear (11391)
• United States
10 Aug 11
I sometimes wonder if babies could talk would they tell their parents not to pierce their ears![](/Content/images/emotes/whistle.gif)
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@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
20 Nov 11
hi,
actually i dont like a person who have many piercings in body while having tattoos in body will give to me more attraction but still it will depend upon the kind of tattoos in body,because i have seen some tattoos that is not really good to my eyes.
@missybear (11391)
• United States
20 Nov 11
You right about some tattoos but I still like most of them
@margeryann (1845)
• United States
30 Jul 11
I don't want any tattoos on myself since I know they are habit forming. Most people if they get one have to have more and I wouldn't want lots of tattoos on myself. If I had one I know I would want more because of all the different kinds of art varieties I like.
I don't see nothing wrong with other people doing it though.There is some really nice tattoos that some people have.
I don't want any body piercings on myself and some of them I see on other people look okay and some of them look gross to me but even the gross ones I don't say that the person is gross for wearing them because that is something they like and everyone likes different things.Just like I might not like some styles of clothes but some people might like them. Everyone likes different things. That's what makes us all different from one another.
This is a very good idea for a discussion because everyone has different thoughts about different things.
I don't like to judge a person by what they look like but by their actions but I'm not going to judge them religiously no matter what because their is only one judge in a situation like that and that is god
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You have a good weekend!
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
30 Jul 11
I Love Tattoos but I can't get into some of the piercings that people have, like the piercings in the lip and tongue. That would just bother me having something stuck in my tongue.
I think the little nose piercings are sexy.
@margeryann (1845)
• United States
30 Jul 11
Some of the piercings do look cool and some look painful and wild looking. I seen a piercing where someone had piercings all over there back and had strings between each one looking like a outfit. That looked real painful.
@missybear (11391)
• United States
30 Jul 11
Some of them are amazing. I like to get a couple more someday.
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
30 Jul 11
Hi missy! You are one "brave woman"!lol I got my ears pierced
4 times, both ears! One of them was a "screwup" and the last one
was the worst. The jeweler who pierced my ears lied to me about
the studs being "14kt" and gave me "surgical steel" which I turned
out to be allergic to and was in pain for 6 weeks and scared to take
the damn earrings out! When I did I felt better almost immediately! I
should have sued the azzhole! As for the tats, never got one, but
always wanted one. Didn't get one because of a "religious thing"
and now am not into religion, but am too damn old!![](/Content/images/emotes/angry.gif)
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
30 Jul 11
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@crimsonladybug (3112)
• United States
30 Jul 11
I love tattoos. Piercings I don't find terribly artistic, although they are just as much an expression of the person as anything else.
Your story reminded me of not one but two separate women I saw last week. Completely unrelated women, I saw them on two different days in two different places. Both were in their sixties and had tattoos on their upper arms. Both tattoos looked older, faded, stretched with age, not like they had just gotten them in the recent years as they have become less "taboo" but definitely like they had gotten them in their much younger years. I was very impressed by their moxy and courage to show them off...and to have gotten them done in the first place. People like that I think might have some interesting stories to tell.
I have four tattoos and no plans to stop anytime soon. I have another five plotted out, just need the money.
@missybear (11391)
• United States
30 Jul 11
I want a flower on above my left boob and a bee above my right boob flying towards the flower...I thought of that a while ago but like you I need money to do it.
@captinjack (788)
• China
30 Jul 11
Hi,missybear. Maybe it is for that i am from a very conventional country ,i don't feel like looking at tatoos on people ,especially on girls .They even make me uncomfortable .When watching American TV-series ,it doesn't bother me to see colourful tatoos .Sometimes i even think girls with tatoos are pretty sexy . The reason of it probably lies on the cultural background .Have a nice day !
@missybear (11391)
• United States
30 Jul 11
I think they look sexy too if they done nice and are in the right place, some off them are really tacky though.
@toniganzon (72277)
• Philippines
30 Jul 11
I have ear piercings a few days after I was born. For female babies we usually have their ears pierced. Piercings n other body parts like tongue and navel scares me. I have new tattoo on my right shoulder and I'm happy about it. I hate looking at dirty tattoos, those done by a not son good artist and doesn't suit the person well.
@missybear (11391)
• United States
30 Jul 11
I'm scared myself about navel piercing, I like the little stud that girl get for their nose but it's not for me.
I just stick to my ears.![](/Content/images/emotes/happy.gif)
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@flowerfest08 (1677)
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30 Jul 11
I'm not against people who have tattoos or piercings, some are nice to look at, maybe it depends also on how that person carry themselves with it, but for myself, I don't want to have tattoo, I have ear piercing and just that, I'm really afraid of needle and scars.
@missybear (11391)
• United States
30 Jul 11
Funny you said you're afraid of needles cause I am too when it comes to injections or blood drawing but the Tattoos never bothered me
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