Plugs, Tattoos, & Piercings Thread

[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

[Sarin]

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

[CoolioTiffany]

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

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

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

Thanks! Hopefully someone will chime in and change the title

[Lolo76]

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

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!

[musicalKeyes]

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

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

[Aleria]

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

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.

[Bpmike1208]

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.

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

[Aleria]

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

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.

[Bpmike1208]

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

[Lucas339]

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


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.