Discussions About Being Bald > Tattoos and Piercings
Over 40 too old for piercing
Hingatao:
--- Quote from: Observer on March 19, 2013, 10:59:30 AM ---Nope - 40 isn't too old for piercing your ears - or other things for that matter!
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Agreed! I was 48 when I got my PA.
Ian334:
Cheers. Yes well going Saturday get them done. Cant wait. Mate of mine said you need to get plugs otherwise if you just get conventional you can't stretch if you want to later.Is that right.
Hingatao:
Actually, all of the piercers I've talked to have said you can. It's just a matter of making the holes progressively larger with each visit until you've reached either the size you want or just a point where it's no longer practical to go any larger.
Ian334:
Thanks I suppose the only consideration then is having the hole at the centre.
Otherwise it won't work as you go bigger.
TxTa2Guy:
--- Quote from: Ian334 on March 19, 2013, 04:38:48 PM ---Thanks I suppose the only consideration then is having the hole at the centre.
Otherwise it won't work as you go bigger.
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Piercings will stretch from the weight of your jewelry, at least once they get to larger sizes, maybe 8 gauge or larger, and if you wear larger, heavier jewelry. I had my ears pierced at eight gauge when I was about 58 years old. I never tried to stretch them; they stretched from the weight of the jewelry. I mostly wore hollow tunnels after they got to about 0 gauge. My lobes are now at a loose 5/8 and seem to have stabilized for the last year or two at that size though eventually they may stretch to 3/4. Actually I had never intended to stretch them much beyond a four gauge but am happy with them being larger.
When it comes to tattoos and piercings, Bigger is almost always Better!
My point about the stretching is to suggest that perhaps it would be preferable to pierce them somewhat above the center of the lobe since the stretching from the weight will of course all be toward the bottom of the hole. Lobes tend to become somewhat thinner as the piercing stretches. Never heard any advise about this but it seems only logical to me.
As to age, I got my first tattoo at age 50, got my first piercings, both nipples, on Pearl Harbor Day when I was 51. Got one below the belt at 52, septum at age 55. I have six holes now and never considered taking them out, except I don't wear my PA all the time, just when I get to feeling frisky!
I agree with Adamski about most people not raising an eyebrow, though I have to admit I might raise an eyebrow if I saw him since he looks great with the bald head. And while bald is beautiful, bald with ears pierced is spectacular! But I couldn't raise my eyebrows at anything anymore since I keep them shaved off too!
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