Discussions About Being Bald > Tattoos and Piercings
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Nonick:
Bill, I was probably one of your 84 views and I was wondering why would anyone want to get poked or prodded? ??? Yeah, I've heard some of the opinions about making your body a work of art, and personalizing and all that. ^-^
I've also heard about doctors and other medical professionals advising me against such poking as it would cause possible infections or worse :XX in my case; so I'm adequately leery of the whole subject. :o
Besides all that, I have enough battle scars and assorted (expensive $$$$) reminders of visits to ER's and hospitals, and having medical professionals put their marks on my outer layer :/O
So you might say I was just one of those many curious people.
Bottom line, if you want to do it; do it. I could suggest making sure you're in a sterile environment, yada, yada; but that's up to you. There is some risk in everything, and you can't protect people from doing what they want to do (still somewhat free country, etc.).
My only advice to you is to be careful and make sure it's what you want. Most piercings can close up over time, once you're tired of them, and may not leave much of a scar, and if it does, so what.
The tats on the other hand can be more permanent and they don't come off too easily.
Whatever you do, make sure you get a good picture of it and show us afterwards! 8)
New_Shine:
believe it or not, Carmex works friggin great for preserving color, A friend of mine had a tat that i saw one day and asked him when he got it, he said 24 years ago... asked him how and he told me
rcg5227:
I have one tattoo of a tiger and it will probably be my last because I broke out from the ink. I bled more than the average person too. The artist couldn't believe how much I bled and said it was one of the worst bleeding while doing a tattoo he has ever seen in the 12 years he has done tattoos. My tattoo swollen up about an inch from the surface of my skin. My wife got a matching tattoo and she didn't have any reaction. I got my tattoo on my right lower back near my butt, same place as my wife I didn't get it on my arm because I have nerve damage in my arms. When I get a shot at the doctor I make them give me it on my leg. I had a tetanus shot last year and glad I didn't get it on my arm, because it got swollen. There was about a 8 inch round red puffy and a rose about 2 inches from the surface of my skin, near the injection site. I have extremely sensitive skin and have to watch what razors and shaving creams I use.
jsowens:
As far as the lobe piercings are concerned...It's actually not as much trouble as you would imagine. I initially got mine pierced at 10 gauge and have since stretched them to 1/2''. I have no plans to get rid of them or go any bigger with them at this point, but I'm fairly confident they would shrink down considerably, but I know they'll never close completely. I've frequently read various piercing forums and the general consensus is to treat earlobe stretching as a permanent mod from the beginning, which is what I did. I have a friend who stretched to 00 gauge and his closed down to a normal sized hole, but I've also seen folks who went to a similar size and still have very noticeable holes. Everyone's body is different. Good luck, though with the piercing and/or tattoo and do lots of research beforehand.
BillOnBass:
Thanks for the advice jsowens! I'm actually thinking about getting an ear pierced tomorrow. That's cool how you started at 10ga. I'd rather not start at 18 or 16ga... it seems like the only hoops or studs that would fit would look too girly. But I'm also concerned that if I start out at too large a gauge the piercing will have a more difficult time closing up if I decide to take it out... What do you think?
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