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right, been thinking for ages about getting either my nose or tongue pierced, with different reactions from different people
mates-yer!! go grace!! ill come/hold your hand/get something pierced too/woohoo!!
brother-yer...blatently..pass the hasesh...
mum-i'll be disappointed, i dont like piercings
dad-if you want to act, dont get your tongue pierced. my concern, apart from your safety, would be the lack of respect prospective employers would give you if they saw you...

so, i figured poi people would be knowledgable on such matters. im ok with keeping any holes clean etc, so...? ive thought a lot about it. ive been uneasy in my lifestyle for a while and altho, a hole and bit of metal wont help, it sorta symbolises the changes im implying at the moment. im dying part of my hair pink and maybe getting it wool wrapped so...continue the ball rolling?

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Written by: Quix

Firstly an industrial (bar that goes point to point in the ear) and an orbital (two holes with a ring that goes through both holes so half the ring is on either side).

The twist, I want the industrial through the orbital. So it's an orbital at an angle *inside* the ear, with an industrial going point to point at a slant from the side of the ear to the top of the ear going through it so they intersect at 90 degrees.

Is it too much to go from nothing to that? Would it look ridiculous? What do people think?



I have wanted this done for so long, as has my friend who first showed me a pic.. what looks even better is to have 2 orbitals through the industrial ('scaffold' as i had always known it to be called, but found out pretty quickly from getting quotes in Aus / NZ that they call is industrial..). It's technically 6 piercings though so is mega expensive and I've not really got enough ear space left

Go for it if you have a nice empty ear though Quix!

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I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.

Quix, I think you should go for it! Sounds really cool.

If it were me, though, I'd get one piercing done and wait for it to heal before getting the other.

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I have two empty ears (so I'm hoping it won't unbalance my face too much).

I'm doing a lot to change my look at the moment though (no doubt as things happen there will be pics) and this piercing just came to me and i want to do it.

There's a great body modification, piercing and tattoo festival here in Cheltenham that I'll be attending and I'm going to be talking to piercers about quotations and stuff.

Thanks to you all three for the encouragement

"We have done the impossible and that makes us mighty" - Mal Reynolds

"I can't tell the difference between an electron and a cat" - Brother of a friend

yeah, other Elanna is right, you would have to get one part done at a time, don't think any piercer would do it all at once, can you imagine how painful that would be?! the silly thing that has always put me off a scaffold is that apparantly they put two rings in the holes first, which obviously looks odd as they will be at crazy angles, then when they are healed they can swap them for the bar.
on a slightly related note, my conch is finally at the lovely scabby puss stage so i'm having fun picking at that every morning gross i know, but it's healing nicely..

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You're all right of course and I didn't mean I was gonna try and get them done both at once, just talk to piercers about quotations.

The right shaped ear is my concern. I don't know what the right shape is.

"We have done the impossible and that makes us mighty" - Mal Reynolds

"I can't tell the difference between an electron and a cat" - Brother of a friend

-Mike )'(
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"A buckuht 'n a hooze!" -Valura

Hehehe thanks for your concern, Lightning. Much appreciated. Good for everyone talking about piercings to be reminded but it's ok. I've got a lot of friends into body mod and I'm well aware of safety and stuff

I could show you some... interesting... piercings a friend of mine has. Sadly the most interesting ones really couldn't be linked to on HoP... no they're not *there* just close enough you can't see them without seeing *that*

She got on Richard and Judy (british talk show) for body modification. One of the first in this country to (legitimately) have their tongue split.

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"I can't tell the difference between an electron and a cat" - Brother of a friend

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I have seen some modifications (at Burning Man) that have made me wonder... (ok, they've made my stomach turn! )

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-Mike )'(
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella

"A buckuht 'n a hooze!" -Valura

Never settle for normal.
Average thinking brings average results.

I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.

Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.

**giggles**

"We have done the impossible and that makes us mighty" - Mal Reynolds

"I can't tell the difference between an electron and a cat" - Brother of a friend

-Mike )'(
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella

"A buckuht 'n a hooze!" -Valura

I'd like to see that actually.

I'm a body mod enthusiast, I have to admit. Don't go in for extreme on myself (mostly cause I have horrible self image and don't want to draw attention to my own body much, hence why my piercing and hair ideas are so big, keep the attention above the neck ) but love to see what other people come up with, especially when they wear it well.

"We have done the impossible and that makes us mighty" - Mal Reynolds

"I can't tell the difference between an electron and a cat" - Brother of a friend

I just wanna know...why block access to the genitals? Makes it tough to pee...or to...

Right...family board.

-Mike )'(
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella

"A buckuht 'n a hooze!" -Valura

"We have done the impossible and that makes us mighty" - Mal Reynolds

"I can't tell the difference between an electron and a cat" - Brother of a friend

in state of metamorphosis

i did it!! got my nose pierced today!!
the studio had been recommended by a couple of friends who had piercings from the same place, i've bought jewellery from there too. the people were really nice, opened it all infront of me, gave me a load of info on care and a spare stud.
im so happy!! but keep dreading what i'll tell my parents-mums away on hols and dad lives 200 miles away so...
o well! i have that little bit of metal in my nose!!

in state of metamorphosis

He he he! I got my tongue pierced last night, grif!

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in state of metamorphosis

Solitude sometimes speaks to you, and you should listen.

in state of metamorphosis

Solitude sometimes speaks to you, and you should listen.