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got a new piercing today

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Semi-Sly:
I don't know what got into me?

Yesterday, I saw a video of a Bald Guy on the internet who works for Indian Motorcycles.  He was getting a new tattoo and showing off his new Indian.  He had one ear lobe pierced, (as do I since April) and in the other ear he had a "cuff" wrapped around the outer edge.   It looked  really cool.
And then I remembered our Sly brother "Crowbar's" new piercing.

I didn't even think about it again until right after leaving church this morning, and without so much as a second thought, I decided to talk it over with my piercer.  I drove straight from Church to the shop; still in a dress shirt and tie.  I explained that I wanted multiple cartilage piercings like Crowbars and that I wanted a cuff.  He said that he wanted to do one piercing first, press-lock in a semi-permanent rod, and then order a cuff custom made for the size of my ear to fit that piercing.  When placed, the cuff will wrap the edge of the ear tightly and won't have a "backer showing.   He said that he would also do the other two piercings so that I could wear multiple rings like Crowbar's if I decided to do that.

I told him that I wanted to do have this done/get the cuff by the 1st of August when I go on vacation.  He said that it would take 6 weeks to get the custom made cuff and would take that long for the piercing to heal anyway.  So, he said; "let's do it right now"!  So we did the first piercing today and the second will be in about 10 days.

Crowbar was right.  A cartilage piercing is a bit intense - quite a bit more painful than an ear lobe!  I was a bit light headed for a few minutes afterward from the endorphins.   That is why my piercer wants to space them about a week apart.  The small titanium rod he put in with a pliers so that it can't fall out.  After 6 weeks he will cut one of the ends off of the rod with a side-cutter and then he will put in the jewelry.

I don't know what got into me!

This turning 60 thing is really crazy!

I don't 

Mike E. P.:
Gotta post a photo!

slymyke:
Cool.. you will have to post pics to keep us up to date with each step.

 O0

Semi-Sly:
Well, right now there isn't much to see.  My piercer understands my ultra-conservative situation and place the titanium post where you can barely see it under the "curve" of the edge of my ear. 

I tried posting a pic once and I couldn't make it work.  I can't even post a new picture to my profile.  Don't know if it is this new Window 8, (which I do NOT like) that is causing the problem or what.

Sir Harry:
Try Google Chrome or Firefox as your browser......Windows and Internet Explorer suck A-- IMO

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