im fuckin psyched! my boyfriend's cousin is a tattoo artist and does piercings so for my bday the bf is buying me all the piercings i've been wanting (parents are semi ok with it, but they werent about to sign anything so i have to wait) heres the ones im getting!

nose
http://z.hubpages.com/u/195278_f260.jpg


industrial
http://z.about.com/d/tattoo/1/0/s/i/1/ear4.jpg


spiral (cept lower gauge than that, it looks a little too thick)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/109/303053752_36df1e00b8.jpg?v=0


and belly button
http://www.iconocast.com/D2/C3/News7_0.jpg



yayyy im excited!

for some reason the spiral wont show up with the image thing, but just click the link

Haha, coool. You're going to get them all at once?

Are you getting the spiral and industrial in the same ear?

ya dyke

That's exciting! :)

Haha, coool. You're going to get them all at once?

yeaaaa it's gonna be rough but im also getting a case of that disinfecting sea salt water shit so i'll be covered on the infection end of it


Are you getting the spiral and industrial in the same ear?

nooo... i dont even think that's possible! lol

ya dyke

.... k? that's a little offensive.

That's exciting! :)

i know!! i can't wait! if i were to get those at a shop it would cost me over 600 dolars, but i think he's charging justin like 50 for everything so it's pretty sweet. it just stinks i have to wait till im 18, he could get in a lottt of trouble if i didnt.

I don't like either of the ear ones. :/

All I have to say is good luck with the spiral. Cartilage is already a bitch to heal let alone all those holes at once. You're probably going to have a hard time finding jewelry for it and will have to have something custom made.

So you're going to get an industrial on one ear and the spiral on the other? How are you going to sleep? Unless you want to sleep flat on your back I'd suggest holding off on one as both are hard to heal without all the trauma that sleeping on them is going to cause.

i know!! i can't wait! if i were to get those at a shop it would cost me over 600 dolars, but i think he's charging justin like 50 for everything so it's pretty sweet. it just stinks i have to wait till im 18, he could get in a lottt of trouble if i didnt.
What kind of shop were you planning on going to? No way it would cost that much. I figure around $75 each for the ear piercings and $50 or so for the nose and belly.

I don't like either of the ear ones. :/

ehh.. to each their own i guess.

All I have to say is good luck with the spiral. Cartilage is already a bitch to heal let alone all those holes at once. You're probably going to have a hard time finding jewelry for it and will have to have something custom made.

So you're going to get an industrial on one ear and the spiral on the other? How are you going to sleep? Unless you want to sleep flat on your back I'd suggest holding off on one as both are hard to heal without all the trauma that sleeping on them is going to cause.

nah sleeping on an industrial shouldnt be bad at all. the spiral will be a bitch but it's almost exactly as if you were just getting three regular piercings up there at once. spirals arent really hard to find at all, he already ordered one for me.

What kind of shop were you planning on going to? No way it would cost that much. I figure around $75 each for the ear piercings and $50 or so for the nose and belly.


pshh are you kidding?? a spiral costs about 160 easy, an industrial about 120, belly button is about 70 and nose is about 80. i may have exaggerated a bit but it's still ridic expensive.

My healed industrial is still a bitch to sleep on.
It bled when it was new, now I just get a sore ear.
Its harder than you think....

I'd hold off on the spiral.
It'll need all the help healing that it can.

And if unless your bfs cousin disowns him... he should still do it cheap for you. Once the rest have healed.
And I have no comment on prices, I have no clue.

Guys ever see that study about the navel piercings that caused infections under the skin in the uterus and they had to be removed? nasty stuff.

I really wouldn't recommend getting the pierced all at once. The general rule is only have 3 holes healing at once, and both the spiral and industrial will be bitches to heal.

But good luck with them anyway =)

My cartlidge piercings felt like a bruise to sleep on. Get one first, seriously.

Industrial is really fucking ugly on a girl.

ehh.. to each their own i guess.



nah sleeping on an industrial shouldnt be bad at all. the spiral will be a bitch but it's almost exactly as if you were just getting three regular piercings up there at once. spirals arent really hard to find at all, he already ordered one for me.




pshh are you kidding?? a spiral costs about 160 easy, an industrial about 120, belly button is about 70 and nose is about 80. i may have exaggerated a bit but it's still ridic expensive.
Have you ever had a cartilage piercing? I'm assuming not if you think it's going to be okay to sleep on it. It won't. But go ahead and try it and see how long it takes you to heal it if that's what you want.

pshh are you kidding?? a spiral costs about 160 easy, an industrial about 120, belly button is about 70 and nose is about 80. i may have exaggerated a bit but it's still ridic expensive.

God damn that's still incredibly expensive. Even with titanium jewelry that's more expensive than it'd cost at a nice high quality place in AU$ over here.

God damn that's still incredibly expensive. Even with titanium jewelry that's more expensive than it'd cost at a nice high quality place in AU$ over here.
Yeah, I think the shops where she lives must completely rip people off.

It pays to get better though. I got three holes in my lobes in November, one set in gold and the other two were titanium. Well the four titanium holes fucked up majorly, I've had to let the third on each ear close up cs they were literally squirting pus. Now I've put gold into the second ones, and they're fine.

Also I got two cartiledge, both in gold, they're fine. . .and it never hurt to sleep on at all :S

hurts like a BITCH if u catch it when ur brushing your hair though. OUCH.

ehh.. to each their own i guess.



nah sleeping on an industrial shouldnt be bad at all. the spiral will be a bitch but it's almost exactly as if you were just getting three regular piercings up there at once. spirals arent really hard to find at all, he already ordered one for me.




pshh are you kidding?? a spiral costs about 160 easy, an industrial about 120, belly button is about 70 and nose is about 80. i may have exaggerated a bit but it's still ridic expensive.

Ive been to lots of places that do tattoos and piercings and they all seem to be about 40 for the nose, 50 for the belly button, and 70 for the different ear cartilage ones

I got just a plain one hole stud piercing in each cartilage once and it was the worst thing i've ever felt, I couldn't sleep and I ended up having to take them out it hurt so bad. You should really only get one and let it get comfortable and then get the second one.

It pays to get better though. I got three holes in my lobes in November, one set in gold and the other two were titanium. Well the four titanium holes fucked up majorly, I've had to let the third on each ear close up cs they were literally squirting pus. Now I've put gold into the second ones, and they're fine.

Also I got two cartiledge, both in gold, they're fine. . .and it never hurt to sleep on at all :S

hurts like a BITCH if u catch it when ur brushing your hair though. OUCH.

If your gold piercing worked and your titanium ones ended up so disgusting I think it's probably way more likely you have some kind of crazy allergy to it. Titanium is paying to get better.

Titanium was much cheaper than gold :S

Titanium was much cheaper than gold :S

Of course, but that extra cash isn't from you paying to get better quality jewelry, you're just paying out the ass for 18kt gold.

If your gold piercing worked and your titanium ones ended up so disgusting I think it's probably way more likely you have some kind of crazy allergy to it. Titanium is paying to get better.

I've had gold, titanium, and surgical steel piercings and they all got infected except the surgical steel.

I've had gold, titanium, and surgical steel piercings and they all got infected except the surgical steel.

That's some awesome annecdotal evidence alright, however it really means nothing on account of it being annecdotal evidence and all. There are millions of reasons your piercings can get infected and it's pretty silly to blame this on the material. :shrug:

My healed industrial is still a bitch to sleep on.
It bled when it was new, now I just get a sore ear.
Its harder than you think....

I'd hold off on the spiral.
It'll need all the help healing that it can.

And if unless your bfs cousin disowns him... he should still do it cheap for you. Once the rest have healed.
And I have no comment on prices, I have no clue.

hmm.. yeah i think i'll take your advice, you've had it done so obviously know a lot more about it than i do! im not sure which one i'll do first tho, but i'll def hold off on the other. thanks for the tip!


Guys ever see that study about the navel piercings that caused infections under the skin in the uterus and they had to be removed? nasty stuff.

omg whattt??? send me that!! dude if it even STARTS to get infected, im taking it out.


I really wouldn't recommend getting the pierced all at once. The general rule is only have 3 holes healing at once, and both the spiral and industrial will be bitches to heal.

But good luck with them anyway =)

yeah you guys are totally right, im gonna hold of on one of those ear piercings, it'll be too hard to deal with and im the biggest pussy in the world lol

My cartlidge piercings felt like a bruise to sleep on. Get one first, seriously.
Have you ever had a cartilage piercing? I'm assuming not if you think it's going to be okay to sleep on it. It won't. But go ahead and try it and see how long it takes you to heal it if that's what you want.


yeah i had two before, i pierced them myself. it did feel like a bruise for a while but i had to get a bunch of MRI's done so i had to take them out it healed in like an hour so i never re-did it.


God damn that's still incredibly expensive. Even with titanium jewelry that's more expensive than it'd cost at a nice high quality place in AU$ over here.

I would only get the HIGHEST quality metal over here and it costs money just to go to a reputable shop. my friend just got that spiral and it cost 140

Yeah, I think the shops where she lives must completely rip people off.

haha maybe... but it's all good cause i won't have to go to one!

It pays to get better though. I got three holes in my lobes in November, one set in gold and the other two were titanium. Well the four titanium holes fucked up majorly, I've had to let the third on each ear close up cs they were literally squirting pus. Now I've put gold into the second ones, and they're fine.

Also I got two cartiledge, both in gold, they're fine. . .and it never hurt to sleep on at all :S

hurts like a BITCH if u catch it when ur brushing your hair though. OUCH.


haha i'll be careful of that! im also buying a case of H2Ocean which is like the BEST stuff to keep from getting an infection. it's expensive as hell, even wholesale (retail it's about 14 bucks a can which lasts a week for 2 piercings) but it's definately worth it cause it works with your natural body chemistry to keep it from rejecting the piercing and disinfects it from getting bacteria. other piercing stuff just kills the bacteria.

omg whattt??? send me that!! dude if it even STARTS to get infected, im taking it out.
Millions of people get their belly button done per year and probably not even 1 per year get an infection so bad that they can no longer have children. If any. Take care of your piercings and if it gets bad see a doctor and you won't have to worry.

yeah you guys are totally right, im gonna hold of on one of those ear piercings, it'll be too hard to deal with and im the biggest pussy in the world lol
Hold off on both if you don't like the idea of infections. It's better to be safe than sorry and human bodies aren't designed to have piercings at all let alone having to deal with six at once.

I would only get the HIGHEST quality metal over here and it costs money just to go to a reputable shop. my friend just got that spiral and it cost 140
There's the HIGHEST quality metal and then there's the HIGHEST quality metal which is imported from France and is encrusted with 18ct diamonds, from a place which is an absofuckinglute rip off.

There's the HIGHEST quality metal and then there's the HIGHEST quality metal which is imported from France and is encrusted with 18ct diamonds, from a place which is an absofuckinglute rip off.

yeah no i agree, but it really doesnt make a difference to me since im not getting it done at a shop. he's only gonna charge for the actual earring itself and maybe like 5 bucks each labor.

Oh and don't ever take out a piercing that's infected. The infection can get trapped in the skin and then you have way more problems than you did before.

The spiral looks cool as hell!!
i got my lip for my 16th and my 17th is in like 6 days and i think imma get my tongue
good luck!! piercings are the shiz!!

You're getting mutiple cartiledges at once HAHHAHAHAHAHAA good fucking luck with that. I've had my industrial for over a month and i still cant sleep on that side. Cartilegdes DO NOT HEAL FAST!!!!!!!!!!! i do not recommend getting multiple on both ears. Only one ear unless you like sleeping with your head facing up, you like not being able to brush your hair, you like not being able to shower normally.

hmm.. yeah i think i'll take your advice, you've had it done so obviously know a lot more about it than i do! im not sure which one i'll do first tho, but i'll def hold off on the other. thanks for the tip!

omg whattt??? send me that!! dude if it even STARTS to get infected, im taking it out.

I would only get the HIGHEST quality metal over here and it costs money just to go to a reputable shop. my friend just got that spiral and it cost 140

haha i'll be careful of that! im also buying a case of H2Ocean which is like the BEST stuff to keep from getting an infection. it's expensive as hell, even wholesale (retail it's about 14 bucks a can which lasts a week for 2 piercings) but it's definately worth it cause it works with your natural body chemistry to keep it from rejecting the piercing and disinfects it from getting bacteria. other piercing stuff just kills the bacteria.

Never take a piercing out that you even suspect to be infected. First stop, piercers, second stop, doctors for some borad spectrum antibiotics. Most people mistake infections for general healing or irritation, and rejection.

Highest quality piercing metal is titanium, implant grade. Well niobium is better, but you won't find any of that threaded. Gold is mixed with alot of other metals, like nickel, to make it stronger. Gold is a good idea if it was pure, but then it would be waaay too soft for piercing materials. Surgical steel contains a small amount of other alloys, but its not usually enough to set of allergies. So yah. Titanium is good.
Internally threaded is very good, but its not needed. Depends on piercing method mainly, and how often you plan on changing jewellery. With a healthy, well healed piercing, externally threaded is absolutely fine. And its alot cheaper.

And I hate H20cean. Its horribly overpriced, and it has egg enzymes in.
Either buy some saline solution from a pharmacy (its for eyes), buy one of those empty spray bottles too if you want.. Or make your own sea salt soaks. Tis the same thing as h20cean tries to be, but with less ingredients, and enormously cheaper. 1/8tsp of non-iodonised sea salt mixed in a cup of hot water. I find warm soaks help alot more anyway.
You can also use satin or provon soap, but I've never tried it... Some people love it, and some hate it. Plain SSS are fine for me.

I use bactine to clean my bellybutton piercing...It was only $35 dollars...

You're getting mutiple cartiledges at once HAHHAHAHAHAHAA good fucking luck with that. I've had my industrial for over a month and i still cant sleep on that side. Cartilegdes DO NOT HEAL FAST!!!!!!!!!!! i do not recommend getting multiple on both ears. Only one ear unless you like sleeping with your head facing up, you like not being able to brush your hair, you like not being able to shower normally.

we already discussed this topic. keep up.


The spiral looks cool as hell!!
i got my lip for my 16th and my 17th is in like 6 days and i think imma get my tongue
good luck!! piercings are the shiz!!

haha i know right?? it's kinda unique too, i dont know many people that have that done

I use bactine to clean my bellybutton piercing...It was only $35 dollars...

h2ocean is seriously the absolute best thing you can possibly buy. it's 100% natural and works with your body chemistry to make it heal much better and much faster and with no scar tissue whatsoever. the catch? 13 dollars a can, and a can lasts a week.

Mm, my problem wasn't sleeping with a cartilage piercing(well of course during the initial healing it was) but after that, it always gets caught in my towel when I dry my hair. Yanking on a semi healed piercing hurts like bitch, and makes it inflamed. To this day if I change my cartilage to a round ring(I've always had a flat bar) it gets inflamed and I can't sleep on it. And I've had mine done since I was in grade 8... so 5 years ago.

But the spiral is epic!
I think if you can manage not sleeping on either side of your head for months on end, go for it! They look great!

P.S. I find thicker gauges easier to clean... so I wouldn't down size the spiral any, but that is just my opinion. Also my thing is more of Facial piercings, they anything.

h2ocean is seriously the absolute best thing you can possibly buy. it's 100% natural and works with your body chemistry to make it heal much better and much faster and with no scar tissue whatsoever. the catch? 13 dollars a can, and a can lasts a week.

Yes you've said it already, h2ocean disinfects your piercing, while the other products only kill the bacteria. :rolleyes:

I've never seen the need for h2ocean tbh. SSS costs next to nothing and is more beneficial in my opinion.

H2Ocean is pretty much glorified saline solution. It's much cheaper, and just as beneficial, to use sea salt soaks. You're basically paying for the name.

u know what it's proven to work in the past for me, so if it's not broke, dont fix it.

u know what it's proven to work in the past for me, so if it's not broke, dont fix it.
Okay, but have you at least tried using just plain sea salt soaks? If you've only tried one thing you can't really say which is better.

Okay, but have you at least tried using just plain sea salt soaks? If you've only tried one thing you can't really say which is better.

no, i know exactly what you mean but i just think that if i KNOW that this works well, than i dont want to take my chances on something else, even if it might be better. you know what i mean? i'd rather just stick to what i've already tried. thanks for the idea tho i might buy the can of stuff that i like and try the regular sea salt soaks and see if it's the same or something. how do you make one of those? just dissolve sea salt in water?

Add 1/4 tsp of pure sea salt to about 8oz of boiled water. Let it cool a tad and fill a shot glass with it and pop it over the piercing, or with ear piercings dunk your ear in it for about 10 mins or so.

Add 1/4 tsp of pure sea salt to about 8oz of boiled water. Let it cool a tad and fill a shot glass with it and pop it over the piercing, or with ear piercings dunk your ear in it for about 10 mins or so.

ok, i'll try that. does it disinfect as well??

As much as h20cean.
What's great about warm SSS is it helps to draw out lymph and gunk from inside the piercing and I also find it very soothing, especially if the piercing is itching =)

They're all cool, just all at once is probably gonna hurt. It's a lot for your bosy to handle at once.

Saline, and H2Ocean, are the same thing. H2Ocean just comes in a bottle.

the thing is tho, like you gotta get that crusty gunk off for it to heal right and h2ocean sprays real hard to clean that shit out. any ideas for how to get sea salt water to do that? i dont think a water bottle would be strong enough

the thing is tho, like you gotta get that crusty gunk off for it to heal right and h2ocean sprays real hard to clean that shit out. any ideas for how to get sea salt water to do that? i dont think a water bottle would be strong enough

make sure it's warm and let it soak. It'll loosen up the gunk and will be easier to clean.

make sure it's warm and let it soak. It'll loosen up the gunk and will be easier to clean.

yeah what do you mean by easier to clean? i want something that's gonna actually clean it, not make it easier to clean.

You soak it, and this draws out any lymph or gunk from inside the piercing. Then wipe around with a cotton bud to remove any more gunk.

If you want something that magically makes gunk disappear, its not gonna happen unless you want something skin dissolving...

You have to clean it yourself too.
Soaking crusties means the gunk will pretty much fall off with a little gentle cotton bud poking.
Sparying saline on, and then not wiping it, does pretty little. It just hardens back into crusties.

yeah, any good piercer wont do that many piercings in one day. your body will go into shock and most of them willl end up rejecting. you are supposed to leave between 6-9 months at least between each piercing and tattoo for them to heal correctly

You soak it, and this draws out any lymph or gunk from inside the piercing. Then wipe around with a cotton bud to remove any more gunk.

If you want something that magically makes gunk disappear, its not gonna happen unless you want something skin dissolving...

You have to clean it yourself too.
Soaking crusties means the gunk will pretty much fall off with a little gentle cotton bud poking.
Sparying saline on, and then not wiping it, does pretty little. It just hardens back into crusties.

hmmm i gotcha. i just dont know how i would soak them like on my cartilidge and my nose lol any ideas? and also would i stil have to use alcohol or peroxide to kill stuff?

yeah, any good piercer wont do that many piercings in one day. your body will go into shock and most of them willl end up rejecting. you are supposed to leave between 6-9 months at least between each piercing and tattoo for them to heal correctly

ummm that's definately not true. like if you got one big ass tattoo, that's pretty much equal to like 3 small tattoos, so you dont have to wait six months between each session. the only reason your body would really reject it is if you dont give it the proper care.

hmmm i gotcha. i just dont know how i would soak them like on my cartilidge and my nose lol any ideas? and also would i stil have to use alcohol or peroxide to kill stuff?

No! Don't use alcohol or peroxide!
Stuff like that is wayy to harsh and will damage the healing cells. You don't really need to kill all the bacteria (and this is close to impossible anyway) you just need to keep it clean.

No! Don't use alcohol or peroxide!
Stuff like that is wayy to harsh and will damage the healing cells. You don't really need to kill all the bacteria (and this is close to impossible anyway) you just need to keep it clean.

haha ok! do you have a lot of piercings? you seem to know a lot about this.

Piercinngs go a hel of alot deeper than a tattoo, theres not much comparison. And with a big ass tattoo, its normally done in several sessions, so that your body doesn't go into shock, and has a chnace to heal and recover.

Never use peroxide, achohol, bactine, neosproin etc etc...
Its bad stuff, kills all the white blood cells as well as bacteria, which leaves it more open to infection and crap..
Stick to saline of some form. Helps your immune sytem, and gets crustes off.

Me and fomo hang around alot of body mod forums, giving advice and taking it in. (fomo: on IAM?)
And research a hell of alot. Piercings are interesting.
I currently have ... 10? (aww I feel so empty) But have had a lot more. We're not an expert, but we're not ignorant to everything either.

Ad I hate this shitty keyboard!

Yuss what stasha said. I hang around the forums on BJS and BAF, spend a lot of time on BME and check modblog regularly.
I have... 8 currently and have retired a few.

And stasha I set up my IAM t'other day, my name is fomo on it as well.
Tis a bit crappy atm as I've only just done it =P

Piercinngs go a hel of alot deeper than a tattoo, theres not much comparison. And with a big ass tattoo, its normally done in several sessions, so that your body doesn't go into shock, and has a chnace to heal and recover.

Never use peroxide, achohol, bactine, neosproin etc etc...
Its bad stuff, kills all the white blood cells as well as bacteria, which leaves it more open to infection and crap..
Stick to saline of some form. Helps your immune sytem, and gets crustes off.

Me and fomo hang around alot of body mod forums, giving advice and taking it in. (fomo: on IAM?)
And research a hell of alot. Piercings are interesting.
I currently have ... 10? (aww I feel so empty) But have had a lot more. We're not an expert, but we're not ignorant to everything either.

Ad I hate this shitty keyboard!

Yuss what stasha said. I hang around the forums on BJS and BAF, spend a lot of time on BME and check modblog regularly.
I have... 8 currently and have retired a few.

And stasha I set up my IAM t'other day, my name is fomo on it as well.
Tis a bit crappy atm as I've only just done it =P

ok so i'll definately take your advice. just let me get it straight. only use sea salt water (dissolve a few spoons in some boiling water and wait for it to cool a bit) soak it or spray it (could i use a cotton ball for my ears and stuff? cause you cant really soak that..) DO NOT use anything anti bacterial, whichhhh i dont really get, cause isnt that what they give you when you get ur ears pierced at the mall and stuff, that piercing solution? it's pretty much just alchol.. other than that what else am i missing? obviously you should keep your hands off of them. i decided im gonna get my nipples done too, so would it be ok if i kept some gauze on them the first couple days? i dont want it to rub, and i have expensive bras so i dont wanna get blood or gunk on them.


thanks so much for all your help! and pleasee make sure i have this all correct, the last thing i want is an infection or rejection.

oh, and whats an IAM??

Not a few spoons of salt, an 1/8th to 1/4 of a teaspoon to about a mug of boiling water.
And you can kinda find an angle to dip your ear in, but cotton balls do work, you just have to be careful not to get any threads caught around the jewellery.

I don't know much about nipple piercings, they scare me and I'm too young to think about them anyway =P

And IAM is BMEs online community. So kinda like a social networking site but based around mods.

ok so i'll definately take your advice. just let me get it straight. only use sea salt water (dissolve a few spoons in some boiling water and wait for it to cool a bit) soak it or spray it (could i use a cotton ball for my ears and stuff? cause you cant really soak that..) DO NOT use anything anti bacterial, whichhhh i dont really get, cause isnt that what they give you when you get ur ears pierced at the mall and stuff, that piercing solution? it's pretty much just alchol.. other than that what else am i missing? obviously you should keep your hands off of them. i decided im gonna get my nipples done too, so would it be ok if i kept some gauze on them the first couple days? i dont want it to rub, and i have expensive bras so i dont wanna get blood or gunk on them.


thanks so much for all your help! and pleasee make sure i have this all correct, the last thing i want is an infection or rejection.

I'm not sure about keeping gauze on piercings in general, but nipple piercings generally stop bleeding after a day, but after that you'd probably want something tight on it making sure it doesn't rub up against anything for a week. Just after I got my nipple pierced even a slight breeze against it made me feel uncomfortably arroused and I'm a guy, so I can barely imagine what it does to a woman. I think it's a good idea, personally.

I also suggest getting your nipples by theirselves because they have been by far the most painful piercing I've gotten in terms of initial pain and recovery pain, and I've gotten genital piercings before.

Gauze will be okay....
But try to keep them uncovered as much as possible, piercings need air. And make sure you change the gauze regularly.

That piercing stuff Claire's give you is another reason why they are crap. Its too harsh.

Needs to be non-iodonised sea salt (though nearly all is). 1/8tsp salt in a cup of water, should taste as salty as tears, too much salt is a really bad idea.
And eummm....
I use cotton pads, the ones for removing make-up. They don't disintergrate as much as cotton balls. And getting those tangled round piercings isn't fun. Also use cotton buds/ q-tips to try and get some of the crust off, but be gentle.

I'm not sure about keeping gauze on piercings in general, but nipple piercings generally stop bleeding after a day, but after that you'd probably want something tight on it making sure it doesn't rub up against anything for a week. Just after I got my nipple pierced even a slight breeze against it made me feel uncomfortably arroused and I'm a guy, so I can barely imagine what it does to a woman. I think it's a good idea, personally.

I also suggest getting your nipples by theirselves because they have been by far the most painful piercing I've gotten in terms of initial pain and recovery pain, and I've gotten genital piercings before.

haha creep. do they keep hurting a lot for a long time? or just the second they're getting pierced? and yeah im getting them like 2 months before the other ones cause see, tattoo shops around here can give piercings to minors with written parental consent, which i can totally forge. the problem with the other piercings is that they would obviously see them and wonder how i got them and cause a lot of problems. sooo for a few months i just wont have to show them my boobs ;]


Gauze will be okay....
But try to keep them uncovered as much as possible, piercings need air. And make sure you change the gauze regularly.

That piercing stuff Claire's give you is another reason why they are crap. Its too harsh.

Needs to be non-iodonised sea salt (though nearly all is). 1/8tsp salt in a cup of water, should taste as salty as tears, too much salt is a really bad idea.
And eummm....
I use cotton pads, the ones for removing make-up. They don't disintergrate as much as cotton balls. And getting those tangled round piercings isn't fun. Also use cotton buds/ q-tips to try and get some of the crust off, but be gentle.


ok, yeah i have some organic sea salt which im gonna use, im not dumb enough to use mortons or something haha. ok i think i got everything down. thank you guys soooo much for your help!! i really really appreciate it

ok sooooo when google reasearching the type of nipple piercing i wanna get, i came upon the absolutely lovely picture of an infected one :eek2: are you completely sure that a pure sea salt solution will keep that from happening????? as long as i do it a few times a day and don't touch it?? i didnt know that would disinfect it and im SO nervous. holy shit.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/109/303053752_36df1e00b8.jpg?v=0
GROSS.

haha creep. do they keep hurting a lot for a long time? or just the second they're getting pierced? and yeah im getting them like 2 months before the other ones cause see, tattoo shops around here can give piercings to minors with written parental consent, which i can totally forge. the problem with the other piercings is that they would obviously see them and wonder how i got them and cause a lot of problems. sooo for a few months i just wont have to show them my boobs ;]

The sharp piercing pain was over quickly, but it was replaced by a throbbing, I guess stretched feeling? For several hours. It wasn't the greatest feeling ever but in all honesty it was gone by that night and the increase in pleasure lasted the whole time so it evens out I guess?

The sharp piercing pain was over quickly, but it was replaced by a throbbing, I guess stretched feeling? For several hours. It wasn't the greatest feeling ever but in all honesty it was gone by that night and the increase in pleasure lasted the whole time so it evens out I guess?

im a huge baby, so im afraid im gonna b like, in sooo much pain. was the throbby stretched feeling like... painful? like a stubbed toe? i just really want to know what to expect before i do it. and how does the pain compare to ear piercings? when i pierced my cartilidge, the initial sharp pain wasn't that bad but the subsequent days were kinda painful

ok sooooo when google reasearching the type of nipple piercing i wanna get, i came upon the absolutely lovely picture of an infected one :eek2: are you completely sure that a pure sea salt solution will keep that from happening????? as long as i do it a few times a day and don't touch it?? i didnt know that would disinfect it and im SO nervous. holy shit.

You don't want to disinfect it, that nukes all the bacteria in sight, including the good ones, leaving the way open for more bad stuff to get in.
Saline just helps the good guys out, so they can put up a better fight :)
...Pretty much the jist of it anyway.

Also why its a good idea to take a vitamin C tablet too.

I like the industrial and plan on getting one, but
I'm not going to get it quite so far apart.

im a huge baby, so im afraid im gonna b like, in sooo much pain. was the throbby stretched feeling like... painful? like a stubbed toe? i just really want to know what to expect before i do it. and how does the pain compare to ear piercings? when i pierced my cartilidge, the initial sharp pain wasn't that bad but the subsequent days were kinda painful

Some people describe it as one of the most painful experiences of their life, some people say it's no worse than an ear piercing, really either way just get a stress ball for when you're getting it done and try not to worry about the pain.

The after pain for me was like... well I described it as "like somebody just fisted my nipple" but I think I was just exagerating, just think of it like a headache in your nipple. Totally managable, more annoying than painful.

Some people describe it as one of the most painful experiences of their life, some people say it's no worse than an ear piercing, really either way just get a stress ball for when you're getting it done and try not to worry about the pain.

The after pain for me was like... well I described it as "like somebody just fisted my nipple" but I think I was just exagerating, just think of it like a headache in your nipple. Totally managable, more annoying than painful.

yeah i gotcha. the bf is coming so i'll just squeeze his hand till it pops off lol

wow sooo lucky girl i rele want mi nose and belly button pierced ;/

this place is cool for plugs and stuff www.eargauges.net