Plugs, Tattoos, & Piercings Thread

Used to have 15 piercings, but now only have 00g stretched ears
Working on an all black and grey shaded sleeve (it's about halfway done)
A couple more tats on my back and legs.

I don't keep my peircings in anymore but tattoos are forever!

http://leon2ky.com/leon/new_tattoo_done.jpg

Here's a close up of the Dragon:
http://leon2ky.com/leon/000_0629.jpg

I've actually commissioned coldblooded to design the counter part to the dragon.

I currently have both of my traguses at 16g (yes, I know the plural form is "tragi", but I don't like that). I have a 14g inverse navel that I might retire soon, and a 14g septum. I've been thinking of getting a standard navel piercing soon, but my inverse took 10 months to heal, so that is putting me off a bit.

No tattoos as of yet. I plan to get a half sleeve on my left arm. It'll be the face of the Virgin Mary in Michelangelo's Pieta as a memorial tattoo for my mom.

http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/s...e/DSCF3633.jpg
http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/DSC03068.jpg
tattoo on my right arm: poecilotheria regalis(Indian ornamental tarantula)
piercings: 0 gauge in each ear(want to go to 1/2" but gf isn't having it) and a snug in my right ear. :gj:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...arah/020-1.jpg
Septum and labret 16g

One thing to keep in mind Tiff, even though a tongue piercing isn't as visible as others, some employers will still notice it and take that into account. Especially if you're in a job that has to deal with cutomer service.

I don't have any piercings or tattoos. My sister had her tongue done, and BOY was the week after she got it done fun for me!!!

Right now I only have my ears at 00g, and one tattoo... I want to get my lip pierced right in the middle at 12g... Im putting that on hold again though because I have some fines to pay... :mad:

I also have some tattoos I want to get but seeing as I cant get a job im just waiting for college to hopefully get a job on campus.

People get so worked up about gauge vs. stretch... truth is, no one really cares.

Ive already posted these somewhere...

Tattoo (still scabbed)

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...003/tattoo.png

one of my ears? I usually only wear these plugs but I have alot of pairs...

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...3/snake009.jpg

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Originally Posted by Elise.m

One thing to keep in mind Tiff, even though a tongue piercing isn't as visible as others, some employers will still notice it and take that into account. Especially if you're in a job that has to deal with cutomer service.

I don't have any piercings or tattoos. My sister had her tongue done, and BOY was the week after she got it done fun for me!!!

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No big deal, they make clear things you can put in there... and just dont get any tattoos that cant be covered up until your sure about the job and field.

Also dont stretch your ears to big... I would only go 1/2" MAX... (just because i think any bigger usually just looks bad, and wont close well) my 00g closes up pretty good after a few days but can still be stretched open.

Sick tats everyone! Bloodpython, I really love that tarantula tattoo you got, it looks EXACTLY like you're T and very detailed.

Lucas that is also one awesome tattoo!!

I'll probably get a tongue piercing sooner or later, but not while I have braces. I'll most likely get it once I get my braces off and my wisdom teeth removed which should be shortly after I get the braces off.

For now it's just stretching my ears and getting two more piercings in both ears. I should be getting my two other piercings this week or next week, so I'll post pics:D. I got some really cool earrings the day I got my 16G so I didn't wanna put my regular earrings to waste. Plus I've always wanted more than one hole pierced in my ears:).

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Originally Posted by CoolioTiffany

Sick tats everyone! Bloodpython, I really love that tarantula tattoo you got, it looks EXACTLY like you're T and very detailed.

Lucas that is also one awesome tattoo!!

I'll probably get a tongue piercing sooner or later, but not while I have braces. I'll most likely get it once I get my braces off and my wisdom teeth removed which should be shortly after I get the braces off.

For now it's just stretching my ears and getting two more piercings in both ears. I should be getting my two other piercings this week or next week, so I'll post pics:D. I got some really cool earrings the day I got my 16G so I didn't wanna put my regular earrings to waste. Plus I've always wanted more than one hole pierced in my ears:).

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Another thing to mention... Buy a cheap pair to keep in your ears while your stretching... As in figure out how big you want to go and then just buy tapers and the cheapest plugs you can find. theres no point spending money on cool jewlery if your just going to stretch it bigger... :/

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Originally Posted by I<3Dreamsicles

Another thing to mention... Buy a cheap pair to keep in your ears while your stretching... As in figure out how big you want to go and then just buy tapers and the cheapest plugs you can find. theres no point spending money on cool jewlery if your just going to stretch it bigger... :/

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Agreed, when I was at 7/16" and decided to go all the way up to 1 1/4" I knew I'd be doing a lot of stretching, and waiting to heal, and stretching and more waiting to heal. So in between I just bought the cheap $10 pairs of acrylic plugs and for quite a while just used one pair and in the process of stretching just kept wrapping ptfe tape around it to make it larger rather than buying new plugs. Once you get up into the larger sizes it's easier to just use the tape wrapping method than buying new tapers and plugs for each size.
Once you get to a size you plan to stay at for a while then it's worth it to invest in good quality plugs. I'm currently awaiting some custom carved obsidian stone tear drops :) Should finally have them in another week or two.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...2/chandler.bmp

This is in memory of my son and it's on my left shoulder blade. They are his actual footprints down to every detail. He was only a little over a pound when he was born so they are pretty petite :love:

OKAY now I'm posting a picture of my whole setup here.

Just yesterday, or you can say Friday, I got my ears pierced. Two more holes on both ears, so now I got 3 holes. I've been cleaning it out 3 times a day but they are still sort of sore. I can't really sleep on my side, even though I'm a side sleeper, but I try to do whatever I can.

I also went up a gage size, now they're at 14G. I decided to go with the silver ones because it just looks better overall with the diamond studs in the other holes.

http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/t...731102319a.jpg

hahaha. i got my one ear pierced at 14g and the other at 12g...

Nows when the fun starts :D

Stretching isnt fun... but for some reason I couldnt stop for a while haha.

If you plan on stretching your ears be careful with those other 2 piercings they might get in the way if you go to big...

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Originally Posted by I<3Dreamsicles

hahaha. i got my one ear pierced at 14g and the other at 12g...

Nows when the fun starts :D

Stretching isnt fun... but for some reason I couldnt stop for a while haha.

If you plan on stretching your ears be careful with those other 2 piercings they might get in the way if you go to big...

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I think stretching is awesome LOL! It hasn't hurt for me yet. I had my 16Gs in for about a month, then when I was at Hot Topic I asked the guy if it would go in easily and he said yeah. He was pretty much right too. I had no troubles putting them in at all:).

And yes, I won't go too large, too large seems like too much to handle IMO. On some people it does look good though, just I only want to get smaller gauges and nothing big at all.

I have gauged both of my ears to 2's on the earlobe. I'll find pics to post later. It's nothing special, but I like it, and I'm going bigger. :)

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Originally Posted by CoolioTiffany

I think stretching is awesome LOL! It hasn't hurt for me yet. I had my 16Gs in for about a month, then when I was at Hot Topic I asked the guy if it would go in easily and he said yeah. He was pretty much right too. I had no troubles putting them in at all:).

And yes, I won't go too large, too large seems like too much to handle IMO. On some people it does look good though, just I only want to get smaller gauges and nothing big at all.

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............ Just wait............

The size difference for those smaller gauges is barley noticible... What is your idea of "big" lol...

Trust me its not that bad... yet

I think I went from 12 to 8g... Once you get to a bigger size, the guage size is a bigger increase. like 10 to 8 is not the same size increase as 6 to 4.

PS. going to 00g SUCKS.

My turn...lol...I only have a few pics so, that's what you get..LOL.

Piercings -
- Toung 10g
- Ears L had 2 holes 14g and 6g, R ear had 3 16g top 14g lower 6g bottom..
- Snake Bite, one side done..
- Eyebrow

Tattoos - I have 17-18, so far...I only have pics of 2 or 3...I hate taking pictures..lol...
- 2 Sparrows on my upper/outer chest I guess, up on my shoulders pretty much
- Heart w vine/fire deal on my L forearm
-"Trust No One" same arm but outside
- Tribal dragon with my daughters name above it in graffiti..R leg/calf
- L leg, tiger, unfinished
- Star back of neck
- Sun with pisces symbol in middle
- Devil chick on L upper arm
- Tribal dragon on R upper arm
- Almost forgot, lol....My latest one, it's a saying...."Entering this world was without my consent, leaving it will be against my will"

Then a few other ones, they're gonna get covered up..Gonna be working on my sleve on the left arm here soon after my son is born...

I was thinking about my Jager shot, lol.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...ildman/lip.jpg
--Still have more work to do, kinda crappy picture...
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...dman/world.jpg
Words to live by...
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...trustnoone.jpg
Good one
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...sparrow2-1.jpg
Bad one
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...sparrow1-1.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...n/hearttat.jpg



Th-th-th-th Thats all Folks!!!!! :D

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Originally Posted by I<3Dreamsicles

............ Just wait............

The size difference for those smaller gauges is barley noticible... What is your idea of "big" lol...

Trust me its not that bad... yet

I think I went from 12 to 8g... Once you get to a bigger size, the guage size is a bigger increase. like 10 to 8 is not the same size increase as 6 to 4.

PS. going to 00g SUCKS.

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Lol soo true! I got pierced at 14's and after 3 weeks went straight to 10's without any pain. But once you get to 6's, that's when it started hurting to stretch(for me atleast) :gj:

That heart ones pretty sick. I cant come up with any ideas of colored tattoos that has a meaning to me... lol... All of the tattoos if thought of getting are just black.

Idunno... I just like black i guess...

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Originally Posted by I<3Dreamsicles

That heart ones pretty sick. I cant come up with any ideas of colored tattoos that has a meaning to me... lol... All of the tattoos if thought of getting are just black.

Idunno... I just like black i guess...

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Thanks, yeah I got that one about a year or so after my daughter was born.

I like both B/W and color tats, my sleeve is gonna be somewht of a mixture of the two.

I like the "new school" angel/devil designs, specially when you get an artist that specializes in that type of stuff...Like betty page in a devil outfit, when done right it looks fantastic!!!

Something like this (not mine, found it on Google)

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...irl-tattoo.jpg


Mine looks similiar but mine is standing up and has fir coming up from under her feet...

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Originally Posted by I<3Dreamsicles

............ Just wait............

The size difference for those smaller gauges is barley noticible... What is your idea of "big" lol...

Trust me its not that bad... yet

I think I went from 12 to 8g... Once you get to a bigger size, the guage size is a bigger increase. like 10 to 8 is not the same size increase as 6 to 4.

PS. going to 00g SUCKS.

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Already sounds exciting LOL. Since I got my ears pierced again with those two other holes, I imagine that stretching might not hurt as bad, cuz when I got my ears pierced again it hurt pretty bad:(. Maybe she was doing it too hard? Because I know that wasn't supposed to hurt that bad.

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Originally Posted by bloodpython_MA

Lol soo true! I got pierced at 14's and after 3 weeks went straight to 10's without any pain. But once you get to 6's, that's when it started hurting to stretch(for me atleast) :gj:

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I heard about taking a hot shower before stretching helps the skin stretch a lot more so it won't hurt as bad, did you try that? Once I get to the larger sizes I think that's what I'm going to start doing when I'm getting into the larger sizes.

I might go for like 6 at most unless I wanna go bigger if I think 6 is too small. It all sort of depends because of how close the stretching gets to my 2nd ear piercings, don't wanna rip anything:(.

I did some stretching IN the hot shower lol. Also coacoa butter lotion works and piercing/gauging websites/stores usually have special "stretching oil".
Like bodyartforms.com sells emu oil. That stuff was Awesome. I dont have any left, but it worked great for healing/lubricating tapers for stretching and keeping the skin hydrated. :gj:

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Originally Posted by bloodpython_MA

I did some stretching IN the hot shower lol. Also coacoa butter lotion works and piercing/gauging websites/stores usually have special "stretching oil".
Like bodyartforms.com sells emu oil. That stuff was Awesome. I dont have any left, but it worked great for healing/lubricating tapers for stretching and keeping the skin hydrated. :gj:

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I might have to look into that stuff LOL, I definitely don't like pain at all, yet I still want to get other piercings that *might* hurt.

Anything that works well enough for me to feel as less pain as possible I am definitely IN for it:D:8:. I do really like gauges, my other family members are sort of trying to talk me out of it, but hey like I can help it:). I'm so much more different from all of them:rolleyes:.

I'm a professional piercer, if you're going to STRETCH your ears go see a piercer. They'll usually only charge you a minimum fee (like $5) and they'll know if your ears are ready to be stretched or not. Way too many people stretch too soon and end up tearing their ears which causes scar tissue making it harder to stretch. Stretching should only cause a slight burning sensation, it shouldn't bleed or hurt terribly.

I only have 3 piercings now (nose, 6g conch and 6g prince albert) but at one point I had over 30 or so. I'm covered in tattoos from my head to my feet.

As for the comments about bleeding during a tattoo... everyones body reacts different. Some customers bleed more than others, some body parts will bleed more than others, you never really know what's going to happen.

PS. some of the people in here need to research before getting tattooed... lots of poorly done stuff. :(

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Originally Posted by Buttons

I'm a professional piercer, if you're going to STRETCH your ears go see a piercer. They'll usually only charge you a minimum fee (like $5) and they'll know if your ears are ready to be stretched or not. Way too many people stretch too soon and end up tearing their ears which causes scar tissue making it harder to stretch. Stretching should only cause a slight burning sensation, it shouldn't bleed or hurt terribly.

I only have 3 piercings now (nose, 6g conch and 6g prince albert) but at one point I had over 30 or so. I'm covered in tattoos from my head to my feet.

As for the comments about bleeding during a tattoo... everyones body reacts different. Some customers bleed more than others, some body parts will bleed more than others, you never really know what's going to happen.

PS. some of the people in here need to research before getting tattooed... lots of poorly done stuff. :(

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I've never really seen a need to go to a professional just to stretch, to scalpel straight up to a certain size, yes, but if you read the care guides on the major tat/piercing sites they will give you proper information. A lot of times you can just get info from a piercer, they usually have no issue guiding you along if you choose to do the stretching yourself.
Of course it's never recommended to stretch while a piercing is still healing, you always need for it to be fully healed and DO NOT RUSH IT. If it hurts you're doing it wrong and will do damage, end up with scar tissue and possibly even worse a blow out(not pretty).

This is my pisces tatoo :)

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...N/CIMG0635.jpg


I eventually will have more, I also have a little chinese thing on my hip.
and my ears are currently a 6g. I don't think I'm gonna go bigger - I'm afraid of them never going back to normal lol :weirdface

This is my future tattoo, which i plan on getting after my girls are born:D:D

My boyfriend Kevin came up with the design, and i just plan on adding their date of birth right under the heart.

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/e.../mm-03copy.jpg

Some wicked tats on here! LOVE the Indian ornamental tarantula.

Eventually I'll be getting tongue and nose piercings, plus a tattoo of mojave markings down my spine (only tattoo idea I've had for more than two years, so only one I'm comfortable making plans on :P )

The tattoo's
Peace (Kanji)
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/100_0274.jpg
Love (Kanji)
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/100_0276.jpg
In memory of my rottweiler who passed away back in 2003.
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/100_0267.jpg
And the piercing.
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/100_0278.jpg
Just an industrial.
I want more, but it won't happen with my job. I could get my tongue done, and I'm still debating it... but I just don't know. If I could, I would be getting my bridge, and snake bites done. But even if I could get my bridge done, I don't have enough skin for it to get done, such a bummer.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81...n/IMG_8656.jpg

I want "Jager" tattoo'd on the inside of my lip. Does it hurt any worse than a reg tattoo?? I've got 5 but thats seems even more painful lol

IDK dont have any others.

Didnt hurt at all though. And I know a lot of people say that...but honestly....It really did NOT hurt one bit.

No Mayo??????!?!?!?!?!?!

lol?

Some kid in my school got one on his lip, it looked really bad and sloppy to begin with, and they fade ALOT over time, really fast and can disappear completely.

I just gauged my ears up to a 0 today. Ouch, that was a big stretch.
Wasn't too bad though, and I got some sick plugs. I absolutely love gauging. Can't wait for tattoos, and my industrial piercing. :) 18th birthday, hurry up!

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I just gauged my ears up to a 0 today. Ouch, that was a big stretch.
Wasn't too bad though, and I got some sick plugs. I absolutely love gauging. Can't wait for tattoos, and my industrial piercing. :) 18th birthday, hurry up!

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Yeah thats never fun. You have to be really careful on 00g... It gave me alot of problems. And basically messed up my ear but they healed up alright luckily.

lol enjoy being not legally an adult while you can.

I havent had any new tats in a few years but i have 26ish tatts and 5 piercings (nipples, labrett, tongue, septum) and at one point i had 29 piercings with only 4 being in the ears. i only have a old photo but here it is & enjoy the breasticles
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k8...ikeabee004.jpg

Unfortunately, I don't have any tattoos or piercings other than single, unstretched ear holes. :/

BUT. I have a whole bunch planned. Snakebites, eyebrows, bp tattoo, Jack Skellington tattoo, prolly a pittie tattoo, and a whole bunch of others I don't care to list.

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I just gauged my ears up to a 0 today. Ouch, that was a big stretch.
Wasn't too bad though, and I got some sick plugs. I absolutely love gauging. Can't wait for tattoos, and my industrial piercing. :) 18th birthday, hurry up!

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LOL... oh, how I long for the days of wishing I were older! :(;)

I just stretched mine to a 4g recently, and it didn't hurt much - neither did the stretch before that, but the 10-8g was really ouchie. I'm planning to go two more sizes to a 0g, and have heard that last one hurts! I already have a pair of 0g plugs, and looking at the size of them is a bit scary. :oops:

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Originally Posted by shelliebear

I just gauged my ears up to a 0 today. Ouch, that was a big stretch.
Wasn't too bad though, and I got some sick plugs. I absolutely love gauging. Can't wait for tattoos, and my industrial piercing. :) 18th birthday, hurry up!

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just did mine on tuesday. so far, the 0g was the most painful yet. i don't ever remember streching being this bad. not sure why 0g would be any different but it was....

I have two lobe piercings in each ear, the bottom piercings are currently at 12g and I plan on going to about a 6g eventually.

I also have an eyebrow piercing, but I have to take it out and let it close soon because it's in the process of surfacing out after being caught on a flying pillow (long story, don't ask). Hoping to get my lip pierced in a couple months, with or without parental consent (although with is preferable!)

I don't have any tattoos yet, but I have the ones that I want planned out. I'm going to get a black and white tattoo of my first cat's face on the upper left part of my back, and a black and white of Maynard, my bp, on the back of my neck, as well as a Cree indian quote on my right fore arm ("Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.")

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just did mine on tuesday. so far, the 0g was the most painful yet. i don't ever remember streching being this bad. not sure why 0g would be any different but it was....

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It hurt because your ears weren't ready to be stretched.

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Originally Posted by Buttons

It hurt because your ears weren't ready to be stretched.

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i had my ears at 2g for two years.

also i have been wearing 2g hoops at home that are a bit heavy to try and strech my lobes for about a year and have been adding tea tree oil to them. the last time i had the hoops in, i could pull the hoops down and see a gap. this to me says my ears were ready.

I got my lip pierced last night.. :p when that side heals, I'm going to get the other side.... Snake bites Babbyyy :gj:

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I got my lip pierced last night.. :p when that side heals, I'm going to get the other side.... Snake bites Babbyyy :gj:

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When I got my snakebites done (at the same time) my lip swelled up so huge for about a week, it was ridiculous. I wasn't expecting it to be all that bad considering I didn't even feel anything at all when they did my labret and had no swelling what so ever. But I suppose being closer to the lip itself rather than being down further might have had something to do with that.
Crazy amounts of swelling for you?

Not really... My lip is about 1/2 swollen. But I have been avoiding touching/playing with it. I'm a bit surprised. But I love it :gj: