Plugs, Tattoos, & Piercings Thread

Let's see em! I'm definitely interested in this type of stuff LOL.

NOTHING inappropriate though!

I'm gonna stretch my ears for some gauges, 10G is the lowest I'm going. Right now I've only got 16G in, not the actual hole through the ear but the earrings are called like horseshoe something, the ends of the earrings are pointed and they can screw off so you can take it out.

I also will get a tattoo sometime when I'm older. Obviously of a Ball python. Spider Ball python:gj:. It means something to me, not just a random tattoo that I think looks cool:).

woohoo a chance to get the tats out again
himan and jager hommage
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...es_barcode.jpg
naruto seal
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...to_stomach.jpg
and a couple more
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...icture0001.jpg
only got a 12mm tunnel in my left ear piercing wise

I used to have my ears stretched to a 4 or 6, but then I went to an old lady's garage sale, found a bunch of awesome earrings from the 40s and 50s, and let them go back :D I'll probably stretch them back at some point, I kept all of the earrings for it. I have a few tattoos planned, but I want to give myself lots of time to be sure they're what I want.

One tattoo

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...2296_441-1.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...2296_441-1.jpg

Industrial, conch, and a 3-hole spiral in my ears.
My septum is pierced as well as two *ahem* other piercings.

But I'm young, there's still plenty of time to get more!

I had my ears gauged to about 2....almost went to 0. I lost a lot of my plugs tho, and havne't gotten any more, so they've probably shrunken to about a 4 or 6. Had my eyebrow pierced, but had to let it close up because of work. Want to get my tongue done though. I know what tattoo I want, but can't afford it right now, cause it's really detailed....someday tho!

I got both of my eyebrows and snake bites all at the same time...took the eyebrows out and still have the lips...also have my nipples. No ear peircings for me :)

I have HAD: tongue, belly button and *ahem* ta-ta's pierced but have since taken them out, and am left with just my nose done.

As far as tattoos go, I have 5. I'll try and get pics up later, I can't seem to find them right now :)

My tats:

Wings on my back and my albino boa boy in my hair :) :
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-a...63785_4100.jpg

Stars on my wrist that I'll eventually have a cover-up done on:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5174712_n.jpg

My piercings:

Bridge, labret and snakebites:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5507104_n.jpg

1 1/4" lobes with custom wood teardrops, and 0g with nothing in them:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._3612827_n.jpg

All of them:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5673411_n.jpg

Also got my navel pierced, but no need for pictures of that.

This topic makes me miss my 12 gauge conch and labret piercings. At some point I want to get the Hippocratic Oath and Ars Longa, Vita Brevis as tattoos.

I want to go into neurosurgery and I think those two go nicely. Especially with something so complex as Neurosurgery and how it is an art that can never really be mastered within the human lifespan (Ars Longa, Vite Brevis means that the art is long but life is short and was the opening of one of the early medical texts)

about 2 years back when i had my 7 16ths inch guages i miss them i just couldnt get a job i ended with 1/2 inch guages so i stopped and took them out n let my ears close up http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...ie607/ears.jpg

Yeah, always sad when work keeps you from being able to do what you want with your body. I was just lucky enough to stumble into a company where my current boss moved me into his department and said I could have all of my piercings and didn't have to hide them.
Even the owners of the company always stop me to check out whatever new plugs I happen to be wearing and they're like 60-70 year old guys. You'd think people that old fashioned would have issues with it, but I'm real lucky there.

Awesome pics guys, I love the barcode ones. Those are actually pretty awesome.

Love the pics of the piercings too. The bridge looks pretty sick, though I wouldn't get that.

I was really into tongue piercings and read up sooo much about it. I was actually going to do it when I could, but I'm still sort of on the edge about it. Though it looks super cool:).

I do worry about trying to get a job when I'm 16 and having gauges, I don't think I'd get hired but I definitely wouldn't wanna take them out.

I'll try to get a pic up of what I've got in my ears now.

I currently have 6g plugs in my ears, and going for a 2g in the next couple of months... also have 6 other ear piercings (including a cartilage) all in 12g, and nose & tongue piercings that I rarely wear anymore. As for tattoos, I have a bunch of those too! :D Hard to count, but it's around 14-15 if you consider the backpiece as one. I'll post some photos below, once I upload my new one onto photobucket.

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Originally Posted by CoolioTiffany

I do worry about trying to get a job when I'm 16 and having gauges, I don't think I'd get hired but I definitely wouldn't wanna take them out.

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Yeah, at your age you definitely need to consider all of that... don't get anything visible & permanent (no bigger than 4-6g ears, no visible tattoos, etc) until you're at LEAST 21. Just my opinion, but even at 21 you're still not really settled, so it's better to keep yourself "un-modified." Now that I'm 33 it's not such a big deal, especially since I have a specialized degree and career - and I happen to live in a very liberal area, where even the doctors have full-sleeve tats. :gj:

On the topic of not-so-"normal" appearance, when my hair finally grows out enough want me to post a pic of my mohawk?

I'm 23 and I am noticing that my hair is starting to thin and my girlfriend told me she liked long hair so I've been growing it and it's around 5" now, still not long enough, though. At least in time I will have one chance to have the mohawk I have wanted since I was 8.

Piercings please :)


no tats as of yet.



im at,

3/4 inch lobes
6g septum (fyi that sucks to stretch)
and 14g snake bites.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5343217_n.jpg

Okay, here are my tattoos! :)

This is my newest one, and looks kinda red since it had just been done... it's for my Uncle who recently passed away, long story behind the design.

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...iPhone0022.jpg

And here's my backpiece cover-up, still very much in progress - got about 2-3 more sessions until it's done.

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/DSCF0146.jpg

(this is the section that's done)
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...attoo005-1.jpg

A few of the others...

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...os/RoseTat.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...awberryTat.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...wberryTat2.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...rDavidTat2.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...toos/myTat.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/ArmTats2.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...os/CatTat2.jpg

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Originally Posted by Oxylepy

On the topic of not-so-"normal" appearance, when my hair finally grows out enough want me to post a pic of my mohawk?

I'm 23 and I am noticing that my hair is starting to thin and my girlfriend told me she liked long hair so I've been growing it and it's around 5" now, still not long enough, though. At least in time I will have one chance to have the mohawk I have wanted since I was 8.

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Haha go for it! Mohawks are pretty awesome:gj:

Currently have my lip at a 16g, septum at a 12g (stretching to an 8g), conch at a 14g, and my ears are at 12g currently (stretching to 3/4")

My septum was at a 14g in this photo.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._3273925_n.jpg

Only have one tattoo, its on my neck
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-a...88318_1649.jpg

Can't wait to get more =]

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Originally Posted by FIEND_FO_LYFE

6g septum (fyi that sucks to stretch)

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Why yes they do, but they look so great with the end product.

I have my tongue pierced. I have had it since 2003 and I love it!

I've had my ta-tas, lip, labret, and navel pierced. All are taken out right now but the lip will be getting re-done as soon as school starts up and I start working again.

The stud I had in my lip happened to fall out at a funeral >.< and by the time I got home (2 days later), the hole had closed to the point I didn't want to mess with it to get another ring through.

Piercings I have- an industrial in the left ear, left lobes are guaged a 00 and a 4, right lobe has a 10g hoop in it, eye brow done once, lebret, tongue, the web (its that lil piece of skin that hold your tongue down) 2 in each nipple they make a + pattern, and down there:P

As for ink here are some pics :D some are a lil fuzzy I did them all myself (the pics tha is)

http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/a...digicam638.jpg
HOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooo!!!! this was my 3rd or 4th tat I think..

http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/a...digicam636.jpg
this was done at 20 years old, it's now in the process of gettin covered up.

http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/a...digicam635.jpg
got this done at INK STOP in nyc.

http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/a...digicam634.jpg
I'm a TOOL fan and there will be more work done to this as well, when done it should cover my whole ankle and calf.

http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/a...digicam633.jpg
my daughter Iliana

http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/a...d/100_0892.jpg
this was new at the time of the photo, it is gettin worked into a sleeve.

http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/a...DSC00491-1.jpg
And the new addition :D the start of my winter sleeve, I'm goin to get more done in about 3 weeks YEAHHHHH!! OMG BATMAN I CANT WAIT!!!! John at Rotten Ny Tattoo Parlor ,is doin the ink and he is SICK!!!!!!!!

I have 3 other tats but not worth puttin up, one was a free hand someone did and they messed up BAD. and the other 2 a the first ones I got ever, they are flash art.. lol
Cheers

By the way...


It's stretching, not gauging. And they're called plugs, not gauges.



Plugs:

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=117edkh&s=5


gauges:

http//www.ravspeconline.com/images/stri/dsd-install-pic.jpg

Just 6 ear piercings and my navel. :) I plan on getting a tat on my lower back once I find the perfect design.

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Originally Posted by python1024

I have my tongue pierced. I have had it since 2003 and I love it!

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I really want my tongue pierced LOL, how bad did it hurt when the needle went through?

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Originally Posted by FIEND_FO_LYFE

By the way...


It's stretching, not gauging. And they're called plugs, not gauges.



Plugs:

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=117edkh&s=5


gauges:

http//www.ravspeconline.com/images/stri/dsd-install-pic.jpg

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Thanks! Hopefully someone will chime in and change the title:)

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Originally Posted by FIEND_FO_LYFE

By the way...


It's stretching, not gauging. And they're called plugs, not gauges.



Plugs:

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=117edkh&s=5


gauges:

http//www.ravspeconline.com/images/stri/dsd-install-pic.jpg

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It depends on where you come from. In the US, at least around here in Chicago, all the earrings come in "gauged" sizes. So, 6g, 4g, etc. I use the word gauge when talking about the size of the earring/hole, because that's what they come in. I've friends in other places that use measurements, 3/4, etc. But if I'm just referring the that fact that the piercing has been enlarged, I use stretched.
Although I don't think it really matters, everyone usually knows what you're talking about :)

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Originally Posted by musicalKeyes

It depends on where you come from. In the US, at least around here in Chicago, all the earrings come in "gauged" sizes. So, 6g, 4g, etc. I use the word gauge when talking about the size of the earring/hole, because that's what they come in. I've friends in other places that use measurements, 3/4, etc. But if I'm just referring the that fact that the piercing has been enlarged, I use stretched.
Although I don't think it really matters, everyone usually knows what you're talking about :)

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Actually, gauge in the US only goes up to a certain point 00g(10mm or .375 inches) being the largest, and then switches over to inch or mm measurements from there. It was really a matter of the way they started listing the sizes, obviously once you get down to 00g yet the sizes continue to get larger just adding more zeros until you have 00000000g wouldn't make much sense since the smaller the gauge number the larger the size. So it was easier to stop using gauge as a term of measurement above that size.
It's more a matter of people simply using the wrong term as gauge refers to the size and stretching is the process and then of course you have tapers, plugs, earlets, tunnels or even weights as far as "jewelry" to wear in them.
I myself was misinformed when I first began stretching 10 years ago and referred to it as "gauging", but was eventually corrected by those in the modding community as to correct terms.
So, overall, it's not really a locality, just misinformation passed around by a large number of people.
Not much different than those people that call BPs bald or balled pythons instead of ball pythons.

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Originally Posted by Aleria

Actually, gauge in the US only goes up to a certain point 00g(10mm or .375 inches) being the largest, and then switches over to inch or mm measurements from there. It was really a matter of the way they started listing the sizes, obviously once you get down to 00g yet the sizes continue to get larger just adding more zeros until you have 00000000g wouldn't make much sense since the smaller the gauge number the larger the size. So it was easier to stop using gauge as a term of measurement above that size.
It's more a matter of people simply using the wrong term as gauge refers to the size and stretching is the process and then of course you have tapers, plugs, earlets, tunnels or even weights as far as "jewelry" to wear in them.
I myself was misinformed when I first began stretching 10 years ago and referred to it as "gauging", but was eventually corrected by those in the modding community as to correct terms.
So, overall, it's not really a locality, just misinformation passed around by a large number of people.
Not much different than those people that call BPs bald or balled pythons instead of ball pythons.

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yup 20g 18g 16g 14g 12g 10g 8g 6g 4g 2g 0g 00g 7/16ths 1/2 inch ...thats where i stoped at 1/2 inch and oddly my ears went back to normal for the most part u cant see the difference unless u pull on them then my ear opens up to about a 6g ive had them out for about a year now. ive tryed to restrech them but after all the time it took for me to get to 1/2 inch i dont have the patience to do that all over again last time i tryed to do it all over again i wanted to skip right back to my 1/2 inch and ended up with a blow out so i give up. i put to much time pain and effort into the first time and cant do it again

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yup 20g 18g 16g 14g 12g 10g 8g 6g 4g 2g 0g 00g 7/16ths 1/2 inch ...thats where i stoped at 1/2 inch and oddly my ears went back to normal for the most part u cant see the difference unless u pull on them then my ear opens up to about a 6g ive had them out for about a year now. ive tryed to restrech them but after all the time it took for me to get to 1/2 inch i dont have the patience to do that all over again last time i tryed to do it all over again i wanted to skip right back to my 1/2 inch and ended up with a blow out so i give up. i put to much time pain and effort into the first time and cant do it again

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I had my top holes up to 1/2" and the bottom ones to 9/16" and finally had to give up the top ones because my lobes are just too small to handle that much pressure. The skin between the two started to split and if I tried using soft plugs then they would just get squished by the pressure.
So I gave up the top holes and continued stretching the bottom. In about 6 months I went from the 9/16" all the way up to the 1 1/4" I've got now and the 1/2" top holes have shrunken down to 0g but don't seem to have gotten any smaller over the last 6 months.

Ya i noticed some peoples holes dnt close so well they say after 4g theres no going back but i was luck like i said u cnt even tell i had my ears streched unless u pull on them

i used to have orbitals at the tops of my ears and my nape done. had the labret for a bit. but now all i have is 2g lobes and my gate. every time i try to strech my lobes, they bleed. i plan on getting my nape done again soon.

gate
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...f122eae8b4.jpg

this is the only tattoo i have right now. it is supposed to be a half sleve of all inverts (thats what i do with my life) but im waiting on money to finish it.

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...fe17915df9.jpg

Whats a plug?

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Originally Posted by CoolioTiffany

I really want my tongue pierced LOL, how bad did it hurt when the needle went through?

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Mine didn't hurt at all, but I admit to a few cocktails beforehand... not a recommended practice, fyi. ;) Most people say the tongue doesn't hurt anyway, since it has few nerve endings in the middle. It also heals pretty quickly, as after a week of swelling it's usually feeling fine. Most will say it closes quickly too, but mine is still open after not being worn for 12 years! :confused:

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

Whats a plug?

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It's a piece of body jewelry worn in stretched piercings, among other things...
http://www.jewelrypayless.com/images...X02095_300.jpg
http://www.kingsbodyjewelry.com/Prod...%20kit%202.JPG
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=117edkh&s=5 :O:O

Tiff,
It didn't hurt that bad at all when the needle went through. I garlged with Listerine before the guy stuck the needle through and it really helped to numb some of the pain.

Ohhhh

Like this???

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs434....6_603468_n.jpg

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

Whats a plug?

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Umm, uhh...

I have only one naval piercing but have been thinking about more. Kinda hard because of work so I can't get anything that really shows on a day to day basis if yall know what I mean...kinda sucks but oh well

Thought about getting some tattoos, but saw some friends get some (that I designed btw) and kinda got discouraged. I'm a kinda a wimp and they all blead a LOT.

I do make some (mostly tribal) tattoo designs though, and do henna. Kinda cheating but thought i'd mention it. Hard to find a friend that's a good enough artist to do anything on my back so I mostly do ankle designs on myself of dragons and snakes...

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Originally Posted by tiny_tiger60978

I have only one naval piercing but have been thinking about more. Kinda hard because of work so I can't get anything that really shows on a day to day basis if yall know what I mean...kinda sucks but oh well

Thought about getting some tattoos, but saw some friends get some (that I designed btw) and kinda got discouraged. I'm a kinda a wimp and they all blead a LOT.

I do make some (mostly tribal) tattoo designs though, and do henna. Kinda cheating but thought i'd mention it. Hard to find a friend that's a good enough artist to do anything on my back so I mostly do ankle designs on myself of dragons and snakes...

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I'm not sure about most people's experiences but with both of my tats I barely bled at all, and I am a bleeder. From what I have seen, when it comes to good quality tattoos you shouldn't bleed a ton, just a bit here and there maybe. It usually seems the only time they bleed a lot is if the artist is going too deep, which usually results in a very blurry or faded tattoo by the time it has healed. But overall I don't think you should be bleeding a lot during the process unless something isn't right.

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

Ohhhh

Like this???

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs434....6_603468_n.jpg

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you look straight out of linkin park in this photo!!

I have 14 tattoos so far. Just got my newest just about a month ago.

As for piercings, I have my tongue and my navel both at 12g. I have both my ears at 0g. And I used to have my nipples done at 12g also. Now even though I still have my tongue ring in, I don't really recommend people get it done. If you're not REALLY careful, tongue rings can do some serious damage to your teeth. I have 7 teeth I need to get fixed, and once I start the process of getting them repaired, the tongue ring is coming out...

No pictures, but I have my ears at a 6g. I want to go bigger but I know that one day ill have to take these out and do not want huge holes in my ears.

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Originally Posted by Beardedragon

No pictures, but I have my ears at a 6g. I want to go bigger but I know that one day ill have to take these out and do not want huge holes in my ears.

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It's good that you've considered that idea. It seems like a lot of people go into modding without thinking about how it may affect them later on and then when the time comes that it becomes a hindrance act as if it's some big surprise.
I myself went as far as I have with it, knowing that even if I do take out my plugs I'll have to have surgery to get my lobes to resemble something even close to normal again, and I've accepted that fact. But thus far I still have no intentions of removing any of my mods and actually have plans for more. It's all about just how much you're willing to sacrifice to be who you are. :)

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Ohhhh

Like this???

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs434....6_603468_n.jpg

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No they're tunnels.

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Originally Posted by likebull1

No they're tunnels.

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Lol....Yes I am aware of what they are. Was merely backing the joke that I was not understanding.

http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/a...rkle/index.jpg

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http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/a...rkle/index.jpg

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Hahaha, oh man, I can't even tell you how many times my mom has said "I can see it now, you're going to be walking around with a big ol' plate in your lip one of these days just like they do in Africa" just because I started stretching my lobes all those years ago when I was a teen. :rofl:

I have the smile now cry later clowns with a red tear drop for my mom on my right shoulder. I have a city scape (Cover up) on my left shoulder, left ear peirced 14g and 2 for my jacobs ladder (well since its only 2 i guess its a step ladder lol)

Ive pierced pretty much everything on my body at one point or another. When I was 16 I had 58 piercings my bottom lobes were double zeros. but like so many others I was not able to get a decent job with my piercings. The only thing I could find was fast food that would allow them. As I got older I found jobs that didnt disagree so much. I took my gauges out but my holes wouldnt grow up all the way and my left ear looks messed up when I dont have a gauge in it because me and my brother were in a fight shortly after I started stretching them and he ripped it out so it looks funny. I kind of got out of the piercing stage and more into tattooes but I still have double o's in my ears and my lips are still pierced.

Down to one pierced nipple (after what we'll respectfully call an 'accident')
I have a tattoo all drafted up, just have to meet a weight goal and it's on!