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agreed. gauges make no sense, are not stylish, and will probably affect more than just their ear when theyre older.

I think 2 on each side is ok with 1 more on the cartilage of one ear. More than that becomes……..rocker-ish. Anyone over 27 who works in an office..w/ ppl wearing slacks, button-ups, and what not…should take it out.

I only have 1 on each side though. I took the other out as I aged.

I personally don’t like gauges either, but I understand them – they’re a statement. And gauging ears is not “punctur{ing} a chunk of skin out of their earlobe;” it’s stretching the skin, and kept healthy and small enough, it can shrink back up over time.

I dont like gauges either…I really dont think theres any point in them…they dont look good…and i only have peircings of 1 in each ear…and im planning on getting my cartiladge on my right ear soon…and that would be it.

@proveyourprowess@xanga - Thank you for clearing up that MOST stretched ears are stretched not punched out holes. And they are not called gauges…gauges is the size of the hole. They are stretched lobes. Mine are currently sitting at 16mm. It is something that has been done for hundreds of years and will be continued to be done for many more. I guess if you like it you like it….if not….well then you don’t!

I have 24 piercings right now and have has as many as 30 at one time. 3 of those are skin divers and 1 is a micro dermal implant. It depends on the individual as to how many is too many. To me you can never have too many. I will not judge by the size of your stretched lobes or the amount of piercings you have.

I have my ears peirced {just one hole a peice} and I am getting my nose re-peirced, because the stud came out awhile ago and grew over. For me thats enough, but I think that if you want peircings then go for it. Of course when there are Too many it gets a little disturbing, and gauges give me the strong desire to throw things through them, like basketball.

So all you ladies think my ears look bad? I mean each to their own but really they don’t look BAD?!?!?

I have 4 holes in one ear, 5 in the other, and my bellybutton pierced… so far. I want to get my industrial done in the ear lacking the cartlidge piercing. I also really want my lip done! On guys, I think gauging looks alright as long as the holes aren’t like.. 5 inches big. That’s where you draw the line. Otherwise, pierce away! I love piercings. (:

I have multiple piercings, which include 3 stretched piercings in each ear. I even used to have a 14g barbell connecting two parts of my cartilage on my right ear (called an industrial by the way).

I really have no opinion either way. It is a personal statement, that person’s personal statement.This world is judgmental enough without adding in what you think about other’s decisions to either be pierced or not. 

i personally love piercings.

right now i have 3 in each ear. i used to have a belly ring and i had both my nipples pierced. If they didnt hurt so bad i’d pierce them again lol. i also want my nose pierced but i’ll have to wait until i move out so my parents don’t kill me lol

uuummm.. WOW… guys aren’t the only ones who have gauged ears I’m female and i have 20 piercings and i plan on getting WAY more. i have 7 on each ear and each one is gauged i also have my right eyebrow pierced twice, i have my septum, labret, nape (back of my neck) and my nipple done as well. “Why do guys want to puncture a chunk of skin out of their earlobe?!” first of all not everyone gets they’re ears “punctured” or as the correct term.. punched. i stretched my piercings.  i love my piercings and quite frankly i don’t care if people think i have “too much” or if I’m fashionable enough for society to look at or not. if people are going to discriminate against me because of my piercings then so be it. if they can’t see past my body mods then in my opinion they’re not worth my time. not everyone has the same interests and/or style as others. getting piercings just because you see other girls that have more than you is pretty contradicting. you said you wanted to “stand out” yet.. you wanted “double piercings” just like all the other girls you saw. how does that even make sense? but the people who actually DO stand out…your against?  in my opinion body mods can be very pretty and a good form of expression. i think they ARE fashionable and very nice too look at. and to one of the girls who commented before “oOBuBBLes711Oo@xanga” “rocker-ish” isnt even a word and it doesnt make sense at all. rock is a genre of MUSIC not a person or group of people. i listen to rock, metal, punk and lots of other types of music. whats wrong with rock? and another thing… just because you wear a suit doesn’t mean you cant have piercings. thats like your boss saying you cant be blond or a red head. or maybe even a co-worker saying “you shouldn’t work here because your nails are to long” WHO THE HELL CARES?! how can PIERCINGS bother you THAT much? GET OVER IT. its their body not yours.  i hate when people feel the need to discriminate against things THEY DON’T EVEN KNOW ABOUT. but… i guess thats why they do it. out of ignorance. GROW UP. get over it. theyre JUST piercings : )

@Bautifulfreak@xanga - haha thats so crazy i have 20 piercings and i’m getting a few more for Christmas.. i wanted to get a micro. but not to many people do them by me. how did that go?

2 in each ear is enough for me. Nothing near cartilage. I want to keep it a little above nice and simple.

No body piercings please.

I have a piercing in each ear. I want to get a tongue ring, like in Thirteen. I think it looks sexy.

I also want to get a nose ring, but I would have it be a stud, and something unique, not just a diamond, either a shape or another type of gem (if possible … I don’t know. maybe there’s a reason why people only get diamonds?)

I want to get a bellybutton ring. if possible, I would get a red stone.

I wouldn’t get a gauge because I don’t like them.

i would say JUST EAR LOBES. no cartilage. i personally think its tacky. its harder to look sophisticated with a whole lot of piercings.

I have 3 holes: ears single, and my left eyebrow. I don’t think anyone should tell anyone how many holes they should have in their body and I don’t think it should stop at the ears.

Honestly, when it comes to piercings, I grew up with the notion that it’s all about modesty, thanks to my mother. She insisted that only one piercing per ear was more than enough.
When I got my second holes on both ears done, she was extremely unhappy and unsatisfied with what I had done. I was punished as they came out uneven (so I am now waiting for them to close up so that I may get them re-done, although I never used them anyway).
I wouldn’t mind a third per ear, but seeing it as how I have small ears, it would be overkill.

Now I just got my nose pierced a couple months ago while I was away from home and at school in NY. It took me a while to muster up the will and courage to get it done (knowing full well how much my mother would strongly disagree). I only wanted a tiny stud, nothing more and ended up getting it. I was rather hesitant about it afterward but after only hearing how great it looked on me, I was more than satisfied and now, adore it.

I remember the minute the guy stabbed my nose, instantly a wave of endorphins were released and at that moment I already was instantaneously thinking about what piercing I wanted to get next. I then understood why people say piercings are addicting. But I managed to calm myself down and told myself, NO MORE! For the one on my nose was already a pretty BIG deal.

Well recently my friend got her cartilage done and it looks hot. I used to want it but got over it. Now that I see hers, and how good it looks, I do want to get mine done. The only thing I’m hesitant about is whether or not it would look good on my ear. We shall seeeee!

Btw, I toads agree about gauges. They’re absolutely horrendous.

I think you can have as meany piercings as you like and it won’t be too much.  It’s all about self expression and if you like it then that’s all that matters.  Even people with like fifty face piercings. while that might not look so great to me it doesn’t matter one bit what I think because they got it for themselves.  I only have three piercings(ears) and one tattoo but I plan on getting more.  If you don’t want to go past your ears that is SO okay.  Do what YOU are comfortable with. ^_^

Piercings is a thing of the individual. You either like it, or you don’t. You either go for the trendy piercings: (cartiledge, belly button) or more extreme: (labret, septum, conch). None are disgusting. If the person likes it and is happy with it, whatever. I’m not one to judge.

Piercings has also been a fashion of the past. I got my second lobe piercing just in the fifth grade. In Qeen’s Elizabeth’s time, people were getting more private piercings, aristocrats. It’s just becoming more acceptable.

I myself have 6 lobe piercings (three on each ear), cartilage on the right ear, conch and industrial on the left ear. That’s a total of ten piercings. I also have one lobe piercing gauged a little more than the normal size (standard gauges for majority of piercings are 14-18 gauge). I have it gauged big enough to keep me happy but small enough not to be noticeable and to close it some day. I used to have a rook piercing on my right ear, vertical labret, and a stud on my left nostril.

Yeah…piercings can be addicting.

i have one hole in each ear thanks to my mother.
i remember wanting a second hole so badly.
and now i hardly even wear earrings.

i plan on getting my belly button pierced.
after i move out tho. so my parents dont kill me.

I LOVE Piercings. Had my ears pierced since I was an infant. Started gauging my ears somewhere around 3 years ago. But stopped because they fell out and had no money to keep going. I also don’t really like wearing earrings.
I think gauged ears are amazing. If you don’t go too large.
I’ve had the side of my lip pierced since last year. I love it but I want something different. So for my birthday next month I’m getting vertical snake bites. I also plan on getting an industrial piercing sometime after && who knows what else I’ll want later in life.

I don’t have piercings, but I think they should pretty much stick to the ears…I think cartilage can look nice, but no gauges–it is a tad freaky to see THROUGH someone’s ear.  Really, I’m not gonna hate you if you have other piercings, but I honestly have to warn some of you that once you get out into the work world, some of those piercicngs aren’t going to be so acceptable.  Yes, it may seem like “expression” now, but go apply for a serious job with gauges and a tongue ring, or any sort of big “statement”, and i can guarentee you that it will be tough to get a job.  You may luck out with a boss who doesn’t care, but that doesn’t happen too often.  If you want a bunch of piercings, I’d recommend staying away from holes that are too big to go unnoticed at least.  Sorry to be the “voice of reason” here.

Haha, when I started getting piercings last year I became totally obsessed. But I didn’t like the idea of having a ton of facial piercings, or oddly placed ones, so there wasn’t much to do. I had my eyebrow, nose, and lip pierced.. along with my ears having three on both sides at one point. I decided that looked pretty terrible, so I took out all except one piercing on each ear and my nose piercing; it’s a little diamond stud. *shrug* I’m thinking of getting my navel done next year, though.

I think gauges are pretty gross. But to each their own. We all have a different idea of what is too much & what’s disgusting.

I mean, to each his own, but I wouldn’t put any piercings on my body other than my ears. I had a tongue ring once, but I do believe that I would have taken it out probably before I went to college. I had 3 pairs of piercings once. But, it became a hassle to match up 3 sets so I took one out and went back to just 2 pairs in each ear. I plan on getting a cartilage in September. I’m not a fan of any nipple rings or piercings down there though. I guess it all depends on what you do with your life. Obviously if you plan on working on Wall Street, getting snake bites and brow rings aren’t exactly the most professional attires. 

just a little information, girls.

gauges are not a chunk of ear skin being removed, lol. its just stretching the original hole. and they go back to normal  (if they are less than a 0 gauge) when they take the plugs out.so whatever.

I love piercings. I have 4 in each year, and I scared to get a 5th because that would be dipping into cartilage territory. I have small ears Its a curse. But once I turn 18 in a few short weeks, I will definitely be scrunging up some cash to get other piercings in other places. There is never limit unless you are like that one person that has thousands on her face. Thats gross. Some people can pull off 10 or more piercings on their face, and look great, and some cant. It depends on the person. Regardless of anything I always like to admire what I see. 

If you want to pierce it, then go right ahead. You can do whatever you want. Me personally, I would rather have just one or two peircings per ear and maybe a nose ring (diamond stud).

I actually had my ears pierced twice before, but each time i let them grow back. The first time was in 5th grade, and when I tried to change them, they became stuck inside my ear. A nurse had to get them out. I became terrified and let them grow back. The Freshnam year I got them pierced agin. This time we were playing Powderpuff and I forgot to take my earrings out and one of them was ripped out. Thankfully it was pulled horizontally not downward and my lobe stayed intact. I let the holes grow back again. So maybe in a few years I will get them pierced agin, nut for now I’m fine not having them pierced. I do like the look of two piercings per ear and a nose stud

Body piercings can be really hot on edgy people with nice, sharp features. I adore eyebrow piercings. 

yes my friends and i started getting more piercings this year. i had the normal pair of earrings since 2nd grade and i ‘upgraded’ to 5 more piercings on my ears. I have 5 holes on my earlobes, one on cartilage, and the other on my tragus. I love my piercings. I think this is enough for me..and i agree! gauges are disgusting. i don’t know why people find them attractive o.O 

too many earrings might make you look a bit cheap, ya know? so i stop at body and facial piercings as well. 

Merry Christmas! Anyway, imho, whatever floats their bubble :p

I have my ears pierced twice.  I wanted the second one so bad when I was in elementary school.  However, I never wear earrings in the second holes, only just the first one.  I also don’t see many people my age that wear more than just the one earring unless they also have their cartilage pierced.  I also had my belly button pierced a few years ago and I think that’s where I’m drawing the line as far as piercings go.  There’s nothing else on my body that I want pierced.

I never had any piercings before, and I plan to have only 2 piercings (one on each ear in the centre of each earlobe). I don’t think having 4 is cool.

i used to have my ears gauged. i only gauged them to the point where a small pen could fit through. but i got tired of it and took it out.  i think they look pretty hot. but when they take them out, completely gross!!! and the smell isn’t very nice neither, which is also why i took them out.  right now i have my ears pierced, my navel and i just got my nose pierced last friday. next i want to get my lip or tongue pierced :3

I currently have 2 holes in each ear, but I want to go for a third in my lobe and get my rook pierced.

I agree that gauged out piercing is gross though. Yuck!

I have 16 piercings. I get my piercings for myself. Not many people know I have this many and I don’t care. I don’t follow up with trends. I have 11 ear piercings, 2 nostrils & 3 navels. I do have 3 stretched piercings. I love jewelry.. I can take these out at any time and it will heal/close up. No problem at all.  I don’t find piercings.. to be disgusting. That’s just a little odd. I mean, come on..? Piercings have been around for years along with stretching. It’s nothing new and I don’t understand how it could be disgusting unless you don’t clean it.

I love piercings… I have my ears.. and my second holes gauged and my upper lip ( Monroe)
and i used to have my tongue and nose..
and i plan to get my belly button pierced when i get thin lol
exactly what you said.. THEY GET ADDICTING!
And when gauged you actually stretch the skin.. not puncture a hole in your ear

I really think gauges are beautiful… especially the glass ones
and gauges is addicting too!

Hmm.  I have six piercings.  3 in my left ear, 2 in my right, and one cartilage in my right.  I draw the line at ear piercings too.  I don’t think I have too much though.  I’m happy with it.  I do agree that it can be addicting, because I want to get another one, but I don’t know what.  My ears are running out of room.

@Purp7e_Fi7th@xanga - Many offices have dress codes, just like school. I.e. as a nurse you’re really limited as to what accessories you’re allowed to wear, or how long your nails can be. Businesses have an image to maintain, and most of the time it’s a “professional” image. If you don’t like it, then don’t work in an office. (Google is apparently pretty relaxed about this though) And yes, “rock” can be a type of fashion. I think most music genres have a coordinating fashion type. It’s not necessarily as bad as you make it sound.

I have a piercing in each ear, and have thought about getting one ear’s cartilage done. There was a time when I really wanted to get my belly button pierced, but then I saw how big the needle was. As for the stretched lobes, I also don’t find them attractive. 

I call those gouged ear holes telescopes.  You can see so much through it!  It’s awesome

haha i know how you feel towards the boring look w/ just two.
i was like that too.. started out with a pair..
now got nine on both ears.. planning to get more..
and two belly piercings..
i guess belly button piercings are cute and sexy.. well i guess depends on you..
im actually planning to get  my lip pierce, my tongue pierce.. maybe eyebrow.. i want a bar on my ear..
gauges.. not too big is fine w/ me.. (like the one in the pic is too big)
but i prob wont get it.. since it looks kinda painful
i think only black gauges look good tho..

Well, it’s personal freedom and ‘braverly’ haha. I think one whole in each ear are enough for me. I don’t have and guts to have more holes and cannot tolerance the pain.

I think the East Indian style of having a studs at the nose can be pretty. But personally it’s too painful for me.

I don’t feel that I can dictate how many piercings one should have or what’s acceptable. For some people it’s an artform, so to each his own.

I have 3 piercings (1 in each earlobe & 1 cartilage). I wasn’t allowed to get piercings until I was 12, because my dad said “it will mess up your ears and give you lots of infections” lol. When my mom took me to get my cartilage pierced, she decided to get one too!

Btw, “Who notices ears?!” Some do! My boyfriend told me that when he first met me, he thought I was really innocent and shy until he saw that I had my cartilage pierced.

I used to want an eyebrow piercing until my best friend got one and it became infected… no need for me to elaborate. Now I want a nose piercing, but I’m worried about what would happen if it were to become infected.

I have two piercings on each lobe and two on my right cartilage. I love piercings and I think every girl should have at least a pair on their ears. As for it going beyond the ear, it depends on each person’s preferences I guess? Luvluvluvluvluvvvvv piercings.

i have 4 piercings, 2 one each ear. i think that any more than that looks makes you look unsophisticated. :\

geh gauges. they look disgusting.

I have also 7 – two on the right side and five on my left. I have  had these since I was 13, I guess(right now i’m 22). And I’m ok with that. Actually I really like it. But also I would never do facial or body piercings. I don’t know why, but it doesn’t look nice to me.

@Purp7e_Fi7th@xanga - Super easy! I loved the skin divers but they are very new and I don’t believe they are in the States yet?!?!? I could be wrong. Go to http://www.BMEzine.com for info on GOOD people who can do micro dermals in your area. If you want to get them done properly then be prepared to travel a bit. I had to travel and hours away for mine!

I have 2 piercings on each side. I also had a lip piercing for 2 years and this year I took it out, well I still miss it.

I think those giant holes are totally unsexy. Not classy, not professional, not attractive, in fact, they’re disgusting. I think too many piercings can be distracting… especially nipple piercings also lips or tongue or eyebrow. I can’t look into their eyes when I speak to them. Google Elaine Davidson. She broke the guiness book of world records with 720 piercings. I saw her on TV once. But NOW she has  five thousand nine hundred and twenty piercings. (But that was in May, and she probably has more.) It’s an addiction I tell you!!!!!!! Some people just don’t know when to stop.

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Piercings are really a matter of apperence. if ti looks good go for it but if it doesn’t well….

i love all my piercings i have 10 right now. but one of my cartilage
piercings came out, which i will be getting redone a.s.a.p. i have 8 on
my ears along with my bellybutton and eyebrow. i love piercings and as
long as they dont become overwhelming i think go bigggg or go homee.
but it is completely a preference, some people just cant rock them. i
would love to stretch the first two holes on both of my ears probably
just a 4 gague and 6 gague, maybe a 4, and 2. but we’ll see…the
parentss arent down. we’ll see:):) 

i used to have my nose pierced for a little while, then i started working at Abercrombie&Fitch of all places, and even though i’m in the stock room, they told me it had to go. hopefully one day i can get it redone…

I only have my ears single pierced. My ears are too small to get them double pierced. (they are only about 2 inches tall) But I think I do not want any more piercings.

I have 11 and had 13 before, I have 10 in my ears (5 on both sides and not in the same places) i really don’t see a problem with piercings

i find the gauges VERY scary i feel like it’ll…like over stretch the hole..and ya…..in the end somewhat….have a tear in the ear….and i think nose stud would be okay if its suitable for that person…i saw this girl that looks really pretty with it and some…no….NO rings….just stud is okay…..thats the only facial piercing i think is okay and the only body piercing is belly button…thats okay too

I have just one in each ear and I don’t plan on getting more, but I think that an extra hole or two isn’t too bad. But I hate all piercings not on the ear except the belly button. I just don’t understand why you would ever WANT to pierce your nose, eyebrow, tongue, etc. I think it just takes away from your natural beauty of your face.

I have my ears gauged, along with having 19 piercings and 7 tattoos…i think it’s a wonderful way to express myself…

I only have 1 piercing per ear right now and that’s it.

I want to, later on, get them double pierced with a cartilage piercing in each one, a small stud in my nose, and my belly button pierced.

I don’t have a problem with gauges as long as they’re not too big. In my opinion, they start to look kinda gross once they get big enough to put fingers through.

You can never really have “too many” piercings. Though I will say that I have drawn the line at 17 (15 on my ear, 2 are body). I do think that at a certain point it begins to look a bit [for lack of a better word] trashy (I began taking out some earrings, now I only have 12).
But then again, piercings are to show off personality and originality, and judging from  your ear picture, I’d guess that you are a simple girl that likes to have fun with friends. =P

I have my ears pierced, with only one piercing on each ear, but I’d like to get my belly button pierced too.

@Bautifulfreak@xanga -  haha thanks for the help : )

@Purp7e_Fi7th@xanga - clearly they’re not “just piercings” if you’re getting so mad over her blog.

i only have my ears pierced, but i did guage them in high school (only to a 4, so you could see through it but only just) i took them out last may and they’ve shrunk back completely. it was fun.

Piercings depend a lot on who they’re on. I notice piercings quite a bit, especially on the ear. They grasp for my attention and I follow.

However, I’ve never looked at a girl’s ear, seen her piercings and thought, “Wow, that industrial is making me REALLY hot!” I just look at them like accessories. Like clothes almost, but not quite as important on my list.

My ex thought it’d be cute for her to get a nose stud. Terrible idea! Her nose just wasn’t equipped for the stud she got. Still, I see girls with nose studs and some of those do make me think that a girl is attractive. Usually though, the stud is super small and it goes well with the nose.

As far as everything else, I don’t really care. Monroes can be pulled off by some, but I don’t care for them too much. Lip, eyebrow, nipple, etc. piercings are whatever. I’m with a girl for her, not her piercings.

Well, I have my ears pierced and that’s all, but I don’t think there is anything exciting whatsoever about ear piercings. They are hardly noticeable. They’re not really fancy or lady-like once you have more than one, and it’s not very edgy or anything.
I guess I would never gauge any piercings out. I’ve definitely thought about it, but I’ve seen some nasty looking ears caused from them. Plus, when I dress up, I wouldn’t want big holes in my ears, I’d rather have tiny, fancy earrings, you know?
This is just a tricky topic, I’d say. People have such different opinions when it comes to things like piercings or tats.
 I’ve been contemplating other piercings, though. Mostly, my septum, because I think it would just look good on my face and it’s probably the easiest to hide! Facial piercings just depend on your style and whatnot, though. Not saying they wouldn’t stop you from getting a job or something, but you can’t deny that they are becoming more accepted by society.

I think the stretched lobes are kinda cool to look at, but they remind me of the tribes in National Geographic magazines. We used to stare for hours at their ears and lips. But I remember flipping the page and there was this old tribesman with stretched out ears and lips and he just looked nasty. I wonder how the stretched ears will look in the US as we all age. And will they be taken out or remain open holes well into our 80s?

i have the usual one in each year…. and my belly button pierced… i want another in each ear… but I guess I’m too lazy… and i think that cartilege piercings are hott…. i’m just too afraid it’ll hurt ><

I don’t see how having your skin punctured can be addicting, but OK.

i have 5 on each ear
and just like you, i will never do facial or body piercings

I like ear piercings. I have three in each lobe and two in my left cartilage(I’m iffy on doing my right side because that’s the side I sleep on). I would never get my nose pierced, because I think my nose is kinda big, and I wouldn’t want to draw attention to it, but my friend has hers pierced, and she has a cute little nose, so I think it looks cute. I guess it depends on what you want to draw attention to. Like if you have a nice, toned stomach, get your belly button pierced. The only body piercings I would never consider for a second are the *ahem* private piercings. Not only do I think they would hurt like all hell, it’s not something I could exactly show off on a regular basis. But to each her own. I plan to get a handful more piercings in the future, but I’m going to art school after I graduate, so I don’t exactly have to look professional.

About the only thing I think is going over the top is corset piercings. 

I don’t find gauges attractive either, at all.
The only piercings I have are each lobe and each cartilage of my ear.
I’m thinking about a small lip piercing though.

i think plugs are gross if it’s too big, like the one in the picture. 

they aren’t all awful – it depends.

I have 4 piercings, total.

I think thet is enough for me, for now.

Ew. I don’t like guys that does those guages. I don’t like body piericings, either. I think they disgusts me, and they start to annoy me.

I would never date a guy that has guages.

my friend got her nape pierced recently.
i think it looks pretty cool but i would never do it.

kudooooos to her

I have a total of four piercings (two in each ear). I think getting your nose, ears, or belly button pierced is okay but almost any other piercing can be ridiculous and unnecessary. I absolutely hate tongue and lip piercings. And i also question how you kiss someone with a hoop hanging off your lip. Gauges..meh I don’t really have much of an opinion on those.

i don’t see a problem with piercings at all. yours look great! my boyfriend has a total of 12 piercings, if i’m counting correctly, and i love them. i wanna get a few of my own, but i had a bad experience when i was 13 and i’m just now getting over that. i got my ears pierced for the first time when i was 13, just one hole in each ear. it was done at claire’s at the mall. they used earrings with a really short post and i have kinda thick earlobes. it went through my ear, but i never could get them out. eventually, my earlobes swelled over the earring and i had to go to the hospital and get them to cut the earrings out with a scalpel. it hurt so bad! so if i do get pierced again, i definitely will go somewhere besides the mall. maybe a well-trusted tattoo shop or something…

I have 6 on each ear. And I just think that having like more than 6 is a bit too much. I mean that is A LOT of piercings and $$.  But it really depends on one’s opinion. Some people may like a lot of piercings because it makes them “stand out” from the crowd.  

And my opinion about those Gauges.. “EWW”. I hate guages. How there’s a HOLE in the earlobe. It’s smelly and veryyyyy annoying. How would people get jobs with that!?

Gauges are so not cute!!! It freaks me out LOL. Anyway, the best way to stand out? Just keep to one pair of piercings or better yet, don’t have any at all. I mean, think about it. Everyone has multiple piercings.

wooow.
im 15 and have 19 piercings.
tongue, septum, both nostrils, two conch (right through the ear), and the rest random ear holes.
i have also had my lip, eyebrow and tongue web.
im soooon gauging my ears too.

i friggen loveee piercings!
they are beautiful and unique.

as far as gauges go, i can handle them as long as they’re less than like a 6 and as long as the guys general look is more punk rocker. but i’m not a huge fan.

as for myself, i currently have 14 piercings. all of them in my ears except for my nose. (which, for the record, i’ love.). but i way way understand the ‘addicted’ feeling.

i have my lobes triple pierced. and on my right ear i have double cartilage, a daith, and one right in the space between cartilage and the lobes on the edge. sorta the farthest part that sticks out on your ear. dunno how to describe it, but it’s cute.

and on my left ear, i have my tragus, rook, and daith all pierced.

everytime i actually tell people that i have 14 they look at me like i’m crazy. but no one ever thinks i have that many. i usually wear studs in most of them. there are a couple that i like to wear hoops in. and i don’t usually wear them all at the same time……

point being, i think you can have more than just the 7 and still maintain even a professional appearance. i love love love my piercings. good luck with it in the future!! (i would avoid piercing guns. just from experience)

@ashleymarie84@xanga - i’m not getting “mad over her blog” just annoyed that someone who’s so into “fashion” yet narrow minded. first she says she went along with a “trend” then said that she was ssoo “determined to stand out” and TTHHEENN shes against the people who DO stand out…all i pretty much said was that she shouldn’t be so against people who are different with their appearances… she has piercings and they do too just because its a bigger gauge its ugly? its still a piercing and i dont think that she should put other people down for what makes them happy. of course she can state her opinion on it… thats her right. but to say “I just have this overwhelming feeling of wanting to stick my finger in between the gauge and yank on it.” is going a bit over bored. thats like me saying “every time i see a girl with lip liner on i want to kick her teeth in”  and then me posting blogs trying to help you in “fashion” its CONTRADICTING. and i dont think she should have gone that far is al.

i would only do a single piercing, i’m scared of anything else. especially gouging! 

The gauge thing isn’t for me.

I do however have 10 piercings altogether: 5 one my left ear, 3 on my right, my nose (which I hardly wear anymore- I got it for cultural reasons, since my grandfather was from India) & a navel ring.

The last piercing I got was  years ago, so I reckon I’m kinda done.

But I still love the tiny earring my sister has at the inner bit of flesh near her ear hole… not so good at describing it properly, and I don’t know what it’s called.

I personally don’t mind bodily piercings, I quite like the look of gauged ears. I only have my ears pierced mind you.

I just have the one in each ear. Then last week I pierced my ear with a pin, and now think I could stand getting more piercings, since I realise Im not a wimp nomore.

@Purp7e_Fi7th@xanga - to be honest, i don’t see a simple piercing of the ears as being very “trendy” or unique. i’m not trying to fight; i simply love to debate. growing up i was never told “you can’t pierce that or you’ll never get a job” but somewhere deep down i knew what my mommy didnt want and i tried very hard to succeed. i currently have 2 tattoos and i SO have the itch for more. #1 was three stars (me and my two little sisters) on my left rib at the top. LOVE IT. it’s beautiful. just a simple outline of three stars. the second was exactly 2 mo later. another star, bu ths time its inside of my lip. this one for mommy. i love my tattoos. long story short. stars are nothing special. one day, i want all my “no sunlight” areas to be covered. stars mean “nothing” but to me there are so many meanings behind it/them. piercings couild be te same. they might mean “nothing” but they could mean everything too.

@ashleymarie84@xanga - i agree.. i wasn’t calling them trendy at all i was just going by what she said in her entry “and wonder who or what triggered this trend.” and i wasn’t trying to start a fight at all.. just trying to make people a little more open minded because of course everyone will have they’re opinion but for someone who is giving “fashion” help/ideas/tips etc shouldn’t be putting people down and should have a little more respect for people that are different than her. and it sounds like your tattoos are pretty cool. i have one haha but it came out horrible but it reminds me of good memories : ) and i might be getting another one soon for my grandmother who passed away. i think tattoos are really fun and i also don’t believe in too many tattoos. i think that people should be able to do whatever they want with their bodies because they are the ones who have to live in it. and just because someone doesn’t think it looks nice they should be respected as people and not put down.

Blah.
I don’t really see the point in wearing jewelry so no piercings for me. However, if others want to do it, I really don’t have a problem with it.

I personally find the author’s lack of knowledge on the subject unappealing… Number one, piercing guns in my opinion are aweful… They should never be used on cartilage, a piercing needle is hollow for a reason, they cut their way through, with a gun you are forcing a blunt object through your flesh..
As others have said it’s stretched ears, not gauges… Also they aren’t just for guys… My bottom earlobes are 7/16″ or 000… My second holes are 2 gauges… I have 25 piercings total, only 8 of which are in my ears…

In my opinon I have to say this, it’s MY body… It’s my rules… My body is the only thing in my life that’s truely mine and mine alone… I get pierced for ME, not anyone else… I really don’t care if you find my piercings gross or annoying.. People modify their bodies to fit their needs and opinions everyday, why do I care what they think? They should be more worried about fixing themselfs than what’s pierced on me…

The more piercings the better. On guys or girls. Gauged ears are nice, bridges are my favorite. 

@KR - I got a job that specifically stated “no facial piercings” by putting plastic retainers in my snakebites. The interviewer couldn’t tell from 2 feet away. One need not sacrifice their piercings for their career! 

i have three in each of my earlobes and one in the conch of my right ear.  i love all seven of my piercings and i most certainly don’t regret any of them, but i don’t see myself getting anymore.  i wish i could afford them, but i do feel as if they’re just a college/young twenties kind of thing and my parents already said they’ll no longer pay for college if i get anymore.  i honestly don’t think piercings are worth the college education i would be giving up, so i won’t be getting anymore. 

i do, however, think that piercings outside the ears are a bit…unsightly.  they aren’t my favorite things and i don’t see myself ever wanting one, but if you can pull one off, that’s great.  it’s just not my personal style.

however, one that i must say really…affects me, is the ring through the center of the nose.  how does that not HURT?!  like, i can’t even squeeze that part of my face without pain, so i can’t imagine how brutally painful that would be.  plus, it reminds me of how bulls have that giant ring in their nose to attack ropes to. 

meh, to each their own.

i used to really not get why people would get a ton of piercings. then i got my nose done, and then like 6 months later i went with my roommate to get hers done and ended up getting my cartilage (rook) done kind of on impulse… i love getting piercings, i would love to get more, like another sort of different cartilage one, but i don’t want to have a face completely full of metal, it’s just not really my look and plus now my piercings are nice and balanced out if nothing else i think i might just switch out my nose stud for a ring to satisfy my itch to get more!

I think gauges are completely DISGUSTING!! Please don’t do that to yourself…

And most body piercings do not look attractive. I usually am pretty against the whole idea in general.

I have one hole in each of my ears, and I like it that way. I see no reason to put anything anywhere else.

Exceptions include thin girls with bellybutton piercings, I think those are cute. And the lead singer from Disturbed. And only he should look like that; only he will ever look that good like that

A friend of mine has many piercings.

- 3 on each year like you.

[the bottom one on one ear is a 5mm stretch]

- cartilage on each ear.

- nose stud.

- lip ring.

- tounge piercing.

Myself ? Only 1 piercing per ear, though on the right ear its a 2mm stretch (nothing big)

I personally think that men in suits with eyebrow rings look HOT. I suppose it’s the contrast.

I have 2 cartilage, 2 lobe, 1 side labret and 1 tongue. I had a navel but apparently my body doesn’t like metal, so now I get stuff done with bioplast.

I find it a little funny how you spoke about becoming addicted to piercings, however haven’t gotten any piercings that can’t be done with the piercing gun.

I personally think piercings are something people get to have a short stinted “adrenaline rush”, to distract people from their already appearance, or to appear “different” and “cool.” 

The ones that can be hidden i would suggest are better… But, the gauging (which looks so ugly/painful) and the facial pierings are a bit much. 
They look silly as you age, and you don’t get taken seriously in the career field. 
I’d suggest stopping at your ears.

Well, first off, gauges aren’t holes that are punched like your ears were done– they are started small and then stretched, so they can go back to their normal size eventually.

Anyway. I love piercings. I have my lip, nose, belkly button, and ears, and am soon to have tragus and cartiledge. I think you may have enough alreasdy for your ears, but you could still do tragus and conch piercings if you wanted more, but were afraid to move off the ear. If you don’t like facial piercings, did you think about belly button?

Just a few thoughts.
Happy Holidays.

i have gauges but im a chick and there small [for now...]
and people mostly stretch them.
I love piercings and I Plan to get TONS more
I have one on my face [monroe]
and I have seen people who deffinetllllly SHOULD NOT get piercings but for some people they look really complimenting with! xD

My mom made me pierce my ears in 4th grade summer – I was terrified that it would hurt, and i still think it did. Then it got infected, and closed. >____< After that, my mom told me to get it pierced again. But, I swore that it hurted like hell & I told her she can’t make me pierce it.
One day, i mentioned it to my friend. And she said she’s been dying to get her ears pierce, but her parents never letted her. I was like, why won’t your mom let you? :O

Personally I have two on each lower ear and the cartilage priced on my left ear. I agree that I don’t really like gages but i do like facial pricing to an extent. I would like to get my nose priced and I like eyebrows and lips but that is all, and not all together.

I’m up to 9 piercings right now. (3 in my ear lobes, 1 in my cartilage, my nose, & my belly button.) I’m pretty sure I’m done with piercings. I don’t mind small gauges on guys. & I don’t mind certain facial piercings.

piercings are great . except on knee caps . but that’s just my personal opinion .

it’s a fun thing to have when you are young, i’d say just stop at the belly. Anywhere below that (or apparently beyond that) is wacky.

gauging is not ‘taking out a chunk of skin’ you have to gradually stretch it over time. it does get to a point [such as when you can stick a finger through it] where it gets gross. as for stopping at the ear? nah. i want to get my lip done eventually and i have small gauges in my ears. i also want a second hole and an industrial [the bar that goes across your cartilage]. there are some really strange places people get pierced that i just can’t imagine ever getting done. [like your hips or your back.]but people can do whatever they want to themselves.

I have 16 piercings and i love them all! I find gauges in both men and women to be hot (yes im bi, bite me) i have my nose pierced twice 11 on ears total my eyebrow, my lip twice, i had my belly button (got ripped outin a fight, stupid bitch) i want my tounge, coming soon lol. I also want 3 surface bars on my chest/cleavage area. I wont get gauges myself because of some experiences my friends had with them but i do find them attractive very!

as somebody had said above piercings have been around for ages and society will always pierce themselves. there will always be ppl who have an interest  in piercings as same with tattoos and i am one of them!

I love my gauges. They are small [size 2], and I think they look nice. I spend ALOT on piercings.. I’m also addicted to it. I have 7 in my left ear, and 8 in my right ear.. plus tongue, monroe and nose. Everything I get is discreet, and none of my employers have ever had a problem with it [I currently work at a doctors office]..

I think they are very attractive.

If you’re going to work as a professional, just leave one pair of earrings in. Too many piercings can make you look, I dunno, untrustworthy? My friend (a girl) has like 7 or 8 piercings. On one ear! Now THAT is scary..

I think piercings are very attractive, and can be a lovely accoutrement. I have five piercings in my ears. I think that’s where I’ll stop for my ears, but I fully plan on getting a nose ring once I’m legally capable of buying it myself. 

I also dislike huge gauges. Small ones aren’t bad.. but you can start to look like an old medicine man or something.

And I have no problem with body piercings as long as they’re not flaunted. I have my belly button pierced, which is relatively tame, and no one has seen it except the girls that went with me to get it done and my fiance. P;

i have 4 piercings(2 in each ear). i want an industrial(bar across cartilage) too. i dont limit piercings to the ears. i absolutly adore snake bites. =p. gages are ok if they arent huge. i know a guy with gages you could fit oreos in but once you get used to them you barely notice theyre there.

Well I have three piercings in each ear, and I used to have my eyebrow pierced. i Took it out when it started to reject, and I am currently waiting for it to heal. I really liked it before and I got some compliments. Plus, it’s not that common of a thing, and it’s not done to follow any trends, so I think it is pretty cool, you know…for me.

I don’t think it’s cool to get piercings because other people have them, that is a pretty stupid idea. You should be comfortable with getting it and comfortable with how it looks.

So for me, the piercing is about being personal and expressive. If you want to look like that, do that. It’s up to you.

Oh, PS; I have a guy friend with gauges and my parents think it looks stupid and gross, but he’s really nice and I hardly even notice them when I talk to him.

piercings can be fun. i used to have my lip pierced but got a good job and had to take it out. I wasn’t sad though because i was so lacking in money. I have 2 holes in each ear and want a stud in my nose. I would get my lip done again but my boyfriend doesn’t like it so of course I won’t – no biggie – but I’m getting my nose done probably soon.
Do you guys know if it’s just a really small one like if it leaves a hole or how long does it take to heal when you take the piercing out? I have kinda sensitive skin so I don’t know what it will do to it. …?

also, on the profesional side, they sell clear plugs to keep they hole if your employer has a problem with the piercing

I think a couple on each ear is cool, and maybe a small inconspicuous nose piercing, but that is where I draw the line. I don’t like lip/tongue piercings because it seems so unsanitary to put open wounds where you put all sorts of food, eyebrow or bridge piercings are not attractive for me, and any other body piercing… meh, they all seem too difficult to care for. Gauges are gross! I don’t think they punch out a hole of flesh though, I think they just put something in a small hole to make it gradually bigger? Not sure… Myself, I have three piercings – two on the left ear, one on the right, all lobe piercings. And I’m happy with that

How much is too much depends on the individual getting pierced. Body piercing has been around for as long as there have been people on this earth. Right now, the only piercings I have in are not visible to the public:D I may get some of the facial jewelry put back in, though. 

It depends on the person. Somebody who would look good with an emo style may suit a lip ring as well and so on. As for me, I would look hideous with any body piercing. I first got my ear lobes pierced when I was 6 (one per ear). I got my ear lobes pierced again when I was 10 (meaning two per ear). I got my ear lobes pierced again when I was 12 (triple pierced). Ear piercings aren’t bad. I don’t want any more ear lobe piercings and my parents won’t let me have anymore piercings. But I hardly ever wear my first ear piercings, it’s always the other two I wear.

@Vieforme@xanga - I have to chuckle at what you said.  Self-expression can definitely be a good thing, but when one does things to him/herself and ends up looking very unhuman, and then wonders why people look at them oddly, then self-expression becomes a problem.

But, then again, if one really desires to look like an idiot, then yes, it’s his/her choice and privilege to do so. 

There is most definitely such thing as “too many piercings”.  Humans are to look like humans, not like a walking hardware store. 
I saw something at the grocery store the other day, it had multiple face piercings.  Very unattractive.  It was holding a baby, the cutest little baby, so I assumed it was a human… though you couldn’t tell had it not had the baby in its’ arms.

I like the look of a couple of earrings in each ear, and naturally, on females only.  Gauges are very ugly, anything that looks industrial-like is ugly. 
I have to wonder what possesses people to do that sort of thing to themselves.  Do they hate themselves that much?  I mean, really, are they trying to make themselves as ugly as possible so that nobody takes them seriously?

Think about prospective employers.  I’m hoping that these people who abuse their bodies with multiple piercings and tattooes don’t start crying discrimination.  After all, most respectable bosses want people who actually look respectable working under them.  Given the choice between a person who has minimal experience vs someone who has piercings galore and excellent qualifications, I would choose the one with minimal experience.  I want people who look like normal people representing my company.
… unless I’m running a hardware store, LOL.  I can then choose the person wearing the hardware and put them in the window so that customers can see what we’re selling! 

i totally agree.. i became addicted to piercings as soon as i got my cartilage done, which was my first. i have the same amount as you. the 4 and 3 combo. then it was my belly button. then my tongue, then my nose. i want more more more!!!..lol but i dont have the time or patience for the healing process and the workplace is gonna be hell to do another and hide it. so im onto tattoos, but thats another lovelyish blog.=]

Well, I have double piercings and a cartilage piercing. I’m about to get a third set of earlobe piercings and two more cartilage piercings. I think it’s fine, just as long as it doesn’t look too trashy. And I agree with you with the gauge thing. But I did have 14 gauge tapers, but I don’t really plan on going any bigger.

Ehh.. I’m not big on peircings. Belly buttons… fine if you have the figure to wear it and plan on maintaining that figure as long as you show the peircing. I don’t like the weird face peircings.. they just look… weird ya know? Idk. when you have SOMETHING peirced there’s a facial feature to anchor it… but when it’s just a cheek or something it looks like a bump in the middle of a perfectly smooth plain. GENITAL PEIRCINGS ARE SUPER NASTY… I won’t comment on those. Noses look good if you have a nicely shaped nose. If you have a big honkin weird nose.. don’t draw attention to it. Eye brows are only okay on some certain people. Too many peircings on your ears do kinda just make you look a little unprofessional.. I don’t have much of a position on those if they aren’t worn to work.

I personally have my ears peirced once and plan on getting a small stud in my nose soon. What can I say.. I tend to be a purist… even when it comes to personal adornment.

I LOVE piercings!  The most i had at one time was 9.  6 in each ear, left eyebrow, labret, and tongue.  One of my cartilages recently closed and last year, my eyebrow and labret closed up when I was at work (and I cried over it).  In addition to the 6 I have left, I want to either re-do my labret or get my lip pierced (maybe on both sides), get my nipples pierced and get a vertical hood piercing  I have also considered doing a double tongue ring and getting one to go with the one I currently have.

I think you start to cross the line when you have piercings ALL over your face. 

i like piercings. but i don’t want a lot on my face or anything. piercings can go bad and i don’t want to ruin my face. i have ten piercings though, lobes 4, helix, double tragus, daith, nostral, naval. my parents absolutely hated it when i got my nose done. 

but for me, i like piercings, i don’t really care where they are  they can always be removed too. 

I got my ears pierced when I was four.  Tuesday I was at the mall Christmas shopping and on a whim decided that I was going to get my second holes done [I've been wanting this for a few years, but have always been in various shows so it's never really been a good time], and was all set to go when the lady finally asks me how old I am [sixteen] and is like, “Ohhhhh.  See, I would do it for you but I don’t want to lose my job.” [my mom wasn't with me]  LAME.

I really don’t mind piercings in general, but there are a few that I think look a little bit stupid [snakebites, monroes, septum, just like, unnecessary ones, you know?], no offence to anyone here!  I’m not like repulsed, but just not for me.What I don’t understand is why the under-18 crowd need their parents to get ear piercings at Claire’s?  Like, ears, seriously?

I have two holes in each ear and want to get a small stud in my nose done. I’m not crazy about really big gauges in people’s ears or excessive holes going up and down someone’s ears.

What bothers me more though is if a person gets judged because of their piercings. I don’t like excessive piercing on male or female but if they decide to put 20+ holes in their body that is their choice and they should not be given a hard time about it.

To me, in my own personal opinion, piercings are like cloths, hair cuts, anything of the sort. It’s more of a personal statement, and a work of art, like tattoos.
I’m sitting with seven piercings (two nipple piercings, a vertical labret ((through the top of my lip)), and four holes in my ear. I also have my lobes stretched. I’m at a two gauge, and I’m working on a 0, but that’s as far as I’ll go.
Piercings, stretching, and tattoos have been used as a fashion statement for hundreds of years. In certain tribes it can mean a place of power, or a warrior, marriage even.
Personal opinion on body mods is just that. There are some people who it appeals to, and others it doesn’t. My personal joy in it is partially the pain, and the look. I don’t think tons and tons of them are attractive at all, but if some people get the right piercing, it can make them look a lot different, and sometimes a lot more attractive…to me.

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i guess its not a bad thing to get ur earz pierced!!!!!!

Lets get this shit straight about gauging. Its not puncturing a huge chunk of skin out of your ear – You progressively stretch it out to the next size – Three months one size, so on and so forth until you reach your desired size. Here’s a better question – If is so appauling – Why even pierce your ears in the first goddamn place? 

I’m not a fan of extreme lobe- or facial-peircing.  To me, it’s distracting.

That being said, I have 9 piercings myself (2 are now closed).  I have three in my right lobe, 2 in my right cartilage, and 2 in my left lobe.  I let my tongue & navel heal over.  I only keep earrings in the first hole in each ear, but I run earrings through the others to keep them open.  I let the 2 heal over because I “outgrew” them…I was just over that stage in my life & heading into a more professional stage, so I thought it was appropriate.  My tongue ring removel was a birthday gift to my mom – it may have been her favorite ever.

I think facial piercings can be done tastefully.  There are some girls that can really rock a super-cute stud in their nose.  (I’d do this in a second if I wasn’t months away from being a lawyer!)  There is a court clerk that has a very small Marilyn that looks great on her.  I think peircings depend a lot on the person and a lot on the profession to determine whether they’re attractive/appropriate.

to many, having alot of ear piercings is trashy.
so are eyebrow piercings. I associate them with white trash people..

as for gauges, I have friends with them. my best guy friend’s is nearly an inch gauged, I don’t notice them because his hair covers them. I wanna stick my fingers in them and pull on them just to piss him off one day. but they don’t bug me enless there like the, dude is that a dinner plate? type ahaha
facial piercings, ofcourse I know TONS of people with them, including myself. I have a Monroe (on the right of my top lip), I get many compliments on it and how I pull it off very well. other people with monroes can look bad. honestly, it just depends if you can pull it off I guess
When people have tons of piercings on the face, sometimes it can be a turn off. Lip piercings are a turn on to me, but when you have snake bites with angel bites and a medua, etc, it gets to be like is your mouth pierced together or what?

I have two holes in each ear, and I just got my nose pierced, today actually!  I’ve wanted my nose pierced for the lonnnnngest time.  My friend was with me and she got her lip pierced.  It didn’t really hurt, it just feels a bit funky now.  I like it.  My parents aren’t too happy, but meh, whatever.  :P  I think it’s always a personal choice, and the piercings shouldn’t distract anyone from the person.  It’s just there, a decoration like a bracelet.  You can always take it out.  It’s not like a tattoo or anything!  Anyways.  That’s my story.  :D

just keep going .

umm no. just keep going .

I only have my ears twice & my left cartilage and I’m done with piercings. I want more but for several reasons choose not to get any more. First, I would not look “right” with lots of piercings. Second, I don’t think my parents would allow anymore and third, I’m not sure if it’s “right” to modify your body to an extreme. I don’t mind piercings on other people, actually sometimes it can be attractive but I’d never get more.

just a little insight.

i am a very artistic person and live a strongly artistic lifestyle, my dads a photographer, i love photos, a am constantly sketching or painting, i love to write. ect. along with this i love piercings as an art as well as tattoos.

i believe piercings as an art form are beautiful, i have two in each ear plus two cart. on my right side, my monroe, my lip, and navel.

i have many friends who have gauges and i will be getting them soon myself. The way i see it, when people look down upon, or say statements like “thats gross” i look at is as a statement of ignorance about the art. I do understand its a personal taste, but its most definatly shows your ignorance for the art.

with something to think about,

moonchild.

I have multiple piercings: lip, nose, septum, eyebrow, and tongue.

Believe it or not, the only piercing I would never, EVER consider getting is my ears. Everybody thinks I’m weird for that…..they’re like, “You’ll get a needle shoved through your septum, but you won’t get your earlobes pierced?!” But to me, it just kind of proves that the location and number of your piercings is totally an individual decision, there is no right or wrong choice.

I love piercings up to an extent. I don’t mind lip piercings, belly piercings, eyebrow piercings, tongue rings, nose rings or any kind of piercing on the ear; but piercings that are in someones neck or cheek or forehead or back or arm or anything like that just worries me. I mean, I don’t judge, you like what you like, but I don’t understand some of them. That probably has to do with a phobia of mine though. Micro piercings… I get goosebumps just thinking of them!!! But I have 3 on each ear, I would like another 2 or so on one ear. But I already pushed it when I asked for my third ear holes. I’d love to get my tongue and nose pierced though… but I’m a chicken.

I have both of my ears gauged to a 2, which isn’t that big at all. I think that its okay to get your ears gauged as long as its not a huge gaping hole. I also have my lip pierced, I had spiderbites which is two piercings on one side of the lip right next to each other, but one of them closed up and I decided it wasn’t worth the 40 bucks to get it pierced again. I also have my tongue pierced.. which I don’t think is too bad, seeing as you can’t even see it unless you open your mouth. I do know people who have several piercings on their face, and I think that it just looks obnoxious. I love nose piercings, at one point I had my nose pierced also, but that closed up too.

there is no number that is too many it depends on the face. I also have no problem with ear gauging but it does get too bit, I have 11 peircings in my ears, 3 in each lobe one mid ear on the left, 2 cartilage in my left and an industrial on the right. My ears were gauged to 1/2in but i will admit that was too big so now they are down to about a 4.  I have my nose pierced and my tongue and it is not distracting and i still look pretty prim and proper. I’m going to get my bellybutton peirced too. There is nothing wrong with it and it doesn’t look ugly.

and to point out a little inaccuracy… very, very few people punch a hole into their ear. Most people stretch them.

i like two piercings in each ear. i think it looks cute.

I have absolutely no piercings, and I don’t plan on getting any.

It simply isn’t worth the work, and they look no worse than pierced ears.

I think shoving a piece of metal through your ear and calling it jewelry is a bit of a crazy concept, anyway.  When it comes to gauging them…seems like way too much pain just to look good.  It isn’t attractive to me at all.

I want my nape pierced, BADLY, and have now for over a year. I just love the look of it. Currently only have my ears pierced, in the common spot, because I had it done when I was a little girl to wear earrings.  

I can’t believe how ignorant some of you are and how much you guys stereotype, I mean saying “I think people with their eyebrows pierced are white trash,” come on.

If gauges are too big i dont like them, and on certain people they look disgusting. But i have gauges and i get compliments on them. I guess it depends how you “wear” them.

and i completely agree with you! piercings are so addicting!
i have my anti tragus ( ear piercing ) done and it is really cute and unique. No, you dont have too much but i would definatly stop there for now, your eats are to cute!

as for getting new piercings? go for it. it seems like you kinda wanna be unique in your own way. the easiest is the belly button, but you can get many things done. also, there are more realy cute ear piercings you can get besides the cartilage, that ma looks cute. do some research – you will be suprised at the stuff you can do!

I have 5 piercings of my own, all on my ears. I tried plugs for a while and gauged them then took them out when i got sick of them. i also had my nose pierced, removed it, and it healed up real quick. i like lip piercings on men the guy im dating right now has more peircings than i do! lol – tounge piercings on girls are tacky… but im not going to lie; tounge piercing on a guy – totally makes them a better kisser hahaha! the belly button? i dont think theres a purpose but to attract attention. you know like shiny things to make a man look at a woman’s body. then anything below the waist is purely sexual then. after that i think its taking it too far. but again. not going to lie. that is also. very nice. hahaha! too much… i believe is when you can’t tell what body part it used to be, pre-piercing lol. other than that. they’re just shiny ways to attract the eye, something to look at, to modify the body on one’s own terms! i love my piercings, and i like the ones the guy im dating has as well~ (i have 5. two in each lobe, then one in my left cartilage) he has the industrial. a cartilage. 2 in each lobe. lip ring. tounge ring. and one downbelow.( total 9 LOL) and i find each one very well placed!  i guess its all prefrenece in the end~

I like to keep it simple, just one piercing in each ear. I had my upper ear pierced when I was 14, but I took it out less than 6 months later.
I hate earrings on guys. I just can’t stand it.

i have seven…all on my ears. same as you, actually.

i hate gauges and find them gross.

From what I can remember, (or at least from my history book) stretched lobes [or "plugs", right?] were done wayyyy long ago like in Africa. I haven’t seen them anytime since. As I understand it, if anyone was to undertake that look they would have to be into that sort of style.

Nowadays, I see guys (and girls) sporting it with the rocker look (or the metalhead, or the scene, or whatever-some even a bit high-fashion), but NONE of their apparel seem to compliment it. (or it’s origins). It’s like it just came out of nowhere.

I don’t quite understand it, personally.

I don’t really think there’s such thing as too many piercings, since people usually get the piercings for themselves and will stop when they feel they have enough. I don’t really see a point in getting piercings for other people.

On stretched piercings or facial piercings? I like either of them. The only piercing I’ve ever heard of being dermal punched in would be a larger gauge cartilage piercing, like some conch piercings. Like others have stated, stretched piercings mainly start out at a smaller size and are gradually increased. If someone wants a large gauge piercing fast, a scalpel is generally used. Imo, stretching only looks bad when it’s rushed, and the person suffers a blowout.

Also, if someone DOES get tired of their stretched lobes, they don’t have to live with them. I think you can have the lobe cut and stitched, so it will resemble a non-stretched lobe eventually.

The only thing I hate is when a surface piercing is fitted with jewelry that will reject and cause a nasty looking wound/ scar. That, or poorly done corset piercings.

To each his own, I guess.

i have two in each ear and my nose pierced. I don’t see a problem with it but I prefer things to be done moderately. This goes with the amount of tattoos I have too. But really, to each their own. It’s a matter of self expression.

Pierced belly buttons on women can be sexy….the guys with guages…look foolish but perhaps they can get better mobile phone reception?

For aslong as I could remember, I always wanted to get my ears pierced, but I was absolutely frightened, and my mum would offer to take me but i’d refuse indefinitely.

This year, I went ahead with some friends and decided to do it, just before exams, I got my first set done, and constantly obsessed over them, and cleaned them like mide with surgical spirit all the time!
Then after 2 weeks, I went and had another 2 done on the lobes, so intotal, I have 3 on each ear; equalling to 6.
I wanted to get my cartillidge done, but it’s just wasting my money, and I couldn’t be bothered.

I have plenty of friends with lip piercings, I think it’s vile.. but it’s up to them how they choose to express themselves.

i think eyebrow piercings on guys scream sexy
but i’m weird
i have lobe, where a triple piercing would be, and the small gauge ring in my cartilage on my left ear, and lobe on my right.

i’ve always wanted my belly button pierced, and i’m thinking about doing it myself. i did one of the holes in my ear by myself, and i’ve never experienced pain caused by piercing before

Well, Actually a gage isn’t a ‘chunk of skin taken out’ its more like just streaching out a hole gradualy, I don’t really know why they do it either.

I have 3 holes on each ear and I am thinking about getting the cartlage, maybe.

My best friend wants to get their tongue peirced when they are 18, I think that that would be gross…I don’t really like facial percings. although I think I might wanna get snakes.

but I don’t know.

I’m not against ear piercings as long as they’re classy, and yours look very classy…I know a girl who literally has the entire side of her ear covered in piercings. I wonder how she’s going to get a job like that, honestly. I’m not a fan of tongue piercings…just because I know there are a lot of safety risks that go along with that (as with most piercings). I’m also not really for like, nipple and “other” piercings (lol) but I like nose piercings, like, if it’s a little diamond. I’m planning on getting one in a few years.
I have two piercings in each ear and will eventually get more. I don’t see a problem with piercings, even the more drastic ones like tongue and nipple as long as you know what you’re getting into. Gauges are an entirely different thing and I agree with you on those.

I agree guages are absolutely horrible to look at O.O No offense to anyone who has them.

I stopped at 2 piercing per ear. I think that any other piercings more then 4 and any where else on the body goes too far. But that’s just me.

I personally am not a fan of gauged ears or facial piercings.
I don’t care if other people have it, because that’s their decision.
I like bellybutton piercings though.  Those are cute.  c:  I only have two piercings, which are on the ears.  I might get some more on the ears, but no cartilage piercings.

I think its just reason to rebel. I had 3 on my right, 2 on my left ear, tongue, and belly. I now have one on each ear and just my belly ring. I don’t even pay attention on any of the piercings anymore.

gauges- they aren’t cute. i heard it makes your ears stink too.

It’s becoming more and more accepted that people pierce themselves.  I for one have 9 piercings; one nose stud and 8 in the ears (3 in the cartilage).  I would never gauge my ears, but some people look good with them.  Personally I’m not a fan of really wide gauges, but I have many friends with them, it’s not like it affects who they are as a person.  Piercings are a sign of personal expression, not something for you to do because “guys will notice” or not.  Nose piercings are very popular in Indian culture, and have since been more accepted in western culture as well.  I think people fail to realize that not everyone is going to be working a 9-5 behind a desk in some cubicle, so some of us can afford to keep their multiple piercings even into adulthood, and any “uncouth” piercings can be hidden with plastic plugs.

@Purp7e_Fi7th@xanga - Agreed. Definitely well said.

As for me, I have two piercings in each ear, & a nose stud. I’ve calmed down & lost the urge to get piercings. I had my nose done on the other side, & my lip done three times, but took all of them out. There’s no set type of person who has piercings. C’mon now. Old, young, black, white, tall, short, male, female. The list goes on. I, personally, find gauges on guys kind of sexy. Would I stretch my ears myself? No, because I don’t want them for myself. I think I am happy with the piercings I have right now.

I don’t know though, doing it to stand out? Most people think people have piercings because they want attention. What if the people wanted to get them jus because…hmm, they wanted to? Because they liked the piercing? Because they liked the look of it on their skin? I guess that was my reason. I also liked the adrenaline rush right before it happened. Maybe I’m jus weird. Hah.

@castashadow_quotes@xanga -  haha thank you. i get them because i love them. the look, the feeling, taking care of them haha.. i think the adrenaline rush is what makes it so addictive… among other things as well haha eachone is different…each one feels different… none of them are really the same and i love that about piercings : )

I personally have only one piercing on each ear. But I’ve always wanted a second piercing on each ear and one cartilage(because I think two is too much). But for me, I could skip over the second piercing and just go for the cartilage. The reason is because I don’t even wear earrings now. I’ve always been too lazy, and I don’t have a jewelery box, so I always lose earrings. I’d probably have to look for a while before I can find a pair that belongs together. The only other one I find acceptable is the navel piercing, because I do think it looks pretty, but it’s probably not for me(I’m scared haha). Every other piercing I don’t want, but I can overlook the nose piercing(not in the septum though). Still, I really don’t like a lot of piercings on one person, like all over the face on the eyebrows and lips and tongue and everything, and I especially don’t like gauges. They scare me and I find them disgusting because I can’t believe a person would stretch a hole into their skin so that I can actually see through it to the other side.

seems to me that u are too much into what other people think of u. Get piercings for yourself, not for what “guys find cute” or for what you think others find cool. Seems to me like you need some maturing to do in that region, no matter how old you are. You need to be comfortable with your own body imagine and not with what others think of you.

I personally think piercings are beautiful and so are other body modifications. I have my ears, belly button, tongue, eyebrow, and neck pierced…not stopping there. 

In my opinion, well, I love piercings. I love snakebites, nose piercings, and I absolutely love gauges on guys. I don’t know why, I find it all so attractive. Facial piercings are great in my book! As long as its not everything pierced. Ex: Nose, lips, eyebrows etc. Thats just disgusting and I wouldnt be able to deal. One or two facial piercings at a time are fine, no more than that. 

I have three in each lobe (the bottom ones are 8 gauge, the second are 12 and the third are 16), one cartilage (planning on getting one above and below it come my birthday), my lip, and my bellybutton. I’m getting my nose and the bottom of my bellybutton next week.

Clearly, I have no problem with it.

i used to have 6 on both ears, but now only
4 left, including one tragus piercing.  i also have a tongue piercing,
which hurts really bad, but i think it looks so cool, i just love it.
lol

@Purp7e_Fi7th@xanga - Oh, definitely. My grandma hated when I had my lip done, & why? Because she was worried what other people would think about the family. I find it pathetic when people worry more about what others think than what they want, or in my case, what I wanted for myself.

Taking care of your piercings, watching it heal, becoming a part of you, & switching the jewelry out is fun. When I had my lip done I would play with the ring with my tongue & I wouldn’t even realize it. In a way it was calming.

i have a total of five ear piercings. i wanted seven but some psychic told me to stop…and i did. i actually dont know why. maybe im superstitious. anywho, i only have one cartilage done. and i loved the pain that was involved during the peircing process. too bad its been more than a year and it keeps getting infected. im thinking about closing this one and getting it redone for the pain.

ps- dont try to live up to the trend. get piercings because you like the look on yourself or becuase you like the pain.

take care

wow i didnt realize that piercings still held the stigmata they did in the past. i personally would never stretch out my lobes, but i think it’s to each their own. everyone has their own definition of beauty and i dont judge if someone’s definition is different from mine! lol.

i, myself, have had quite a few piercings in the past. i previously had about 7 in each ear (4 on the lobes, 2 cartilages each, and 1 tragus), a belly button ring, and a nose piercing. but i have since removed a majority of them so now i only have 1 on each lobe and my traguses. i still have the nose ring as well. love em all! =]

If it starts to take away from your appearance, then it’s too much.  Opinions vary.  I don’t really care.  Gauges can be okay, to a degree, and facial piercings depend on the piercing and the face.

@castashadow_quotes@xanga -  i have 20 piercings so far haha and i’m getting more soon… i have my labret done and right now i have a hoop in it lol so i’ve been playing with it a lot : P

 Piercings and tattoos are so main stream that not having them makes someone unique from the crowd.

It can stop at the ear, or it couldn’t. It’s YOUR body. People can get whatever they want to get pierced, it doesn’t really matter. If it makes them happy, and they have the courage to get it done, then good for them! I only have 2 piercings on each ear and I want to get a cartilage done on my right ear. After that, I think I’m done when it comes to piercings. Haha, I don’t think I’ll become addicted. [Hopefully]

I like gauges. I don’t personally gauge my ears (anymore), but I think a medium sized gauge looks good on most people. Small ones are pointless and big ones look ridiculous. Just my take.

I have my septum pierced and both my ears. I’m getting my tragus next. I’m not trying to ‘EXPRESS MYSELF BECAUSE I’M SO MISUNDERSTOOD’, I just like how they look. 

I don’t like the look of gauges. At all. A very small gauge (like 12) is are
sometimes okay. Does anyone know if they ever go back to normal if the
plugs are taken out after a while?
I have seven piercings, all on my ears. Both ears are double pierced and I have three in the upper cartilage of my left ear.

I’m thinking about getting at least three more piercings, most likely on my right ear.

Here are my ears as they are, and some ideas…
both ears
left ear
right ear
right ear idea 1
right ear idea 2
right ear idea 3

Let me know what you think!

@Purp7e_Fi7th@xanga - It’s hard not to play with ‘em. Haha. You have the nape of your neck done, was the pain any worse than…say, your lip or nose or something? & afterwards, does it get caught a lot on your hair or anything? I thought about getting one awhile back, & with this post about piercings, it’s got me thinking again.

We’re all masochists here.    Something you clearly don’t understand. 

If I had big nostrils, would that tempt you to yank my nose?

Just kidding. I can see why many people dislike stretched earlobes, although I am actually rather fond of them (as long as they are not oozing pus or blood.) As for me, only my septum is pierced. I used to have my ears pierced, but I took them out because I wasn’t very fond of them. I also don’ t like the look of multiple piercings on a person’s earlobe, although I am fine with cartilage piercings. It looks too busy, and I like things simple. Despite my preferences, what other people do with their body does not bother me at all.

@just__one__me@xanga - I like idea 1

I have two in each ear, and a cartilige. I also have my tongue, and used to have my nose. The nose looked funny on me, I think, and I no longer have it. Plus…it wasn’t healing.

i have my ears peirced. (a hoel each) but once i move out i am going to get my lip peirced. my personal opinion, peircings can look realy good. but they can also look realy bad…if you get to many, you start to be the person everyone looks at when you are walking down the street…idk what you are hopeing for…

hope i helped.

i was just thinking about this. people spaz because i want facial piercings and i wonder whats the big deal. i mean,why even get your ears pierced in the first place? why not add more? i have my belly button done and i want some surface piercings under my clavicle and back of my lower neck. why do i want it? because it’s unconventional and i like being a little exclusive. when you have piercing on top of piercing, and there’s no skin left to pierce, i think that’s too much.

minimalist on facial piercings. i would never puncture my ears and make the holes huge… i have double ear piercings, my tragus pierced, nose pierced, and my belly button pierced.

@GiantUnicorn@xanga - ha, we should be friends.

and thank you peeeople. GAUGES ARE STRETCHED SKIN. and I can’t wait to get them, not huge ones, maybe 4 or less. because I personally like them, thats just my style. I’d rather have gauges than 4 ear piercings, funny enough i think THAT doesn’t loook nice. I love piercings though, my nose is pierced, simply because I like the thrill and changing my look and it looks cute on me. Ill get my lip pierced soon, Im only 15 though and I have to wait because I’m not “allowed” to currently. I think belly buttons, especially the huge dangly ones are somewhat trashy…like tramp stamps, even though I love tattoos I would never get one there.

@neon_voltron@xanga - Thank you so much!

haha not at all… it hurt way less than a lot of my piercings (septum, labret, nipple, cartilage, etc) lol i did get a bit light headed though which is rare for me and it didn’t hurt at all after.. it just feels weird haha… i have short hair at the moment.. and when i got it it was even shorter (my head was shaved) so my hair cant really get caught on it : / but even if i had long hair i dont thing it would get caught on it lol I’ve had it for a little more than half a year and i love it… my clothes don’t get caught on it… its not annoying to wear collar shirts or jackets or anything like that.. and it healed pretty fast… but like any other surface piercing it crusts daily… not bad though haha it just needs to be cleaned every day… its easy to clean too : ) i love it haha you should deff get one i love mine

love my lip piercing. getting another one soon. love my eyebrow piercing.

i think stretghing and guaging is hot to an extent, depends on how the person wears it, i dont like too big of a guage, not much below a zero.

this blog is a bit rediculous to me. seriously, how old are we that we care so much?

As long as they look good… there’s no such thing as too many.

I’ve got 6 ear piercings (4 in the right, 2 in the left), my bellybutton, and I had my nose pierced DIY but got in trouble so I had to take it out. I love piercings. I plan to get my nose re-pierced, get a monroe, maybe tongue, and in a few weeks I’m getting a tragus for my birthday (the little triangle cartilage on the ear, for those of you who don’t know)

I’m against the idea that piercings make someone less sophisticated or mature. It’s called creativity & being unique.

You like piercings or you don’t. Whatever. Haha.

I think for some people multiple piercings look good in their ears. I know a girl who has her ears pierced all the way up both ears with multiple colored studs, and it looks good and it works for her personality. I think it really depends on the person and what they’re intending to do with their lives. As someone said- if you’re planning on becoming a business professional then you might want to consider your future and what your piercings will say about you in that specific field.

I personally have my belly button and nose pierced, and I’m getting an Industrial piercing in about a month in my left ear. I think it really depends on who you are and what your own personal opinions are about it. If you think it’s too much- then maybe it’s too much. (Although I think the piercings look good).

@CaraZeba@xanga - that’s what I was going to say too.

people aren’t born with earlobes that freakng big. and they don’t….take a hole punch to them…it’s a regular piercing stretched…

I LOVE my piercings!
I have 18 total and my helix, cartilage, anti-tregus, conch, 6 between both my ear lobes, an industrial, snug, tongue, nipples, nose and belly button!

once u get one you cant stop!  they are addicting!
and don’t even hurt!

Guys aren’t the only ones to gauge. I tried briefly to gauge my earlobes, my goal being a size 6 or so… nothing too big. But my body has this nasty habit of totally rejecting piercings. They either get so infected as to warrant a visit to the doctor or just close up if I leave earrings out of them overnight. For this reason, I only have my lobes pierced once (which are a hassle in itself. I got them when I was 10, and I’m 20 now. To this day, I still get infections in them, even if I dont wear earrings for months at a time.)

I am going to try once more to do an industrial on my ear (2 connecting cartilage piercings) with a single helix between them, but if they reject, I’m giving up.

i feel that double piercings on each ear plus one cartilage piercing stands out, and at the same time, looks natural, especially compared to the myriad of girls out there who have more than one ear piercing now. 

i haven’t seen anyone with three piercings and a cartilage one, but yours looks unique and i don’t see anything wrong with it.

you’re lucky~ i’ve always wanted my cartilage pierced !

I have my navel pierced, and it’s my favorite (3 others in my ears). I belly dance, so I am all for navel piercings and can’t imagine why anyone would think that’s gross or unattractive (depending, of course, on the individual body shape.)

they’re not called “gauges”. gauges are used for MEASURING the size of the stretched lobe.

and as others have said, it is not just males that stretch their ears…this is the most ignorant blog i have read in a long time.

I think really small gauges are cute, but I hate the really big ones, and some are HUUUGE. 

I think they are fine.

It is a simple way to look different for little pain.
I have 13 piercings and love them.
I will describe
On my left ear I have the double holes at the bottom, double cartilage, and one on my rook.On my right ear I have the double holes at the bottom, the industrial, my tragus, and my rook.Then I have my nose pierced on my right side.My belly button pierced. And finally I have my lip pierced on my left side.
I have never had my ears gauged because it really isn’t my style. 
My next piercing will probably something cool in my ear.

It basically depends on the individual. For me, i used to have 10 ear piercings on both ears, including cartilage and tragus. but i got bored so i took them out. Then i also have a lip which i also took out.
Now i’m happy with my tongue piercing.

I have the double piercing in my ears but thats all the piercings i have. I think gauging is disgusting on anyone if it’s over a 0 or 1. Facial piercings I think are acceptable as long as one takes them out when they age or when they are in a setting where it looks unprofessional. 

I have snakebites (bottom lip pierced on both ends), and I like them. I’m big in the underground music scene and I live in a major city, so I see a lot of bod mods. I’ve become so accustomed to seeing them that they just seem a natural part of one’s appearance– like any other accessory. Too many piercings in a small area can look cluttered and are very distracting, thus unattractive, and a lot of piercings are ugly to begin with. I have a thing for nose rings, but apart from that, I prefer my girls clean. Gauges smell.
I think your ear looks good, but no more! And whatever you do, don’t put different jewelry in every hole.
Good post!

For one: You Do NOT Puncture A Hole In Your Ear. IE: Gauging. It starts with a regular gauge piercing. Yes, all piercings have gauges. Gauging is just what it sounds like, taking something [a piercing, and stretching it[manipulating it] to the larger, desired size. For those who want more extreme gauging there is scalloping which aids the long process of gauging and makes it much easier for your ears to stretch and mend in that size. And, it IS the individual right of piercings and tattoos and all forms of the body modification realm. I myself had 10, 4 now retired and only left with 6. I love them, I am addicted. I have three tattoos as well.

This blog came off very bias to me. Hence for the somewhat agrivated comment.
Thanks guys.
Kessey.

I like piercings, they’re like permanent accesories.
I have the usual piercings, one on both ears.
Personally I think gauges are attractive

well. i just got my lip pierced today and i really like it. so i’ve got my ears and my lip. and i want more. maybe the other side of my lip as well, but i’ll stop there. but personally, i think lips, nose, ears, and cartilidge are really cute on anyone. eye brows are cute on some people. but gauges rarelly look good, but i know some people who look great with it.

PS. Krista Kupcake, Gauges do NOT come in 1. Only even sizes before double and triple zero. after those it’s mm and inches. 

I personally would only date a guy with 1 or less earrings.  I don’t like the whole earring in every square inch of skin for girls myself but some people do. I have two sets of piercing in my ears. And I abhor gauging. It just looks completely disgusting. But to each his own.

I have snake bites(one lip ring on each side) and I have 1inch(25mm) ears.I personally thought I looked bad with regular earrings because my ears just looked bigger with them in,so I found out about stretching your ears and gave it a shot and I just like the look alot better on my ears rather than a simple 16 gauge earring.I had my artilage when I was 13 but it fell out.I love my pircings,but I think sometimes people can go a bit over board.

and actually,when you stretch your ears your not taking out chunks of your ear(unless you go to a shop and get them scalped)and they for the most part will go back to normal.That goes for ANY size.I had a friend that had 3inch plugs and within a year they went back to normal.It jsut takes longer for bigger sizes.Now if you stretch them wrong,you will possibly need surgery to put them back to normal but really when you want them gone just stretch to the next size then put no jewlery in and since it’s healing it will begin to close since there is nothing there.You usually just have to take them out though.

I have numerous piercings and gauged ears, and I absolutely love it. I don’t find gauges disgusting, it’s just another piece of jewelery. (Be they a little less delicate.)
So long as the pierced-person can take care of their acceptable self-mutilation; I don’t have a problem with any ear piercing.

Piercings below the waist are a different story…

I have shared your speculation: do guys even notice multiple piercings? I mean, I couldn’t tell you which of my girl friends have one, two, or three sets of earrings. But I could tell you some people at school who have huge gauges or tongue rings. That’s the stuff that stands out, you know?

Personally, I never saw a reason for more than one set of earrings. I think too many piercings looks strange, like overdone makeup or something.

i have 12 piercings.

i have 4 in one ear, 5 in the other.
the top and bottom of my belly, and my nose, and im thinking of getting more.

i think the number of piercings that is “suitable” should depend on the person. i think the individual should decide what’s too much.

it is a very addicting thing. some people pull off having their ears gauged. however, i think they shouldn’t be super huge.

i think everyone should get what they want.
means different things for different people.

it’s sort of like a tattoo. im addicted to that too.

the pain, is a release. i love it.

i only have my ears done. (once) but i plan to get my tongue done, But i understand were ur cumn frm gauges r pretty crzy im not a fan of them myself but i do have that feeln of stickn my finger n the hole but not to pull it out. cuz it personal expression and a work of art kinda like doin ur make up crazy sum times u just want to take a hot towel n wipe sum1s face off but it makes them feel like an indivisual.

I believe that the human body is beautiful as it is, and no alterations like piercings and tattoos can make it more so.

How you present yourself with your personality is a bigger statement about who you are than any kind of body art. That’s what I’ve always thought. And its probably why I’ve never been very interested in things like that.

Regardless, I have one piercing in each ear. And I’m completely addicted to earrings. lol. But anything other than ears gets a little tacky.. including belly button and tongue.

@Bautifulfreak@xanga - I have to say, gauges are pretty unattractive. Not saying that it would make me think less of someone who has them. Its just normally a big turn-off. But if you think it looks good and you like it, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. =]

well it really depends how u look at it thats all..well i dont like gauges i only have one ear piercing and thinking of getting another on the same ear..but i do agree that girls with more then one piercing in a ear it looks really sexy but guys i dunno kind a weird probably i should get it!!

I have one hole in each ear and an industrial in my right ear.  The “regular” holes are gauged slightly – to the size of belly button rings (14).  I want them larger, I personally like gauges as long as they arent TOO big, but I know that it isn’t practical for me on a lot of levels to gauge my ear much bigger.  I don’t have a problem with belly button rings as long as they are worn tastefully and not shown about like white trash.  As for facial piercings – I’m ok with a small stud in the nose or small eyebrow piercing or a small lip ring.  its the bullrings and 10 lip piercings and snake bites and such that bother me.  But to each his own.

It’s all subjective. I don’t understand body mutilation, and if the piercing is going through your adams apple or collar bone, then that counts for disturbing.

I am 27 and I have 4 holes in each ear. I want a fifth but it will be in the cartilage and I want to wait until I can afford to have it done by a professional rather than someone at a mall. I have worked in an office, for publishers, and retail and no one has ever questioned me about them nor asked me to remove them. I think it is all in how you present yourself and the earrings you wear. I present myself as professional wearing button up shirts and nice slacks. My earrings are also clean and tidy and I think that is the difference. No skulls or bright green ones. Present yourself as a professional and no one will care how many holes you have in your ears.

every one is insecure. every one wants to impress every one. who cares if they choose to do it with piercings? this blog kind of just pissed me off. sorry.

i love piercings i have my lobes, and hips. soon to be industrial in my right ear.  and i love gauges just not huge enough to stick something through. 12 is good enough for me.

I don’t know how much is too much. I have eight on my right ear and six on the left; I’m looking to equal it up eventually. I used to have my first holes gauged but after I had a spiral ripped out… yeah, never again. I want a facial piercing, but I’m afraid of what my parents would say/do.

I have three piercings. My ears and belly button. But thats where im stopping. As for gauges i think the small tiny ones can look good on a guy but anything bigger than a pebble is gross. Haha.

I find piercings of any kind absolutely disgusting.
Sure, I think earrings are cute and some people can pull of the belly or nose piercings really well and make me consider getting on myself.
But then I just think about the concept of it. It’s putting an artificial hole in your body to dangle stuff out of. WHY is that a custom?
It also grosses me because my friend ripped part of her nose because her towel got stuck on her nose piercing. And the girl I sit next to in art class absent-mindedly sticks the lead from her mechanical pencil through her ear-piercing hole.

It. is. disgusting.

I feel like I should add that my gauges were 8. I don’t like the huge, huge, huge! ones like in the picture above, but I think 8 is fine. I don’t know. I’m odd, I guess.

I’m waiting for North American and Europeans to graduate to the level of Dumb and Dumber by embracing the tradition of neck rings as it has been practiced by the Ndebele people of South Africa and the Kaya people of Myanmar and Thailand. Maybr some fools have already taken on this trend!

depends on the person.
you don’t have too many, it looks fine.

gauges look awful on some people, but fit others.
the point is just a look i guess.

i hate the really huge ones though…

i’m looking into getting snake bites (both sides of my lower lip pierced)
just for the hell of it.

not like piercings are permanent.

except when you gauge extremely

I like stretched earlobes… at least on boys. I think it stems from my attraction to Travis McCoy =D
I think piercings are a lot of fun-I especially enjoy getting piercings that not a lot of people have. I currently have my lobes, my daith, and my conch. I want another one, but I can’t decide where.
Though I like most kinds of piercings I only get them in my ears, because I don’t want to get one and then end up having to take it out for a job…

i’ve always kept it at one hole on each ear because i know that i’ll grow out of the two per ear phase someday ._.

Some misinformed inferences that I’m sure people before me pointed out plenty. But regardless, piercings should really be a matter of choice, not discretion, but of course they’re not, much like many other things in reality. :/

the “trend” started hundreds of years ago. piercings used to be a part of culture for some people… and that goes for anything from ears with gauges to facial. just because you dont like it doesnt mean its stupid, so try and have a little respect for people. i think peircings are entirely up to the person. i probably would never get some of the piercings that can be done… i have a rule for myself not to go below the head. lol! but that doesnt mean that people who make that choice are stupid, its just their personal preference. i do agree that piercings, just like tattoos, can get addictive. but it happens.

right now i only have my ears peirced. but i want to get them doubled, get my cartiledge, my nose, and a monroe (which is above the lip) i’m not copying anyone. i’ve wanted those peircings since i was 13. and i’m not doing it as a trend. i just personally like it and i think it looks good.

I love piercings. I’m addicted. I have three in each ear, my belly button pierced, and my eyebrow. I used to have my lip pierced, too.

My boyfriend has pretty big guages. It’s not so much ‘taking out a chunk of flesh” as it is stretching the flesh to that size. The only thing I don’t like about them is that they smell kind of gross sometimes, especially when they get irritated. I’ve actually guaged my ears too, but only to a 6. I can’t go much bigger than that.

Personally, I have no problems with piercings. There are many I wouldn’t get (genital piercings, for example, freak me the Hell out) however I think they’re a very cool form of body modification (and temporary, too!)

I do like piercings, but as anything else, too much of a good thing makes it bad.

I have a total of five piercings. One on my right ear, three on my left including a cartilage. I got my nose pierced recently and I love it, although it does suck that I have to take it out for school.

Its just personal preferences, really. For instance, I’d never get my navel pierced. To me it just looks slutty. But thats just me.

I think 5-6 piercings are cute.  I’ve never seen 7 or 8, but I’m sure that’s cute, too.  I only have one on each ear, but I think, one day, I’m going to go for another set.  And lip piercings are kinda’ cute, too, but I could never pull it off.  Cheers to those who can!

well..i think gauges on a guy are kinda sexy…not too big tho lol..
its cute on a girl…again..not too big :]
i’d get gauges…but it kinda leaves u optionless..so yeaa..
i would love to have like 3 on each lobe n my cartilages pierced.. parents disagree tho…so yea.. =/ only 1 in each ear..so far

I have three holes in each ear, my cartilage pierced in my right ear, an extra hole in my left abouve the other three (I was slightly intoxicated and thought it would be a good idea, and an industrial piercing in my left ear. I’ve thought about other piercings, but I think others would be too much.

On gauges and facial piercings- to each his own. If you can pull off the look then so be it, but personally I am not a fan of gauges and such.

It’s odd.. I hate the pain of piercings, but I LOVE having the piercing.  I got my first piercing at 10, second at 13, my belly button at 16, and my nose pierced a couple months ago.  And in a couple days I’m going to get my tragus done.  I love having piercings.. but I keep playing with them >_>
I plan on getting my tongue pierced after high school, though.  But I think that’s it.
=]
<3<3
gracie

I have way less than most of you. I have one in each ear, and my belly button.
Planning on getting my lip done sometime.

I think piercings are all personal statements. I think tons of them, (depending on the color/type of studs you keep in them) CAN look gaudy, but not always. Just silver or black studs are pretty BA to me. 

Just my opinion.

I have size 6 gauges, they look like normal earrings because my parents didn’t enjoy when I had them bigger. It’s stretching the lobe, not puncturing it. After a month of not having them it, my ears actually went back to normal. As long as you don’t go past size 2, your ear lobes will heal to normal size when you are ready.

I used to have 2 on both and one on my left cartilage. But the one on my cartilage closed because I couldn’t put my earrings through when I replaced them. And the same happened on my right ear. So I only have 2 on my left side and one on the right. I plan to get my right ear pierced again and another one on my cartilage. I think piercings are okay as long as you don’t go overboard.

@oOBuBBLes711Oo@xanga – I like the word rocker-ish. Even if it isn’t a word. It sounds okay to me.

@Purp7e_Fi7th@xanga – You don’t have to tell off oOBuBBLes711Oo@xanga. You should grow up.

i think for girls, as long as its tasteful, and not too crowded, however amount of piercings they want is fine. although i find girls who pierce their cartilage totally hot.

i got my cartilage pierced a few years back and it only stung. it hurt every time i cleaned it though.

I have four holes in each lobe, my cartilage, and my tragus done in my left ear, and I also have my navel pierced.

I have 1 cartilage, 2 on one ear and 3 on the other, a nose stud, and a bellybutton piercing. I love every single one of my piercings and wouldn’t have done anything differently!

I have six piercings.  2 regular ear piercings on each ear, my conch on my left ear, and my nose.  Honestly, I don’t know of a number that’s too many, it’s more of what’s outrageous or not.  Gauges are generally repulsive, along with anything not located on a person’s ears or face [besides belly button]

It’s all a matter of personal opinion, and not all piercings look good on everyone/every age.

gauges are disgusting. it distracts me from looking at the person. i just end up staring at their ear. i think two holes and a cartiledge for ears are okay. i personally would not get a facial peircing, but my friend got her lip done and it really looks amazing on her. belly buttons can also be okay, but you shouldn’t have one of those guady rings in it. haha.

I have 6 piercings, which is nothing compared to some of these girls, but I think it’s a normal amount and nothing too overwhelming. I have two studs in each ear, my nose and my belly button.
And at one point, I have my ears gauged up to a 00 as well, (saying they don’t go back after a 0 is a lie, by the way, mine are perfectly normal.)

But I’m just going to throw it out there and say that most boys I know with gauged up ears are sexy. I don’t know what it is, but it’s just something about it! Haha.

Also remember that our generation is a little different than the ones that have come before us. As we get older, piercings and tattoos are becoming more and more accepted. I also have a tattoo on my back, and I’m getting another one in a week or two. (I just need to make an appointment!) So saying that they aren’t professional may be the case right now, but in the future, just look forward to more and more people with different body modifications. =]

im with you on the gauges, no way i would do that to my ears. i do play a lot of sports though and the chances of tearing out the gauge and a good chunk of my ear would be pretty high.
i have my lobes double pierced and three cartilage done on the right side, and ive found that i get antsy and have more holes pierced when im going through transition periods in my life. if a relationship ends, or i move, or some other change occurs, im likely to find myself back at the piercing pagoda. perhaps its a subconcious desire to mark milestones and changes in my life by making them a physical part of me?

To me it seems you’re being a bit judgemental, personally, i find gauges to be hot, & seem to think guys who have big diamond earings in their ear to look extremely stupid. gauges are one of the many ways for people to actually step out of the crowd, to be different, to express themselves.
As for piercings, same thing – i find piercings to be attractive (in moderation of course) i would never have like four or five different facical piercings at the same time, but i do like them. and think most people look better without them then not. thats just me though.

I love piercings!  The only piercing besides ears that I have are my nose and my belly button… I doubt I’ll get anymore.  People take you more seriously professionally if you don’t have holes all over your face, hehe.  Not that those people are bad people… it just usually doesn’t make a good first impression at a job interview (don’t know why……).  Anywho, I’m rambling… I think gauges are a little meaningless.. when you’re old, your ears will look deformed……

I reccently got my first pair of peircings on my ears.  My friend who convinced me to do it though, had A LOT of piecings.  4 stretched ones on both ears, 2 normal sized on ears, a industrial, a tongue piercing [which she repeirced FOUR times], the bottom lip corner, eyebrow, and the one like below the bottom lip and inbetween the chin [I forgot what you call that one] not to mention, 5 tattoos.

She told me piercing yourself can be absolutely ADDICTING.  I have yet experienced that addictive feeling though, because I am deathly afraid of needles [I almost literally, not joking, kicked my piercer in the balls as he was doing my ears].  So, yeah, from what I heard, the “bored” feeling is completely normal.  I dont think there is such a thing as too many piercings, though.  Unless you start doing it to the point where all you see on your face are rings and studs and whatever, hooked on. 

HOWEVER, one thing that had brought on to my attention was the fact you got your second piercings at a mall [and possibly the first].  I’ve read on many sites about body modification [research before I got mine done] that those piercing guns are NOT THE WAY TO GO.  They are more likely to get infected and causes trauma to the body [like getting hit with a bullet.]  The instruments they use for piercing guns can also NEVER be completely sanitary so you can catch something also, it hurts waaaaay more than a needle does.  Not to mention that the style of a piercing gun is very much similar to ones they use to tag cows. =/  So, my advice is next time you get a piercing to go get it done with a needle, but you don’t have to listen to me…hahaha.  I just wanted to let you know the disadvantages of doing it with a piercing gun…at a mall, no less.  [Think of how many people used it before you did! =S]

heh. i’ve got two on each ear, and i don’t think i’ll do anymore…..

apparently, in India, it’s mostly the villageois who have droves of peircings. at least that’s how it was in mom’s time. i think.

I have 00 gauges and I love them.  I appreciate peircings more than it looks like you guys do, and I think some are just super cute, like dimples.

I’m not saying there isn’t a limit, however, I find lip plates pointless and nose gauges iffy.  Some people don’t have the face to support different kinds of piercings.

Personally, I want more holes than swiss cheese …then again, I also want to be a tattoo artist.  That’s just the subculture I’m into, what I think is beautiful.

and I find eyelid peircings absolutely darling, and not even my friebds do:

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r235/ameena1995/piercings/eyelid-piercing-method-and-aftercar.jpg

I really don’t care about how much you have on in regards to the amount of piecings. It’s notsomething to be turned on with nor is it something to loath, unless yo have on a ridiculous amount. It’s just something simple. it shouldn’t really reflect the person you are because i surely can’t tell what they mean. so idk. do w,e the hell you want with your ears. just don’t get an infection to have them removed. that’s all

I think piercings are sexyy.

I personally have 3 in each ear ; my libret ; my tongue  & my eyebrow.

I had my septum, and both sides of my lip but had to take them out for a month, and they closed up.

I want my monroe done on both sides & my eyebrow done again on tha same side. I think piercings are badass, and you’re right. definitely addicting. <3

I just love piercings. But, I know when too much is too much. I think what you have its just fine.I love earrings and I want more. I’m debating to get a 3rd pair but I’m not so sure.

I wanted to get bold and got an industrial. Bad choice. I got a keloid on one hole so I stopped wearing it. I have such sensitive skin and I’m a rowdy person, so I found it hard to take care of.

Stretching earlobes isn’t attractive or at least I think so. Facial, ehh I’m flip-fop on. There are certain guys that I think its VERY ATTRACTIVE with a tongue pierce or a snake bite. Other than that, I dislike nose rings a lot. My brother and I both agree they look like shiny pimples on your nose. Especially those who decide to put huge diamond (or rhine stone) there.

Piercings should just be self expression. If you feel like you have too much, take them out. I still love my pairs :]

I used to have the original pair of earrings, where it was super cute as a middle schooler to have the earrings. Then as I got older I slowly got addicted and added more and more. Currently I have 3 on my left ear (two as a double pierce and then the other as the cartilage), 4 holes on my right (two being a double pierce while the other two hole from my industrial), 1 belly button, and I used to have an eyebrow piercing but that was unfortunately taken out.

For some reason, I can’t get enough. Although I have *somewhat* stopped, I still want to get a new one. I don’t want to be one of those people where they over do it on their ears or on their body, but I feel like I’m running out of places to put piercings. After a while it’s just a little too much..

i think gauged ears look hot on certain boys. but that might just be me.

i think people nowadays go over board and some people just dont know when to stop. i can’t say much since i have 9 piercings in my ears alone. i had my lip done, but my parents flipped out too much i decided to save them the trouble of ripping it out. i dont put earrings in all the holes, only in the ones i feel like at the moment. i trade them out so its not over done. i have gauges as well but only 14s to where its not a big ass hole. 

this is the times of bodily modification, i guess go with the flow. regular one in each ear is just old school now

I have 9 total. 4 on my right and 5 on my left…all with the permission of my mom. We’re Christian and Asian, so she was real big against it because it would make me look bad, but she eventually let me get them two or one at a time. I just told here they’re really a part of my character…of who I am. And I don’t feel bad about them. Usually I HATE adding or taking something away from the original, but the holes in my ears are not a part of that. I like decorating my ears. I hardly ever where a ponytail or show them, but I know they’re there and a part of me, so I’m good. =D

Cheelu

hrmmm I dont think that what you have is too much. If your ears were tiny, then maybe it would be different.
I have two holes in my ears that were done when i was an infant, (i might get two more some time) and I have one in my cartilage ( i was planning to get more but…i havent forgotten the pain yet) and i have my lip done. Which i LOVE. i plan to get my nose done…i mean yeah its addicting….but i think its OK because i mean…its not permanent like tattoos. *shrugs*
^_^

I don’t see anything wrong with piercings at all. Although I don’t think multiple piercings are beautiful, so what? It’s your body, do whatever you want with it. I won’t hold it against you and neither should anybody else. Why should what other people think about your piercings matter? It’s not your fault that other people are offended at your accessories: it’s their own issue.

nose is okay as long as it’s small. then it sparkles and it’s kinda neat.
eyebrows freak me out.
lip is hideous.

i’m always afraid what would happen if odd piercings were to get caught–and yanked off along with whatever skin it is attached to

*shudder*

I’m going to quote my friend.

“If I can fit my dick in anywhere other than your mouth, your ‘front’, or you ‘back’, then there’s something wrong.”

In other words, piercings are fine, even gauges, but come on, there is a limit.

Should it stop at the ears? Hell yes. Sorry, you may feel unique, but having two gapping holes in your earlobes make you look like a loser. Case closed. No….I don’t care about tribal horeshit or that it’s an ancient custom. It isn’t part of your heritage. No, it’s not. You think it is….you want it to be…..but in reality, you’re only doing that to get people to stare at you. Attention whore. Case closed.

I think piercings are a way of expressing yourself, like tattoos! I have my nape pierced- I have two other friends who loved it and got it as well. I mean, its a trend? But I wanted it to stand out from my friends, however- I guess they got it too. I don’t mind thought, but I get a lot of expressions of people. Gauges, are really over-rated now.. So many teen boys have it and its getting old.

I currently just have one hole in each ear. I did have my 2nd holes done but they became infected and would heal infected heal infected heal so I decided they were too much trouble took them out and let them heal up. I also had an industrial piercing in my left ear, which was basically 2 cartilage piercings with one bar through both. It hurt like hell, but I loved it. It was my favorite of all of them. That was my limit of piercing. I took the industrial back out though because my boyfriend and I did not see eye to eye on it, and it has healed. But even though it hurt soooooo bad, I’d do it again in a heartbeat if it weren’t for my bf. 

i think any more than ear and belly button is excessive and is just too much. and i feel the same way about gauges i just want to rip them out.

I love ear, lip ( one side, not the middle ) and corset piercings.

I do not like belly button, nose, genital, and gauges.

I think too many piercings on the ears is unattractive because it’s too many earrings in one small area.  Looks cluttered.  I have a tongue ring, one pair on my ears, and another hole on my left ear.    hahaha.  Idk why I decided to get the tongue ring…just had the urge.  lol.

i have 5 piercings. 

two in each lobe, and one bellybutton ring. i’d love to get one cartilage piercing, i think they’re so cute. but no more after that,  i do think, however, that small facial piercings can be cute, nose on a nice nose, eyebrow on an edgy person, so on. piercings don’t define a person, their personality does. 

I personally think that one piercing in the ear is ample. I wouldnt get more personally because I find it to be unnatractive, and kinda butch.. Also gauges look good on some boys, but you are right its unnatractive. And then thought that they will have to get stiches to close the hole back and it takes ages to mend does not appeal to me. Personally I think girls should just get their ears peirced once, belly button and perhaps a small stud in the nose, nothing else and certainly not their eyebrow because thats butch and frankly no girl can pull that off.. haha im so opinionated on this topic eekkk

i pretty much have the same piercings as you. i have three in each ear and im getting my cartilage on my left. i dont really get offended by piercings. except when peoeple have studs all along their ears. like ten in each ear. it just seems unnecessary. but when i turn eighteen i am going right out and getting my nose pierced and possibly my lip. ive wanted these for a long time and i dont think theyd be offensive. i do think gauges are nasty though. a few of my friends have them and they smell if they take them out. i dont see the point of stretching your ears. when they get older, lots of people wil have gross looking ears.

@CaraZeba@xanga -  I don’t think they go back… I just saw an episode of Dr. 90210 where a guy tries to sew them back up again. The doctor said it was a more complicating procedure than people think and it could end up with bad results. I’d rethink getting them if you are one prone to regreting things often.

I do not do tattoos and piercings at all. And I’m so glad I’m not a girl, because girls have this ‘necessity’ to pierce their ears (I mean the conventional pair of holes through their earlobes, not the extra ones). I just think that no one should deliberately destroy the perfect skin they have.

This post is lame.

I think that piercings are a personal preference. I have 13 piercings all together, 11 of which are in my ears (three lobe ones on either side, an industrial, a tragus, and 2 cartilage loops) and then 2 on the rest of my body (a belly ring and a nose ring). I love my piercings. I personally think they look good one me and I’ve never seen any one judge me at my college because of the body jewelery I have. Most people think it’s really cool. I think it’s possible to have a lot of piercings and still be tasteful, and the same goes for gauges. Though I don’t have any, several of my friends do and they really don’t look that awful, especially the smaller ones. And just to clarify – GIRLS ALSO GET GAUGES – you seem to be saying it is a guy thing only.

i have my ears pierced normally, but about 2 1/2 years ago I got my belly button pierced. I recently took it out because it started to become a part of me and not a piece of jewelry-what I mean is i though my stomach looked strange without one. I also think it gave people the wrong idea about me. as for ear piercings, i think the more the merrier-not a a big deal.

My wife was close to 50 before having her ears pierced. She looked very beautiful both before and after. I personally feel that minimal piercing (ie enough for one ring in each ear) is best. Having many piercings seems too sensationalistic to me. I don’t think theyy enhance a person’s appearance.

I have my lobes stretched to a half inch. I love my gauges and I love my lip and tongue piercings.

I find myself getting piercings or going up a size in gauges everytime something memorable happens in my life, or if I just want to say ‘fuck you’ to somebody.

I don’t stretch my lobes to attract other people, but some people do find them attractive. It might have something to do with how much a person can handle or maybe it’s just an acquired taste. Either way I think they’re attractive on the right people and I love mine to death. I pierced my lip to mark my teenage years when I turned thirteen, and I pierced my tongue when I was sixteen and was sort of stuck in a job I hated. I think they’re kind of like tattoos.

I also have a taste for pierced/tattooed/mohawked people though, so it might just come with a person’s lifestyle. Music and interests have a lot to do with things also.

So in short, don’t hate on people for having different tastes. I love my gauges, and you don’t. Plain and simple.

I love piercings, i have two cartilige and three lobe piercings on my left ear, two lobe piercings on the right, my lip, and my nipples. i think im drawing the line there…im running out of things to pierce. anyway, i dont really like guages, no real reason why. just doesnt look good to me.

but otherwise, the more piercings, the better. you dont have too much! but i guess since your ears are pretty full you too are out of things to put holes through

Toward the end of high school I went through a piercing phase and had 4 holes in each ear, plus 2 cartilage piercings in one of those ears (so, 10 holes in my ears), my belly button done, and my nose done.  I wore “ear”rings in all of my various holes and thought I was really cool. That was approx 6 years ago and now the only vestiges I have of that time are my 2 cartilage piercings, my belly button and I kept open 1 hole a piece in my ear (Ok, not including the cartilage). The moral is that I have horrible, HORRIBLE scarring on my ears from the other 3 holes (they look like red bubbles coming out of my ears) and I regret ever going pierce happy. I’m sure this isn’t the case for everyone. What I thought once looked cool now haunts me forever. I dread getting wedding pictures with my hair pulled back because of all the scarring in my ears. Oh well, though. Live and learn I suppose. I had fun at the time!

I have a total of 20 piercings. Mostly in my ear. I have my ears gauged to a double 00. And I have my nose pierced, but  I have it in my septum ( think:bull ring). I see and know people who have their ears gauged, and work in a professional setting.

i have 4 piercings on each ear… i only wear small studs though. i might get one of my cartilages done but i doubt it.
im not a fan of gauges. i think theyre gross..
facial piercings to me are hot when youre like under 25yrs old. above that.. then u need to take them out.

i want snake bites really bad [two piercings on my bottom lip] but i wont do that bc its not ‘professional’ looking and i know ill take them out in a few years when im not eighteen. i like piercings on guys just- not a boat load. ears are fine [just one on each ear tho..]

I LOVE PIERCINGS. I think it looks so incredibly good.
I have had numerous in my ears, but i removed them all. I’ve also had my eyebrown pierced. So i haven’t had many piercings myself. But if I could I would have piercings everywhere! I’m just afraid that I’ll get holes everywhere when I remove them. Because wherever I’ve had one, I have holes, no matter how long ago it was. If holes wasn’t an issue, I would pierce my lip in four places. Two at the bottom sides and two at the upper sides And also one on my arm.

Gauges. I like the small ones, but as they get too big, I don’t like them.

My mother used to tell me that one piercing in each year was enough but when I turned 16, on my birthday, I really wanted a second one. She gave in but my grandmother wasn’t as supportive. She said only gypsies have double earrings. I didn’t care, I loved having 2 earrings in each year but that’s where I draw the line to the ears. I find it unclassy to have more. Of course everyone is different. I have friends who have more and look amazing with the earrings but it wouldn’t on me. But I have been wanting to get a belly button pierced since I was 13. I’m still waiting on that!

i’ve got seven in my ears.  4 on the right (2 are cartilage) and 3 on the left (one if cartilage).  i think they are a bit addicting.  i’d still consider getting a couple more in my ears but that’s all.  my mom and i made a deal when i was little that i could pierce my ears how ever many times i wanted as long as that’s all i pierce.  and i’m okay with that!  i don’t like body piercings or gauges.  they just aren’t attractive.  

First of all, lemme me point out that guys aren’t the only ones to gage their ears. Females do it just as often, even preppy ones from where I’m from. I’m definitely into it, considering mine were gaged before.

&&I have six piercings; two in one ear, one in the other, nostril, right side labret, and naval. There’s definitely nothing wrong with them and people don’t look at me any differently than you or someone else without them.

If God didn’t want people to have them, he would have let it be created

&&if you think peircings in the states are bad, come to Germany. They take it up a notch and I love it.

@lastsn33@xanga - I definitely think you’re right about the age thing. I hate seeing old people with facial piercings, it just doesn’t look right.

I don’t have my ears pierced, but I want a single ring around my lower lip and my belly button pierce (kind of.)

I HATE gauges, though.

Gauges, smaller than a 00, I guess can be cute. They have cute gauges for girls, even though guys wear them too..
But too big, is gross. When the wobble when you walk…you know you’ve gone too far.

Anyway, I don’t think you have too much. In fact, I want as many as you have, and I currently have two closed ears!

i got my ears pierced when i was like 6 but my mom said i could never get a cartalidge piercing
i really wanted a second piercing and one of my friends said she’d do it for me but i ended up just doing it myself with a needle and some ice and it came out fine
i think gauges on guys are really sexy but not when they’re HUGE and not when they take them out. that’s gross.

i have 3 in each ear lobe, my cartilage, and the nape my neck…

i like the back of the neck cuz i can cover it with a shirt or hair but facial piercings are more visible so i’d limit those..

but whatever you like get, its what makes us different

Let me get one thing straight- ‘gauging’ is not a term, it’s STRETCHING.  And no, for the majority of people, they do not shove a huge stick through their ears, they start with a normal piercing and they STRETCH it.  For years.  It takes dedication and a whole lot of love.  And if they don’t want it, they take it out, and it, if it isn’t beyond a certain point, will go back to normal.

I think that before the writer wants to go and admonish a type of practice, they should actually know what the heck they are talking about first, it gives them more credibility about it.  Doesn’t matter if they hate it, they have to know about it.  Not knowing is like all those religious types harping about Harry Potter being bad and from the devil and never actually reading the book.

In any case, I really think piercings are up to the individual.  Some love them, some don’t.  Some think they are awesomely hot on a person, and some hate it.  I think it has alot to do with how a person was raised, and what environment they are generally in.

As for the job situation- I know that there is always the harping about life choices for people getting employed.  However, do people realize how many jobs there are that AREN’T the average 9-5?  Don’t be so narrow minded.  Also, there are retainers for that sort of thing.  And finally, it may be just my profession, but a huge amount of people I know are pierced and tattoo’ed.  It’s simply not an issue.  So alot of it is the environment.

And if you’re so worried about appearances, get hired first, do a bang-up job, and THEN get pierced!  Your employer really couldn’t do a thing about it if you do your job well.

For the record, I’ve never had a problem getting a job, and I have dyed hair and piercings.

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As always, viewer discretion advised, some of the images are a bit graphic.  

I used to have my septum done, and I would hide it in my nose (I’d flip it up ) when i went to work, and I’d love to have a monroe done. 

A bit of trivia, did you know that the industrial piercing used to mean you were a slave? 

@Bautifulfreak@xanga - Yes, I think it looks bad.  Everytime I see someone with stretched earlobes, it’s like I’m watching something from the National Geographic channel and they should be wearing a loin cloth and throwing spears at a warthog.

Gauges dont bother me, depending on the person some people can really pull them off. I like them sometimes.

I have many piercings, not just my ears but I do have 14 in each ear though, and then I have my lip, tounge, nose, bellybutton. and on Jan. 2nd. I am getting the piercing I have wanted FOREVER. The corset, I’m getting it on my sides of my torso, there will be 24 on each sides. I really can’t wait.

Yeah Maybe I am a little over pierced but I am literally in love with piercings and I dont gauge anything and they dont look HORRIBLE I keep them clean and simple so I do respect other peoples wishes cause Not everyone loves piercings and some hate looking at them, I can’t help ya there but i do understnad poeple not wanting to look at a gross infected piercing.

I think that some gauging can be nice, even sexy.  But, I draw the line at gauges that are no bigger than the thickness of a medium-sized pen, and only if they are solid (don’t need to be able to stick anything through them).

Yer… Ear’s are cool, but after that the only piercing i’d get would be Belly Botton. Tres Sexy

Piercings, to some extend does help to add a touch of niceness to the body. To a certain extend. I don’t agree with gauge as its too massive.

I think I have develop an addiction to piercing. Just a minor addiction. I have 3 piercing on both ears and a navel ring. Contemplating getting a nose pierce as well. Hopefully that is as far as I go. Next stop will be tattoo.

ha, i thought it was weird when you mentioned gauges. you only were talking about guys. i know alot of girls who have them too.

gauges isnt a chunk of skin missing. its your normal ear piercing that is stretched until its bigger. if they stop at a certian size, they go back to normal.

i personally just got my belly button done yesterday& i have one hole pierced in each of my ears. i however cant stand needles, so i’m done.

well i am 16 and i have 6 peircings. three in my right ear, two in my left ear, and one in my nose. i grew up around people with tattoos and peircings so none of it is odd to me. i think that peircings and tattoos are simply art placed on the body. i am not against body peircings. i want to get my belly button, lip, maybe eyebrow peirced, i’m just curious as to what your view on tattoos is?

I personally have 0 gauge ears. First i just gauged my ears a little bit because I wanted any sort of plastic or acryllic jewelry- my skin is really sensitive to metal. They weren’t even noticeable at first because they were so tiny. But eventually, I gauged like you pierced. I have no other piercings. Body mods in general are just addicting, I guess- like after you cut your hair and come home, then start trimming little bits some more.

I’m 36, work in an office in a fairly high tech field, and have about a dozen piercings, most of which are readily visible in an office environment.

Here in LA it doesn’t cause any problem.  I remember back when I got my nose pierced, it nearly cost me my job from a boss who thought the stud in my nose was distracting.  *shrug*

I have ink, too, but I cover it at work for the most part.

Anyway, the stretched lobes and such don’t bother me at all.  I think it’s ultimately a form of self expression, and who am I to say how someone else expresses himself?

I had 9 when I was 16, but now that I am 22, I only have 2 left.  It gets addicting, but it grows old.

People should be free to do whatever they want with piercings. I personally find that I look good with the basic ear piercing…one in each lobe, however- this does not mean that I will not go for more. I tried to pierce a second and third hole in each ear by myself in high school and that turned out to be unsuccessful. I think several piercings in each ear can look really cool on particular people, actually on Most people. Some people find that gauges look “unstylish” or silly…but who the heck cares! Let’s get over ourselves and what we think is “right” and just recognize that everyone has separate tastes! If they’re happy doing what they do, and are happy wearing what they wear–that is Awesome in my opinion. 

i have only 7 peircings. 3 in each ear on each side, one side-nose peircing.  i also don’t like gauages at least not the huge ones, the smaller ones are fine. and it depends on where you work that allows the amount of peircing-edge. but remember, tattoos are becoming quite mainstream today. maybe the world will change soon. however, yes ive seen sooo many girls with double peircings & i think eventually they just take them out, they have to work anyway

I have my ears pierced once (i had 3 total in each ear, but let the other 2 close up) and a tragus. I also have a cartilage but that never has an earring in it. As much as I think having a lip ring would be cool, I know it wouldn’t last and how un professional it would be, and I know I would regret it. I don’t get gauges either, I don’t like holes that big.

Getting more piercings may not be too much as long as there isn’t an infection. I don’t care much for gauges though. Whew!

i think piercings are amazing,
and if you look at my page you’ll see me with a guy that has almost 30 piercings & he’s had more.
they’re wonderful. and fun.

^.^

why stop at your ears?
silly people

eh. to each their own.
i only have my one on each ear but that’s cause my mom pierced them when i was a baby. i don’t wear earrings or any other jewelry except the hemp bracelets i make myself. i have friends who have lots of piercing some, not only on their face, but I don’t mind it. it’s their face, their body.

@ManoAngeliukai9902@xanga - I think that’s a little harsh.

“But, then again, if one really desires to look like an idiot, then yes, it’s his/her choice and privilege to do so. “

“I have to wonder what possesses people to do
that sort of thing to themselves.  Do they hate themselves that much? 
I mean, really, are they trying to make themselves as ugly as possible
so that nobody takes them seriously?”

Seriously?
That makes you look like an idiot.
People are seriously overly judgmental these days and I think it’s ridiculous.
It’s one thing for you to disagree with piercings but to sit there and say something like that… is just beyond me. You have a right to your own opinion but sometimes remarks like that are better to be kept to yourself. Unless you really desire to make yourself look like a jerk.

ANYWAY.

I have three piercings. Both of my ears once and the right side of my bottom lip.
I find nothing wrong with piercings. Sure, there will be some that I’m not going to find attractive myself but who am I to judge? To each their own.
After all, it is them getting the piercing, taking care of it, and whatever else and not me going through with it.
So hey, have at it.

Pierced ears don’t particularly turn me on.  I think part of it is because I’m trypanophobic.

I think piercings(as well as tattoos) are a statement about yourself! I view it as being a living and breathing work of art! I have many piercing and a few tattoos and I am no where near done! Its another one of those personal choices out there these days! I have also gauged my ears before, but I took them out when I came to realize I don’t want my ears to look like that forever, but I don’t critisize anyone who has them, they are just another form of art.

it just depends on the location of the piercings to deteremine how much is too much..
i have five piercings right noww.
my opinion is gauges are fine as long as they arent that big.
and faical piercings are super attractive!

I hate having to take care of them, they’re so time consuming & irritating. I got my ears first pierced in HS, took them out a week later because I couldn’t stand laying on my back because it hurt to lay on my side because of the ear rings. I’ve also had my cartilage pierced and ears re-pierced twice, trying to get used to them. Still, didn’t work & I took em out again. At 20 years old, I don’t have any piercings.

I think one or two STUDS in the ears is fine, as well as belly button. Dangly earrings are too distracting, esp the big huge ones that go clear down to one’s shoulders. On occasion, tongue rings can be hot but that’s just for personal pleasure .

Other than that, I think there’s a line that needs to be drawn. How many professional people are there that have all the outrageous holes, like snake bites & gauged holes. Yeah, to each their own, but its hard to have a good conversation with somebody that has so many piercings.

I think its fine…
and i havemy ears gauged … its not that you get a piercing\
it starts as a regular and you slowly get bigger and bigger with studs. The only time you actually get it pierced is if you go below a 0 and it starts at a 18.
And no you don’t have to many a tolt of people at my school have tons im planning on getting some
i have my ears gauged, i want the barbell. And im getting my lip pierced, im getting my septum and nose pierced,( they are different septum is the middle) and my belly button

if its how you show yourself then i think its fine to be unique

everyone has different tastes when it comes to piercings. i have ten– three for each earlobe, two cartilage piercings on one ear, and one on another. i realllyyyy want my industrial soon. but piercings don’t have to stop at the ear– what fun is that? i got my lip pierced almost 2 years ago and i love it to death. and now i want my belly button pierced.
i’ve always wanted to guage my ears, but i get enough of a hard time from my friends for being “boyish”. however, boys with guages are a total turn on. life is a matter of taste; don’t hate.

Nothing below the ears with the exception of the nutsack. Very sexy in speedos.

thank god someone cleared up that STRETCHED LOBES (not gauges…its pissing me off now) are not “punctur[ing] a chunk of skin”.

body modification has been done for many many MANY years..it even goes back to ancient africa. people who were supposed to be elders and such were scarified and this showed that they were wise and that they were leaders.

i understand the whole concept, its a statement. its one im never going to convey but i can understand why people would want to. I currently have only my ears and belly button pierced, but trust me i want more. my bf wouldnt be happy if i got all the piercings i want (monroe, botttom of my navel and possibly a dermal anchor) but im happy with what i have now. my belly button piercing gives me a little bit of a push that my body isnt gross lol

I LOVE facial piercings. Especially cheek and septum. I think rather than the age of a person, being suited for a piercing is very dependent on personality and face shape. Like, I think a nose ring would work for my personality, but not an eyebrow ring or a lip ring.

I also love tattoos, but that’s something else entirely.

I have two on each lobe and one at the top of my right ear. I would like to get my belly done but i’m not sure also I think tongue piercings are cool but I would never get one(too scared)
I think the guages are wayy over the top. What happens when you get old?!

the number of piercings are up to the individual. i myself only have the typical one piercing on each ear. however, when i move out, i’m hoping to add another pair or two to my ears. my parents were willing to let me get my nose pierced a year & a half ago, but i declined. looking back at that, i kinda wish i had gotten my nose done..

this is silly.  piercings aren’t a big deal, in my opinion.

I have 4 on my left ear & 3 on my right also!
 I had the first set done at a store. I did the rest myself when I was about 17.
One of them I had to let close up & re-pierced because I hit a nerve the first time!
I can wear anything in the first holes – but I have to wear real silver in the others to avoid infection.
I rarely ever wear any jewelry in the others now – just because they itch right away. Plus my hair hides them most of the time!
You gotta do what feels right for you!

I have no idea if anyone looks at the ears–I’d always wanted my second hole, so I got it for my 18th (didn’t buy porn or cigarettes or lottery tickets-just got my ears pierced without permission lol.)  Then, suddenly, like you said, I had an overwhelming urge to get more, and I did, I got three more (two on my right and one on my left) and then I had to get one surgically removed, and since my parents are still paying my insurance, I guess that’s the end of my piercings for now.  Lol.  Like you, I would never do anything other than my ears, but it does seem to get addictive, even though I have very sensitive ears which get infected very easily and it ALWAYS hurts like hell.  Hmmm…

@woebegone77@xanga - Well I’m from africa so I can get away with it! lol I’m white south african though…not as original as the tribesmen and women of my homeland but it’ll do!

i feel u on the gauges..it makes me want to the same thing too!

but i’m not so down for piercings.  i have 2 piercings on my right ear, 1 on my left & my right nose. but i’m stopping there.

I have 6 piercings; 4 on my ears [lobes, tragus, cartilage] and 2 on my face [snakebites.] I see nothing wrong with piercings..they’re just holes. Ooh, big deal. One of my best friends has 11 piercings, and those are all on her ears. Sure, it’s a trend to have multiple piercings, but it’s not wrong per say. And to say that it’s not professional, have you ever heard of taking them out and covering them up with make-up? Besides, places like Hot Topic and Zumiez aren’t the only places someone clad with piercings can work. I see teachers–now, mind you..not old teachers–in my school with guaged ears, and with tattoos. Not trashy in-your-face stuff, either, which is probably why they’re allowed to work in a school without covering them up or removing them. In all due respect, it has to do with the person in question. If you’re comfortable walking around with a bunch of metal in your face, go for it. Freedom of expression.

I think there really isn’t a limit, it’s all up to the person. It’s a personnal preference thing. I have three in each ear plus my rook pierced. At one point I had my belly button pierced, but because I didn’t show it off, I just took it out. If I didn’t have all of my earrings, I would feel naked. I’m the type of person that likes to wear a lot of jewlry, so for me, lots of earrings are my style. I would never get anything on my face, especially in my mouth, due to the fact that I will be graduating from college soon and will be interviewing for jobs. I kind of take piercings for what they are- a style statement. If someone wants to guage their ears, so be it. On some people, I think it’s really attractive and on others it just looks stupid.

uhm nooo u aint got nothin at all i mean come on ur ears..thas it. y wud chu even ask if u got too many? like how tha fcuk u sound…

I think that piercings are wonderful if that is what you are into. I ahve various body piercings as well as a nose ring, traditional earring holes, and a cartiledge piercing. I love them all, and if all else fails…they always come back out.

People can get however many piercings they want, it’s their body.

And gauges aren’t chunks of skin being removed, it’s skin being stretched.

i personally think theres no limit when it comes to piercings.  it all depends on the persons comfort zone.  i want so many piercings, but im taking my time, and and limiting it due to the profession i want to get into [medical].  i only have my first hole, both ears for cartilage [which i gauged a bit, just to a 14], and my tragus. im getting the nose in a few days.

i personally love gauges, and would actually like them done.

ha’ i luv piercing too’ i hv 6 ear piercins now. I got mor before. (bout’ 11~15?) bu most of them got recover’d, which’s reali sucks. . n i will luv to get a tongue ring n 2 belli’s too, n a eyebrown’s (maybe). . n i saw sum ppls do piercins around their hips? (nope. . i dont knw hw to describe. . dats near belly?.. n they a pierce’d above da bones? omg’ i dont knw hw to describe. .) anyway’ i think they a sexy too. . 

n i think guys dont realli recognize dat’ bu dats okay’ coz im da ppl who love piercin n think dat’s Hot’ right? so.. so wt?=P i do dat n i luv dat. n dat’s it. D

(bu i think those gauges a disgustin too. /w\)

i love piercings! ears & body. i have 4 on my ears and my belly button, and i want to get my tongue & my nose done.  I think gauges are absolutely disgusting though. I don’t get it, and I don’t see why people like it (no offense to anyone who has them.)  I think random piercings are a bit odd though, like, when people get the back of their neck pierced???  otherrrrwise, i’m all for piercings!

Yeah I’m not a big fan of guages either. Some people really do go overboard with the piercings though. And I don’t think EVERYONE should go and pierce their noses. If everyone has their nose pierced it kinda makes everyone blend in. It seems like EVERYONE is getting their nose pierced! So I’m not too much of a fan of facial piercings, especially lip and eyebrow. Same with bellybotton piercings and nose piercings; they are becoming too common. I currently have only 4 piercings, 2 on the lobe of each ear. I plan on getting maybe 1 more in one ear and maybe 2 more in the other.

lets see … piercing is a non-issue. who cares if you find some piercings disgusting. i find fat people disgusting, but I can’t do anything about. all i can worry about is myself.

no but i use to think tongue piercing was for gays but now i think the person is just a freak

i have two..one on each lobe.. had them since i was a day old… the stretched lobes.. uhm i dont likie em… i dont really wear earings.. im reminded if buddah… the dangling earlobes.. so i dont wanna have them stretched like that..

Well… I’m got my first two holes in my ears, 3 cartilage piercings in one ear, 1 in the other, belly button, nose, and Monroe. So that 11. I love my piercings, I think they make me unique.

I agree that gauges look nasty… I think that having something like an 18-12 gauge is fine, but when they start looking like disks or they are clear in the center… ew.

I think it depends on how big your ear lobe is. If the piercings look goo, then I see no problem.

But on the other hand, having too many can be really unattacrtive. I like 3 is a good limit.

It’s honestly gross when a person has like 10 piercing in each ear. Why would you want to ruin your body like that? Especially with gauges..

But really great blog. :]

i have 16  piercings, industrial, 2 tougne, two belly button three eyebrow , helix, conch, two lip, 4 regular ear piercings … next i want my nose…. i LOVE piercings

Gauges are fuckin’ hot, bitch.

Genital Piercings are disgusting!

Eyebrow piercings are bad

and nose rings are silly.

I ASKED MYSELF THE SAME THING ABOUT WHO STARTED THIS TREND? AND YEAH I’M AN ADDICT JUST AS WELL. I    LOVE PIERCINGS

I was considering gauges but now I don’t want it. Piercings aren’t that attractive, especially on the face. Gross. It’s so trashy having them outside of just the first pierced ears.

I think it’s the persons decision. I only have my ears pierced but I probably will get more. Some piercings are off putting but like I said it’s the persons desicion on what they do to their body.

Some gauges actually are “chunks of flesh taken out of the ear” and then stretched to a bigger size.  But most start from a standard sized hole and then stretched.  And as far as them going back to normal size, it depends on the person.  Some say that if you gauge past 0 they won’t get normal again, but my ears were 7/16 and they are fine now and I can wear regular earring no problem.  I also had surface piercings on my collar bones which rejected.  I got them repierced and they rejected again.  I’ve had my tongue, lip, and belly button done as well.  The only thing I have left is my septum but its easy to hide if need be.

I personally like piercing because if the one’s I have go out of style or I don’t like them anymore, I can take them out.  They’re not permanent like tattoos.

do what you want.

I think piercings are sort of an extension of one’s personality. They’re to accentuate your look, not distract from it. I only have one hole on each ear, plus one cartilage. I’ve been thinking about getting a second hole on each ear, but really, I don’t need them. A friend of mine has collar bone bars, and they look amazing on her.

Gauges are absolutely disgusting in my opinion. Facial piercings are not very flattering, but it depends on the person. I could understand a small nose stud if you have a small face, but eyebrow piercings? What’s up with those? Ridiculous. And I hate it when I see people, girls or guys, with rings all up their ear, from bottom to cartilage. It’s just too weird.

Anyway, I like your piercings. If you want more, you should get them, but make sure you really think about it beforehand. You can’t go back!

<3

you know what really doesn’t make sense? INDUSTRIALS!

really…a rod of metal connecting two parts of your ear….stupid.

every time i see somebody with an industrial, all i can think is “i hope you don’t get those ripped out in a fight”

and what’s the deal with getting the little nub of your ear pierced?

I personally love piercings. I want snake bites and a hood piercing. Gauges are cool but I wouldn’t do it. I like em though!

Gauges are not very attractive to me, and later on in life, when one might want a professional career… >_>;;;

I like one lip piercing on the side, and some girls look pretty with the Monroe.

Belly piercings, I think are tacky. :/ And naval piercings…. X_X;;;;

But you can really over do it with ear piercings too.

you know what really doesn’t make sense? INDUSTRIALS!

really…a rod of metal connecting two parts of your ear….stupid.

every time i see somebody with an industrial, all i can think is “i hope you don’t get those ripped out in a fight”

and what’s the deal with getting the little nub of your ear pierced?

I CAN’T stand guys(or gals) with huge holes in their ears. If I can stick my middle finger in all the way though and out, then it’s too big.

Other than that. Alot of people, once they got over how “Slutty” it was, love my belly ring. My boyfriend loves it especially. When we cuddle he rubs it kind of.

Face piercing aren’t for me though. And those random body part piercings are disgusting to me. I’m also afraid my clothes will get caught and I’ll end up ripping them out on accident or something!

Firstly, gauging isn’t a “puncture” It’s stretching the lobe to the size you want it. There is no skin being removed. Just stretched.

Secondly, I love piercings. I love how they look on girls and guys. I love gauged ears. I have my ears guaged at a 4 right now, on my way to an 0 or 00. I have my belly button, lip and the back of my neck pierced.

There are so many ill-informed people who commented, calling them “gauged piercings’ and whatever. A gauge is a form of measurement, like an inch, or a centimeter. “inched piercings” and “centimetered piercings” make no sense, get it yet?

It’s definitely true that there has been a sudden spike in the number of people who stretch their ears… it became a trend. But most people in on this trend have no idea what they are doing, do it wrong, etc, and if they stop at a small gauge take them out. I’ve seen a few. I’ve even seen a guy with a taper through his cartilage… WHY? sigh.

Personally I love piercings. If done with taste, it really adds to your character. I’ve been waiting a year to stretch, because I’ve been waiting to get my hands on jewelry like these. I dunno where you could ever get such gorgeous jewelry for 20g piercings

@xvietcharmsx@xanga - I agree.

piercings are an addiction like tattoos.  Once you get started it is very difficult to stop.  There is a point of excess, but I think it’s different for every person.  Some people should never rock that many piercings ever. 

I like gauges. It’s all about size. I only find them attractive when they are like a five eighths or smaller. And girls can have them too. They look okay on some people.

I only have two earlobes done now, but i really want either a monroe or my bottom lip.

I personally think that if a person wants to have multiple piercings, they should go ahead. I currently have one hole on each ear, but I intend to get more, including at least one cartilage piercing.

As for gauges, I think that if they’re small enough, they can be tolerable, even kind of cool.  But if they’re large, they’re just gross.
For piercings not on the ears, I think that eyebrow piercings are cool, as are lip and nose rings. tongue piercings seem silly to me, but each to his/her own.

Personally, I love facial piercings, but not when they interfere with our career. I want to be a high school literature teacher, so I’m limiting myself to 2 in each ear lobe and an industrial through one or both of my cartilage.  If I knew my future profession didn’t care about how many piercings I have, I would get my bridge pierced, a lip ring, cheek piercings and an an eyebrow piercing.  Some people, like me, love piercings, but they’re not for everyone.

I have 4 ear piercings. In my left ear is a tongue ring 14 gauge (dont know dont ask), and a little hoop 16 gauge. In my right ear I have a 69 plug (heh yaaa) 6 gauge, and another hoop 16 gauge.

I use to have my nose pierced but when I worked at the ghetto grocery store the new manager made me take it out and it closed. I got pissed at her.

I use to have my right nipple pierced too until it got caught on a towel. That wasnt good at all. That hurt like a mother!! So I dont have that anymore but one day I will have it again.

I also have one tattoo. The only reason I have one is because I am so broke. I will get more. Its on my left hand its a shooting star.

I think that tattoos and piercings are hot hot hot!! I love them so much.

I don’t have any peircings. Personally, ear-piercings gross me out. However, I am planning on getting my nose peirced within the next year. Peircings shouldn’t be done because of a trend, but because it’s something you personaly believe in and want to express.

Oh, and gauges typically don’t “puncture a chunk of skin out of their earlobe,” but gradually stretch the ear. Personally, I think they’re sexy.

At one time, i had five piercings in one ear and three in the other and a tongue ring.  I never thought they looked bad, and i always wore gold (i’m pretty much allergic to anything else in my ears). When i hit my mid-40s, though, i took the tongue ring out first, and then little by little, took all the earrings out except for the ones in the bottom part of the lobes.

If i were younger and had a figure (well, other than a circle ), i would SO have a navel ring. Possibly that cute little diamond stud in my nose (TINY!). And i would have kept my tongue ring, too. So i love the looks of piercings, and i adore the LeBret on a man with facial hair. I do hate those guages, though..nasty!

i think piercings are hot but, not guages uugh that takes it a little to far but, i guess if thats wat you like me personally not hot! just expressing yourself its ok i guess wat evr

Any gauges and piercings beyond simple earrings are cringe-worthy and tend to gross me out a little.  For myself, I would never consider any body piercings, even ear-piercings.  But that’s just my personal taste.

i only have one piercing on each side of my ears. however, i want about 2 more on each and an eyebrow piecing. i don’t have a problem with any piecings. if they want it and they like it then fine. just like you, you want some more piercings to stand out. so in my opinion gauges CAN be beautiful in a way. you just have to make the best out of it. that’s what makes them…them. (:

As much as I love earrings. One pair of super dangly cute earrings does it for me. I have LOTS of ear piercings but only bother to wear the bottom one. Small studs are not noticeable. You gotta go to the face to get attention

I don’t find the gauge attractive either. But whatever floats people’s boats!

I love piercings. I don’t wear them because they are not deemed professional at my place of employment, but I’ve got 4 in my face(2 in the left eyebrow, 1 in the right, and my lip), and one in each ear. Given the freedom to do so I would get more. I think that if a person wants something, and has nothing stopping them from doing it, they should probably not worry too much about what others think, and just go for it. When you stop liking it, you’ll have little only little teeny scars to show for it, and those too add character.

gauge earrings are disgusting. x_x;;

i know how addicting piercings can be. i have 3 on one ear, 2 on another ear, my tongue, my nose, and my navel pierced — total: 8 piercings. and.. i’m still not done.

i don’t think you can ever have too many piercings, as long as you feel like those piercings really represent you. everyone’s different and everyone has a different ideal way of looking.. so if piercings are included in your ideal look, i say AMEN! go for it!

My dad is a piercer who pierces peoples ears all the time and i have seen more people get a whole bunch of piercings than i have seen them get only an earring in each ear!

Anything other than your ears is gross. Gauges are gross too.

I personally love piercings. I have my double vertical navel, my ears twice; the bottom holes are stretched. I plan on getting many more piercings. I can’t really explain it, I just like how they look.

my bellybutton if def my favorite. it makes me feel sexy and fun. and it’s different than the average belly button piercing.
I plan on going to a zero with the stretching.

I have a monroe piercing (right upper lip and to the side) and I absolutely LOVE it! 

I think that some facial piercing is okay, but people can definitely overdo it.As I always say ‘Pierce Sparingly’ :]

I have one piercing in each earlobe and that’s ALL I’ll ever have.

Everything else looks useless or excessive to me.

I like the au natural look.

i only have one on each lobe since i was a baby. I pierce my second hole out of boredom sometimes but it never stays.i had gauges up to 00 but i got annoyed and shrunk them again, but they’re not normal.. i think they’re attractive/addicting but not insanely huge ones.

I have my ears double pierced, my cartilage double pierced on my right ear, and my tongue pierced. I also want an industrial and my nose pierced, but my top cartilage hurt so much for months, because it was infected, and I really don’t feel like going through that again. I love piercings and think people should quit using piercings/tattoos as an excuse to be ignorant and focus on people’s personalities rather than their appearance.

I have six piercings, topped out at eight.  Honestly, your piercings are fine, but pretty generic.  If you’re looking for unique piercings try a daith, rook, industrial or tragus (although be careful with that one).

I have 7 piercings too (all earlobes) and I’m thinking of gettin gone more, but my mom is kinda hinting that I have enough, and I don’t know what she would say if I did it myself (I did the last three myself. As long as it’s just skin/flesh… She still thinks I got two of them professionally done.)
I realy really want a spiked twisted lipring (labret), lower left lip I think, but my dad thinks you get a really brutal scar for life when you take it out again. I am aware it can leave a scar, depending on how long you keep the piercing, but only a tiny one, and I can live with that. If they won’t allow me, I’ll do it when I turn 18. *one year left*

So I think ear piercings are okay. No, more than okay, I love them.
And then one or maybe two facial piercings is allright for me, but in some cases, more looks good if you’re trying to carry out a certain style (Visual Kei for example)
Body piercings should be okay, since they usually don’t show. If you can take the pain >_<
When it comes to those surface piercings, I see and understand that people want to make a statement that way, but they are stupid since I’m pretty sure they’re very impractical in the long run, and that they get infected VERY easily. Use of surface piercings as a one shot art project on the other hand, is interresting.
And then there is the gauges.. I think they’re nice if they’re not too big. Like 5-9mm (Not sure how many gauges that is) As long as you’re sure they’ll shrink. My mom had a completely normal earlobe piercing that got infected, and she had to sow it instead of grow it back together. So I’m somewhat sceptical to getting gauges myself. Yes, it is indeed freaky to see THROUGH someones ear, like when they have more than 1cm.

I could really care less what people pierce or how many piercings they have. It’s their life, so whatever. My ears are gauged, but they aren’t HUGE gauges, and I don’t plan on getting to the point where they’re large enough to stick objects in. Where I’m at now is good enough for me.

Personally I think people saying that other people “should or should not” have this or that on their body is just ridiculous and a little annoying, but that’s just my opinion. No one’s perfect or better than anyone else.

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I have the “I”, I have the “L”, I have the “O”, I have the “E”….so pls can I have “U”?

I have both ears single pierced in the traditional spot and another ear piercing along the edge of my ear in between )hard to explain because I don’t think there’s a name for it.  I’ve had it for two years but nobody had noticed it until I recently got my hair cut very short.  It’s a nice feeling when people tell me that it looks cute and say “I’ve never seen that before”

I don’t want any more on my ears (it’s so uncomfortable to sleep! And infections are a bitch)  From time to time I’ve wanted various facial/body piercings (Monroe, Eyebrow, Anti-Eye brow, Nose, Belly Button)  I’d like to tell myself ‘I’d pick one of these and it would be it.’  But I know my facination would grow and I’d get bored and want something different.  After a couple weeks I’d forget about ‘WANTING TO GET THAT PIERCING’ so bad and then think, why would I do that and ruin my face?

My piercing views — a couple on the ears.  Maybe double pierced with one odd ball doesn’t look overdone.  Any more — you basically have a lot of piercings with some ears.  I don’t believe a ton of piercings like that all in one place gets any positive attention and instead get’s a, “Owch, that must have hurt, why did you do that?”

As far as facial piercings go — if a person picks just one and consults with a reliable piercer, asking them about the risks and if the piercing will flatter their face.  Some facial piercings on some people are flattering and CAN accentuate features.

When people go overboard, they hide their beauty and end up scarring their face — totally ‘too much’

as far as gauges go… GROSS, YOUR EARS WILL FOREVER BE FLOPPY AND STRETCHED! I wouldn’t want to be a grandma/grandpa with big holes in my ears!

I can’t speak for anyone else…but I think that multiple piercing would look trashy on me, so I’m not too fond of them.

They’re great for other people, if you can stand them, but I don’t like the way they look. I’m not fond of looking at someone and being distracted by the way their entire face sparkles in the sunlight. I’m easily distracted, though.

To each their own. I’m not about to judge someone because they have a face/body full of metal and I don’t like the way it looks. Hey, it’s their choice…they have to live with it.

I think piercings are hot and totally up to the person who has them. I’ve had my left ear and nipples pierced. Thinking of getting a prince albert. I enjoy sexually located piercings and
enjoy seeing and showing them off.

I have a total of 15 piercings.

6 “normal” ear
1 cartilage
1 industrial (though I sometimes wear 2 hoops vs the bar)
1 rook
Nose
Tongue
Lip
Belly Button
VCH (female piercing “down there”)

I have plans on getting 2 more piercings for my birthday in the summer. As far back as being 10 I can remember wanting multiple ear piercings and my belly button done. My mother wanted to be sure that my piercings were something I wanted so she spaced out when I could get my ears pierced. And I’m glad she did because now I really do think about my piercings and tattoos. They have to be something I really want, not just some passing whim. As far as gauging goes, I could never do it, and I don’t mind the look of smaller gauges but I don’t like the looks of the bigger ones. That’s my preference.

Also about piercings in the work place, you can get retainers pretty much everywhere and few can tell. Also most places are now more open on it, granted there are still boundaries as to how far places are willing to let their employees go but if you’re really good at your job, does it matter?

i have three one the bottom on both sides, then one cartilage on my left is pierced, then i have two i just got done this past week on my right ear. like mid cartilage. they’re really cute. but hurt more than any other spots.

i really wanna get a stud in the nose, but my mom & dad aren’t to fond of that.. so it’s debatable for me as of now. but i’ll be 18 next august & that’s when i’m getting a tattoo.. so i’ll see around that time if i want it or not..

oh & gauges, i really don’t find them too pleasing, they kind of gross me out if they get too big. but once you have them, your ear doesn’t really go back to normal since they’re soo stretched out..

@ManoAngeliukai9902@xanga - I have to say the whole time I was reading your response I was thinking “descrimination” because that is exactly what you are talking about.  How can you call a human a “thing” just because of peircings? No matter how many a person has.  I have cringed at people with many piercings too.  But no matter what you think in the end the person with the piercing is not going to give a damn what you think about them.

My piercings are confined to my ears.
Gauges, however to me aren’t disgusting at all. They sort of remind me of a primal-primitive man, simply us revisiting our roots. Actually I was considering them myself, but I changed my mind.  My brother however is going through with the gauges thing. Then again, I say people can pierce wherever they want. As long as it doesn’t look over bearing. Like 10 lip rings, and 5 eyebrow piercings? lol.

@Purp7e_Fi7th@xanga - omg…are you serious? I know you didnt type that sober.
No shit rocker-ish isnt a word, is lovelyish a word? Youre crazy; get over it.
Who the hell said anything is wrong with rock music? I like rock so dont even go there. I described numerous piercings as rockerish…is it not?
I didnt say anything negative about having multi-holes in your ear; I only gave it an adjective. For you to get crazy over it means YOU Think something is wrong with it–feeling inferior to people who work in a professional enviornment, arent we?

So you are oblivious to corporate america, is that what you are saying? You must have never stepped into an office building. If so…you would see that no one has 20 piercings in plain site nor 4 hols in each ear, with those gauges stretching their ears past their chin.
Heck, even the mailboy cant even wear that.

Fyi:::Ive had my share of piercings. I, decided to take them out when I entered corporate america…..and…I outgrew that look. Dont go blasting ppl and dont be so sensitive. Aint yall ROCKERISH ppl hardcore?
pahahahaha

I have three piercings in each ear. I remember when I was about 15, I told my mom that I wanted a second set of holes for my birthday, and she opposed at first but let me do it. About a year or so later, we went to get her ears pierced for Christmas, and that same day I got my third set of holes.

I’m old enough to decide for myself now, but when I was considering cartilage piercings (two on my left ear) I told my parents first. She didn’t want me to, and my dad just told me to consider the health risks. I looked into it and thought about it for a while, but ultimately decided against it. I think lobe piercings are perfectly fine for work or formal occasions, but anything else might be questionable. I just wear ear cuffs when I go to certain places like clubs or rock concerts (which isn’t that often).

i honestly think its no one else’s business what people get pierced. if they like it, who cares? just because your not into it, doesn’t mean it’s gross anything.

I started to have multiple ear piercings when i’m at the age of 13 onwards. I used to have 13 piercings, 7 on my right ear and 5 on my left ear and one nose piercing.  I thought it was cool but till this year, i’m at the age of 17, i totally got bored over piercings stuffs and sometimes i didn’t even wear any ear studs or earrings on my multiple ear-holes. Cos i’m super lazy to wear them on & probably, because i wasn’t interested in piercings anymore.  I don’t know why but seriously, piercings aren’t hurtful at all,yea, i don’t feel the pain at all when i pierced, kinda cool feeling. But most girls are afraid of the pain yet they still went to pierce, according to a girl whom used to be a friend of mine, said that piercings make her look brave. I don’t know cos it don’t applies to me at all.  Now, i’ve only 5 piercings on my right ear and 1 on my left ear.

I used to be addicted to getting piercings right now i only have my nose pierced twice navel and lobes.

I’ve had my lip pierced twice, smilie & nape also i once stretched my ears 2 4mm but took it out basically as soon as i done it. I think gauges can look good on some people. My ex had massive ones he got in a fight and someone ripped one out of his ear he had to have an op to fix it yuck!!

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Im 14 years old and i’ve had 15odd piercings, facial , surface and just normal ear piercings. i’ve had belly button, nape, tounge, tounge webbing, ears 4times. tragus. nose x2 , eyebrow, septum, sternum ,hips x2 + snakebites.

i love piercings, but sometimes your just grow out of your liking of them, when i was 11 i wanted a strech, im glad i got rid of it because i despise them now. they smell discusting, like something died inside your ear, especially if you dont leave them long enough to heal before making them bigger.

I hate Stretchs, but faireough they suit alot of people (:

there is no set limit for piercings. get as many or as little as you want. and personally i think gauges are fucking sexy

Generally, more than one piercing per ear just looks bad. And from a practical sense, if you have a material far stronger than your skin, then you risk serious injury if it gets snagged.

@Vieforme@xanga - I realize that I was harsh in my response, but, truly, people who look like they’re wearing hardware are “things” to me.  They look non-human when they’re covered in piercings, they become mechanical looking.  It’s unfortunate that people have to resort to looking like freaks to make some sort of statement. 
I have to wonder why they hate themselves so much to make them look so unattractive.  How on earth can a person abuse themselves that much, making them look like that?  It’s frightening to see at times, and sometimes it makes me laugh my head off.  I wonder if these people have mirrors at home, whether they actually take time to really look at themselves before they leave the house.  Sure, again, you can say that they don’t care what others think. Then they shouldn’t care that they’ll be discriminated against in the workplace, being that they don’t care about themselves to begin with.

I personally love piercings, i currently have my ears done twice, my nose, and my monroe.  My next one is either going to be my collar bones or my hip bones…(surface)
I like guages. As long as they’re not massive.

ok, well i personally don’t like gauged earlobe but i rly don’t think it should effect if u date that guy or not. What’s rly important is on the inside  

Hm, well I have three holes in one year, and four in the other. One of the holes in each ear used to mildly stretched, but then I let them strink again. I could never find any nice earrings (gems, diamonds ect) to put in my stretched holes. I think it’s a nice point to share though, that if you do chose to strech a piercing in your ears, if it’s relatively small still, it can shrink back to normal.
Last november I got my cheeks pierced, through my gums to the outside. Of course, no one foresaw that because of my autoimmune system diseases this was a horrible choice. I ended up getting infections in my bloodstream and was put into the hospital and, needless to say, the piercings came out.
Just a word of warning, I suppose. Think the piercing over.

i love piercings.
i have 11 all togetheer.. but closing 2
5 lobe on right ear.
3 lobe on left ear
i have a snug bar (look it up, confusing to explain) not painful at all.
and cartilage on right ear.

it rly depends on the person how piercings look.
some people look fine with stretched lobes i think.

I don’t really understand how anyone can say that piercings should or shouldn’t be anywhere. It’s like telling somebody how to dress or what makeup they should wear.

For instance, I like piercings, but there are some that I don’t appreciate. I have an aversion to belly button, tongue, nostril and eyebrow piercings because most of the girls I run into with them are just… trashy. However, I HAVE seen people who can pull them off and I would never, ever tell anybody that they shouldn’t have them or something… I just personally would never get them.

I am 20 years old and I have the following piercings: bridge, medusa, tragus and ear lobe. I used to have my lip pierced on both sides. I may get them back one day, if my work situation allows it. I love my piercings. I think they suit me, and I don’t always look like your “typical” pierced/tattooed girl.

For those of you that don’t know what a bridge or medusa piercing look like, here’s me:

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My boyfriend, now, has pretty big holes in his ears and he wears wooden plugs with leopard print on them. I think they’re really sexy. I actually don’t even like ear piercings on dudes unless it’s just one stretched hole in each ear.

And people who talk about piercings not being acceptable in the “real world” do have a point, to an extent. However, I am PRETTY SURE people with piercings are AWARE of that, kids. There are things you can do. If you use a clear retainer at work, nobody knows or cares. It’s pretty much that simple. Some people can just take their jewelry out for work, too, if the holes have been there long enough. As far as gauges go – I don’t really see how ear piercings can be allowed but not if they’re a certain size. Not to mention, there are plenty of places these days where people don’t even care if you have them. I’m working to be an illustrator and I’m not really too concerned about my piercings affecting my job. You just need to know how to handle things.

I don’t know. I think piercings, like hair, like tattoos, like makeup, like clothes, should be however anybody perosnally wants them to be. If anybody can give me a sensible reason WHY facial piercings should be any less acceptable than blond highlights or some makeup, then shoot. (I realize that they ARE less accepted by society, realistically speaking, though, so don’t jump me for that.)

Then again, I am just an indifferent and difficult-to-shock person who will look like a Suicide Girl one day, a lazy hippie the next and a cutesy girly-girl in a picnic dress the day after that. My opinions aren’t really the norm, I guess.

Gauges to me aren’t that attractive but if a guy wants to get one then fine… but don’t expect me to be all that enthused… my friend has one and it doesn’t look that bad on him, although it’s a very tiny gauge.

So for I have 5 piercings all together… in my left ear I have my cartilage done… and it wasn’t so bad even though at times it can be a little sensitive.. But I do plan on getting three more in my ear.. With some people getting piercings means that you’re a bad “ass” but to me it doesn’t really mean anything… it’s just something you like to do and it’s fun too .. I can’t stand it when people judge other people by their piercings or their tattoos.

I love piercings. I think it is a personal choice. I will never judge someone for their lack of or abundance of piercings. I have 9 piercings: 2 in each ear, left nostril, left side lip, right side monroe, christina, and dermal anchor on left cheek bone. I have had 5 other piercings: 3 ear cartilage in spiral (wasn’t healing correctly), 1 ear cartilage (didn’t like placement), and right side of lip(already had it when I got my other lip piercing and monroe, but after a few months decided it looked dumb). I plan on getting many more.
Gauges are not for me personally as I don’t find them aestheticaly pleasing, but I won’t judge someone for having them. My husband has his left ear gauged by stretching, and a cartilage gauge in his right ear by dermal punch and stretching, in addition to other piercings and body mods. I think his guage is a little gross but it won’t stop me from finding him attractive.
As far as not being able to work in an office with multiple piercings, well that’s just not true anymore. It will be an accepted norm by the next generation. I work in an office and do not take out my piercings or change my hair color to a natural hair color. I have only been asked to change for one job and I quit within a month. It’s not worth it, especially when their own training videos preach non-discrimination of body modifications. I have even worked as a pre-school TA and have not been asked to change. As a high schooler I went on to a conference as part of my Youth About Business Camp in NY and while speaking with the Chief Diversity Officer of Goldman Sach’s at a networking lunch, I learned that body mods are increasingly acceptable in the business world. A Youth About Business alumni went on to intern with Deutchebank, gauged ears and all. It’s just plain discrimination to not hire someone or ask them to change because of body modifications.
Also I agree with , rockerish is not a term that can be applied to a person. Rock is a genre of music, not a lifestyle or group of people. I also listen to rock, metal, and punk, but I listen to all other types music too. My favorite genres are actually R&B and opera, and I listen to hip-hop, pop, rap, country, and electro the most regularly (daily). I can’t stand being stereotyped. Being called a rocker for having piercings, tattoos, and colored hair, is like calling me ghetto for wearing coogi jeans and nikes. I’m getting too heated over this. My point is there is no such thing as too many or too little piercings.

i looove piercings. and i think gauges are hot if they’re not overly huge. i have my nose, belly button, 2 cartilages on my left ear, and my ears double pierced. i’m pretty content with that amount… for now

I used to have an industrial, 00 gauge earlobes, and my tragus pierced. I personally prefer that my piercings stay on my ears, but I do see those corset-styled piercings and it tugs at my little heart sometimes. I no longer have any of those piercings because my industrial was accidentally ripped out by a friend and I took my tragus and plugs out because I work in medical field and I don’t feel it looks professional. But still, I miss them.

If I could emphasize one thing… people should stop getting pierced by guns. Get yourself pierced with a needle. A google search should tell you all the reasons why it’s better.

i’m not a fan of gauges, but only because if you take them out, they don’t heal and you have to get it stitched back together again.  I have 6 piercings total – 5 in my ears, and one in the middle of my lip.  Facial piercings are fine, it moderation.  I think i’d like a few more to my ears, but no more to my actual face.

I have six piercings–three in each ear, one cartilage, and I’ve been playing around with the idea of getting a small nose stud, but after seeing so many really trashy people that have them, I’m starting to change my mind. ><

And gauges are NOT attractive.

Two piercings. In the process of stretching. And I pretty much love the way they look

I love piercings (=
but I get bored with mine a lot of the time, so I end up taking them out.
I’ve had my ears pierced (still have those, only one hole each though), nose(gone), septum (gone), both sides of my lip (gone), & belly button (gone).
With how bored I get with piercings I would NEVER gauge my ears, EVER. but the gauging process isn’t taking a chunk of flesh out of your earlobe. all they do is pierce it regularly to begin with, then gradually stretch out the hole with bigger plugs.
a lot of my friends have them & they’ve taken it OVERBOARD its ridiculus.
oh & as for sticking your finger in one, don’t do it! the dead skin will get on your finger & its just disgusting. it friggin smells like parmesean cheese. = /
just thought id warn you haha.

i have 6 piercings. my ears are stretched to a zero, and i plan on going bigger soon. i have snakebites and last month i got a double monroe done. i was sick of everyone having snakebites so now i have all four. they are addicting. i love piercings and stretched. especially on guys. i just hate that everyone seems to being doing it these days. i pierced my cartridge myself and it was fine but then a day or two later the pain was awful…so i took it out. i would love to get it again but it’s just too painful…and it makes very uncomfortable to sleep. i plan on getting more piercings…i just don’t know where yet.
i don’t think anyone has the right to tell you what piercings you should and shouldn’t get.

Having a few piercings in your ears is nothing to worry about, and no amount of piercings is “too much” in my opinion. But that does all depend on one’s personal opinion – you shouldn’t worry about what other people might think of your piercings, and you shouldn’t get something pierced because someone else will like it. You should get something pierced because you like it and you want it.

I disagree with the idea that someone should have to take out their piercings in order to have a certain job; it just doesn’t make sense to me that just because someone wants to stick metal through their face that offends people. I don’t think there’s anything unprofessional about piercings, no more than wearing any other kind of jewelery. I really hope society’s view on piercings will continue to change positively over time.

I have my lip pierced on the left side, my tongue, three in my right ear and two on my left, and I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon.   

i have 2 on each ear.
i want more but my ears are small

guages do make me gag D:

well i must say i  have double ears and my bridge pierced. my ears USED to me gauged but i dont think it looks so classy on girls. some can pull it off but i like baby holes myself.

ps there are no pictures of me on my xanga with my bridge…if you want a picture feel free to ask

I think when someone’s face starts looking like a pincushion I instantly get turned off. I dont mind a lot of piercings, but there is a point for me when I get, I wont say disgusted cause thats not it, but lets say I get a severe aversion to that persons lifestyle. It is either an addiction, a filling of a void somewhere else, or a phase. There are a RARE few that are in it for life and if it is filling a void it is doingthe job well, and others just do it because they are passionate about it. I have 3 piercings, none on my face, and I am happy with them. It all depends for me on how many there are and where. I only really get turned off when the lobes are really stretched as it makes me think they are cartoon characters, and when the face is over pierced and when the piercings are on the back of the neck, the back, the wrist, the legs, the arms. The face, the torso, the genitals, and the ears are all fair game, but as people have said before…each to their own. 

for me to stand out.. i just did miroku style (inu yasha) lol

I like piercings, I don’t really have a problem with them. Gauges were kind of a shock at first, but I see them so much now, they don’t bother me. I don’t think I would ever do that though.

I have my ears pierced once and I got my nose pierced a few months ago. I think I’ve wanted to get my nose pierced since I was little so when I got it done I was really really happy and I’m still really happy about it. I didn’t do it as a personal statement or because I wanted to follow the crowd, I just wanted it.

I think I’ll get my ears pierced again, but I don’t think I’ll do anything else. It just seems uncomfortable to have anymore.

I have two holes on both sides of my ears and my cartlidge pierced on my left ear. I completely agree with you about the HUGE gauges in guy’s ears. I think they are disgusting and repulsive, but there are some guys and girls with gauges that small and not huge and i don’t really mind those i think some of them are cutee.

I only have one piercing on each ear, however, there are more I want.
I would love to get my lip pierced, with a small ring,
My nose pierced, with a small ring,
and I want a barbell on the insides of each of my hip bones

sounds funny, but looks pretty cool.

i got my ears pierced twice.. well, back in high school i got the second set of piercings and my cartilage on my right side pierced as well and that’s as far as it goes. i also think gauges are gross and no one should be fashioning it. 

I have 11 hoops in my ears, 6 in one, 5 in the other, and have definitely been wanting one or two more. My hair is long and worn down 90% of the time, so not that many people see all the metal in my ears, it’s for me more than anything–I kinda like getting needles jammed in me I guess.

As for facial piercings, too much can be too much. Some people can make that eyebrow/nose/monroe piercing combo look great, and some make it look trashy, it all depends. I’ve had three piercings in my lip, and four in my nose (at different times! I wasn’t that piercing crazy!), and even though I liked them I had to admit they just didn’t work with my face, let alone the trouble of having to take them in and out depending on where I am and what I’m doing. Oh well!

there is no guaranteed size that will ensure one’s ears will return to a normal size. I’ve seen 0g ears that wouldn’t close, i’ve seen 1/2″ ears that did close. it’s all about the individual.

it seems that the people who oppose stretched ears forget the fact that not every stretched lobe can be “seen through” or can even fit a “finger being shoved in” them. many people choose to stay at smaller sizes, which look like normal earrings. don’t let the fewer amount of people who have large ears ruin the entire stretched community for you.

just for the record, i think piercings anywhere are awesome. my best friend has his nape pierced and sometimes i even forget that it’s there. i think if it makes you happy, do it! you may have to take it out for a future job, you may feel that you should fight stereotypes and demand that the piercing stays, i think one should do what makes them happiest.

I have three holes in each ear with my cartilage. its not really rockerish if you wear the right earrings in. my mom is a secretary with the same piercings as me, and its fine. my dad has single holes in his ears and hes fine with that being a police officer. so no, if your working in an office it doesnt matter how many earrings you have, just the type you wear. 

* the only thing i have to say is that i dont think gauges would be good for work, except if you worked like at some tattoo parlor or somehting

I mean, it truly is all a matter of opinion (excluding the professional world). I personally want no piercings, and I do find too many piercings unattractive … especially if you can stick a beer can through your earlobe. However, if other people find that attractive, then … alright.

i dont care how many a person has on their ears. maybe one on their face, like eyebrow; or lip ring, or nose. or maybe like two tops. but there’s this person i’ve seen around my school, and she has like 4 lip rings. and like a nose piercing in the middle, so she kinda looks like a bull & like, bother he eyebrows are pierced. and her face i just see like geaming balls of metal when i look at her.

I started gauging my ears and I LOVE IT! They are really cute and not disgusting. Everyone has different views on what sizes look nice and which don’t but it depends on the person. I know a lot of girls who have them bigger than 0 and they look amazing. Piercings in general are hot to me. I have seven and I took out my tongue and septum out last year but I miss them so I might get them again. 

i think gages up to a zero are okay but anymore than that, its too much. as far as facial piercings, it says alot about a person esp someone you know nothing about. ive had my lip pierced, i had it for a month and it just looked trashy on me. some girls can pull it off and im just not one of them. eyebrow piercing, kinda cool, kinda pointless. ive also had my tongue web pierced and thats one of my favorite piercings!!! its under the tongue and when i speak you cant see it but when youre kissing, they can defenetly feel it and they love it! ear piercings are kinda blah, and double piercings are the same as single. but wats really cool is the bar in the ear, from one corner to the middle, it looks bad ass.

@its_me_katie@xanga - What else would it affect?

i personally don’t think piercings are gross at all. i have two holes in one earlobe, three in the other, and a hoop in my nostril. i plan on getting my hips pierced as well.

i also don’t look ‘rockerish’ or ‘gross’ at all. unsophisticated, maybe, but that’s not the piercings’ fault.

i say to each their own like most other people on here. i’m not here to say ‘never judge anyone’, but piercings to me are quite a trivial thing to discriminate against whether it be in the workforce or just in casual day-to-day life.

just got my ears pierced 1st time ever…single set. and i’m in my 20s!  er, when i was younger, i wanted double piercings but parents said single or none…so yea, it took my stubborn ass til this point to change that! *for a wedding i’m in, no less*

i think it depends on the person–diff people can pull of diff things.  i love nose piercings on some of my friends…and cartilage, etc.  but others i see i’m just like…wow. no.

for now, i’m satisfied w/my two studs, by my side 24/7….well, at least for the next 6 wks!   hope piercings aren’t addictive like tatts are!

i don’t have anything pierced and i’m more likely to get my belly buton pierced than my ears.

i could careless about earrings

I completely agree and I think gauges are disgusting too

Umm. Its pretty much personal preference.

I just don’t really think you should say that gauged lobes are “disgusting” until you’ve had them. Maybe people think that you are lazy and boring???!?!

Does a piercing on someones face make them a bad person?

i have three piercings, one cartiledge, and one lobe on each side. i currently want to get a second cartiledge, and then my second lobe piercing. then i would have 6, and be evened out. if i could, i would get a lip piercing, but thats as far as i would go for facial. just a small little stud on my lip would be fine. but i dont want to mess up my face, my teeth, or get my family involved. honestly, for me, i think facial piercings are nice, cute on some boys. but sometimes, they can be way too much. same with gauges. the bigger they are, the more of a strange craving to poke my finger through their ear comes over me. But I do not mind the small gauges. The ones that are like…. a long skinny cone thing. they are pretty cool. and come in really cool styles. but thats just me.

i think of them the same as tattoos. i got my ears pierced at 10 or so, and tried to let them close up. they finally did at age 17.

i don’t like earrings, i don’t plan on getting my ears pierced again. i don’t see the point; just like it doesn’t seem natural to have a permanent mark on your body, it doesn’t seem natural to me to poke holes in my ears.

i don’t like how they look on anybody, but the simple 1 per ear with pretty earrings look okay.

it really does have to do with personal preference. if you like how they look, go for as many as you like! if you change your mind, you can take them out at any time. :]

some people like it, some don’t. why does it matter?

personally i absolutely fucking LOVE piercings.

tattoos not so much.

i have seven ear piercings. two are gauged to 7/16 (for now!)

i plan to get a septum, monroe, nipple, two bellybuttons, tongue, labia majora, and collarbones at the very least.

Yes, piercings are very addictive. I currently have 7. I have 3 on one ear, 3 on the other and i have my bellybutton pierced. I used to have my lip and eyebrow done too. But i took them out cause i thought i looked better with out facial piercings. When i got my first piercings it was at a mall[my ears]. then after that i felt i needed a second pair. I didn’t go to the mall that time, my mom did them. My mom started letting me pierce her ears. that’s when the addiction started. When i was 14 i pierced my eyebrow and i did my lip and bellybutton at 15. Then my friends started letting me do their piercings. I have stopped getting piercings. And gauging an ear doesn’t take a chunk out of your ear. you keep putting in larger gauges and it stretches your ear. i find it painful. i have gauged my ears up to 2′s. i let them go down to 10′s. but that’s as far as i will go with that.

To each his own.  I am not into gauges either.  I also rarely wear earrings.  I only have one hole in each ear. 

I do think other piercings can be very attractive.  They just have to be properly maintained and considered for an overall look.  Just as piercings in the ear can be attractive or trashy (regardless of the number)

@KR - I have a Monroe piercing and stretched lobes and been in “real” jobs for a while now.  I’ve never ever had a problem getting a job or being taken seriously. Maybe it depends where you live, but it seems like as long as you present yourself well, piercings don’t have the same stigma that they used to. It’s not that big of a deal. And you can always take them out…up to size 00 they will shrink back to normal earing sized holes as far as gauging goes (because it’s not a punched hole). And I took out my nose ring a year or so ago, and I can’t even remember what side of my nose it was on cause there is no mark.

i have had my ears peirced since before i was one. for my 13th bday i went and got my second hole done. now i have the smallest gauges. yeah it hurt when i put them in but they look like regular earrings now. i no people with much bigger and its not gross at all.

i do want my belly button peirced but nothing else because most jobs dont accept that.

I love piercings! I believe one should have piercings because it adds beauty to their life, not just too keep up with a trend. I started getting all my piercings at the age of 18 and I am glad I waited that long. I know a 14 year old girl who wants her navel pierced. My mother didn’t allow piercings until we graduated high school and I am glad about that.

Piercings are no joke. Depending on your body, they can be a permanent modification. What you may think is “cool” right now, you may not feel the same years down the line (think ear reconstruction surgery, which some get to get their ear back to normal after it’s stretched).

I don’t mind any type of piercings, whether facial or gauged, so as long it is done for the person and that person only. I don’t like it when people do it to fit in.

I have 6 in each ear.

I have no way of wearing piercings attractively. Whether this is a good or bad thing I don’t know.

As for my opinions of piercings belonging to others, I find ear and navel piercings most attractive. Certain nasal piercings are good as well, although septum piercings remind me too much of farm animals. (Moo?)

To me, a piercing should reflect a person’s natural good looks, not try to add. Think of a picture frame. Too much frame and you stop judging the picture solely on its merits.

4 holes on the ears is the prettiest

but i only have 2

having had gauges i feel the need to defend them. First of all they’re a cultural thing. if you arnt “punk” or “rocker” then they probably dont make and sence to you, but i lived that for a while (til i realized it would get me no where) and honestly, they were just fun and a statement of how well you could withstand the pain, not that they hurt, but people assume they do. They were also a form of self-expression. its what i liked. and while i never had them as big as the ones in your picture they were close. It was fun to see who could go the biggest. its kinda like a tattoo but they can be taken out and contrary to popular belief, the holes shrink. mine are back to less than an 18 gauge (thats a regular earing post).

I have my lobes pierced,
A double in my right cartilage,
&& another double in my left ear, though not quite the cartilage.

I totally agree that piercings can be addicting,
I have a friend who has seven or eight total for her ears,
&& then a bellybutton piercing too.

I’m not really into the whole facial piercings…
Eyebrows are alright,
Though I don’t think everyone can pull it off;
That also goes for the nose and monroe.
In my opinion, having a diamond/CZ mole just looks dumb,
If you’re gonna do it, then make it something simpler,
Like a little stud -that’s what I was considering doing.

Corsets,
While they look cool, aren’t very practical.
Some people just do them in dumb places, too.

Gauges are alright in my opinion,
Except for when they get to be gaping holes.
Any bigger than a nickle, in my opinion, is just gross.

i am honestly very open to piercings and tattoos and all that fancy stuff. i don’t think one can have too many or too little piercings.

gauges to me are not very attractive–the bigger they are, the less attractive. but, i don’t have a huge problem with it.

anyway, you definitely don’t have too many piercings. in any case, piercings are a form of self-expression (as cliche as that sounds), and you shouldn’t be ashamed at all.

i only have the customary two, by the way: one in each ear.

@oOBuBBLes711Oo@xanga - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

tttttwwwaaattt-the-fu*k are you even saying? do you know how to use commas? HAHAHA 

“I know you didnt type that sober.” WHAT does that mmeeaann? you know i didn’t type WHAT sober?

“Who the hell said anything is wrong with rock music?”  i NEVER said anyone said that there was anything wrong with “rock music” i said DONT CATEGORIZE PIERCINGS AS “ROCKERISH” piercings are piercings and it has NOTHING to do with “being rockerish”

“For you to get crazy over it means YOU Think
something is wrong with it–feeling inferior to people who work in a
professional enviornment, arent we?” first of all i’m not getting “crazy” over shit… i’m simply trying to tell YOU and EVERYONE else that you shouldn’t be putting people/what some people like.. down on a “fashion” site. ’nuff said. secondly… do you even know what the word inferior means?!? it means.. ” lower in station, rank, degree, or grade” why the hell would i feel that way? what the fu*k would even give you that idea? HOW does that make sense to you?

“You must have never stepped into an office building.” haha listen here sweetheart… I’ve been in plenty…but by the looks of your use of language… you haven’t sooo.. haha think before you speak ; ) if you’re trying to “talk down” to me… do it the right way… because you aren’t making an effect on me in the least bit.

“Dont go blasting ppl and dont be so sensitive. Aint yall ROCKERISH ppl hardcore? ” if only you knew how much of a FOOL you just made yourself look as… you’d be joining me in laughter hahahhaha do you even know how immature that really was? you don’t make yourself look mature or responsible at all… and the FUNNY thing is hahahahahahah i BET you’re trying too

and would you like to know whats sadder than that?! i BET your wayy older then me too hahahahahahahaha

hhhmmm… by the looks of your “replys” i’m sure your going to reply to this again and continue to make yourself look like a fool. so you know what? go for it ; )

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

(no offense to anorexic ppl)

small gauges are fine. the ones that cant fit ANY finger in. unless you’re an anorexic person with anorexic pinkies

I think piercings are as unique as the person.  I had my first hole in my ears an infant, 2nd at 9 and 3&4 in my teenage years.{both ears} I have 2 holes in my  right ear top cartilage. I have my tragus and my daith pierced( which are the only 2 i wear all of the time…) I’ve had my belly button pierced, my lip and my nose. I gauging can be very beautfiul and am contemplating it, very small though.

i definitely think you should stop at the ears. the older you get the more you will regret any other piercings when your body starts changing. imagine a sagging tattoo on your flabby arms as u get old.

agreed. i have my ears pierced but thats it. i think gauges are absoultley disgusting. there is no reason for them. i want to get my cartilage pierced in addition to my one piercing already on my ears. oh. and by the way, i dont think you have too many piercings. no offense… but i would stop at two on the bottom part of your ear lobe…

i love piercings. to me it’s body art. i also get piercings for significant people / events on my life. kind of life how people get ink for important things in their life. plus i think piercings are sexy, considering it suits the person.

lols

i have 3 on the lobe on my left, and 2 on the lobe on my right and one on the cartilage….. and i want onee more on my right cartilage again,, just to make it.. not soo balanced

however i dont want to be addicted to piercings, i dunno if when i get the 2nd cartilage done, id want more

kinda scares me actually lols

dont want to have my whole bloody ear filled with piercings lmao

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ok so right now im only 13 years young and have 2 piercings left ear 4 right ear all together 6 i want more though that won’t be happening anytime soon though i’d have to wait till im outta my mom’s place cuz she’d have a cow if i got the piercings i wan’t.!

i think gauges on guys are pretty cute as long as ther not bigger than a nickel haha! but ya and on girls they look alright as long as ther no bigger than a penny ! thats my opinion though!

i love piercings everything about them ! if you want 100 be my guest get 100 because there is no limit to piercings.

As many have said, it’s all about your personal preference and what you think looks good. I personally think your ears look rather cute! I have a few piercings – two in each lobe, one industrial in my right cartilage [and am contemplating re-piercing my left cartilage, just regularly, to balance it out and/or get an orbital], my nostril [I'd look silly with a septum ring], my tongue, and my navel. I personally think piercings are cute. And unless I’m sticking my tongue out at you while sitting on the beach in a bikini with my hair up, the only one people really get to see is the nose ring.

I have had a lot of fun getting piercings, and the cool thing about them is that eventually if I want to take them out, I can. And they will heal. Even if you gauge your ears [which I think has to be done on the right person], you can gradually go with smaller and smaller plugs until the holes go back to normal [or as close to it as you can get].

Piercings are a personal choice, just like tattoos, jewelry, even the clothes you wear. And I personally love making a statement, especially by matching my tongue ring to special-occasion outfits. ;]

I think your ears look great. I don’t think there is a certain amount of piercings that is “right”. It depends on your style and the size of your ears. I have smaller ears, so i just have two on each side and then one more in my left cartilage. 

At the moment, On my left ear i have 3 earrings on my lobe and one half ways on my ear (just at cartilage), on my right ear i have two earrings on my lobe and m tragus. I also have my nose pierced.

In total i have had, my nose pierced 3 times, my lobes pierced 3 times, cartilage pierced ones, half way on my ear once, tragus twice and I’m only 15! It seems like a lot when you write it all down

i have 26 piercings all together 25 of which are in my ears. i also have 4 tattoos, i think they are the most beautiful things in the world, i get 5 piercings a week and thats how i’ve been recognised by the piercings i have, im off for my hip surfaces today and my lower navel piercing. i think that if your brave enough to have it done, just do it

any questions about ear piercings u can ask me on my bebo

http://www.bebo.com/socialretard69er

much luv heva xx

I have 2 piercings, 1 in each ear

They’re stretched up to 14 (7/12″)

used to have an extra 2 in my left ear and 1 in my right, but i think they have healed.

I also used to have my nose and eyebrow pierced, but let them heal up.

One day i will get my eyebrow done again, and maybe my nose, but i want my tongue done and my nape (back of the neck).

It’s all to do with the person really, some people love it, some people don’t. But piercings and stretches (Gauges) are an ancient tradition. Heck, Tutankhamun and Buddha both have stretched ears, it was a sign of wealth

xx

i personally have 12 piercings. 4 lobes, 1 cartilage in each ear , a naval and a nape (back of the neck). i love piercings i plan on getting many more as well as tattoos. im only 17 now though   i would love to get a couple more in my ears , industrials, tongue, vertical double naval, and maybe a nose piercing. stretched ears can be gorgeous as long as its not too big. i would stretch my ears but my piercings are too close together. i only have 14 gauge in my first holes. 

i personally love piercings as well. I used to have fifteen in my ears but five closed up when i had to take them out during basketball season. I did most of them myself and did my belly piercing as well. I did the majority of my brothers piercings too. as long as you are extremely cautious and hygenic abnout your piercings i think they are all great.

i don’t think there is anything wrong with having piercings. as for having too many, that’s you’re on choice. if you want more, than you do. there’s nothing wrong with it.

my ears are gauged to a 1/2 inch and i have a labret piercing.i plan to get another piercing soon, probably an eyebrow.
when people gauge their ears, it’s not punching holes out of them. it’s a gradual stretch.
as for looking trashy, that’s up to you, if you’re a trashy person, you’re going to look trashy. there’s plenty of people who have them and aren’t.
and of course some people can’t pull off certain piercings.it doesn’t make them any less or trashier of a person.they’re doing something that makes them happy or makes them feel more individual. somehow it complements their personality.
i love my piercings, and yes, they’re not for everyone, but people have to learn to do things for themselves and not worry about all the judgment anyone else is going to pass.who the fuck cares about them?

I have my ears peirced three times on both ears but my first peircing on my ears are gauges size 14 not that big really but i dont want any bigger…they stink literally they get a really gross smell to them and im NOT joking!! my brother has gauges idk wat size but there alot bigger the mine i could stick my finger through it!! im getting my cartillage peirced on both of my ears this summer as well as my nose but not my septum im not getting my septum done… i plan on getting my belly peirced wen im 18…i would get my lip peirced but i no i just cant pull that one off.. wish i could but lip peircings just dont fit with my face..:(    i think tongue peircings are weird but i have nothing agianst ppl at all who have peircings i may think are weird or i would never get done….but yea peircings are bad ass o and i have a quetion wat does it feel like to get the bar in ur ear?i mean just from one art of ur cartilage to the other does it hurt alot or wat cuz it looks kool but i have a problem with pain…

i dont think piercings are that bad…as long as they arent overly done on the face. i have my cartilage pierced on my left ear and i have single piercings on the bottom of my lobes. i am going, today actually, to get two more done the bottom of my lobes so i have triple pierced on the bottom. i am only 14 so i am gonna wait, but i prob will get my bellt button pierced later on.

I just dont understand how most of the population can look down on others like there any better or they have any right to say that something is unnaceptable. Looking at the list of negative remarks i see a few ppl who are not so disgusted at the thought of seeing another human who doesnt look just like everyone else. Theres a reason ppl do these things some might not all be good reasons for instance just to try and be cool theres other things that play into it we do not all want to be just another face in the crowd. I also see that someone said its bad for the Work environment well thats pretty much true if ur a mainstream douche for those of us who know what the consequences are when it comes to that, there are jobs that ppl unlike many of you who posted here have for instance myself i am a professional peircer and do you think it matters that i have tattoos and piercings i might not have taken my piercings to extreme but it wouldnt matter theres also many other jobs were this wouldnt apply and yeah i make good money so its not to say that i dont have a good job. If your not into the whole piercing scene then why would you pay any attention to it i understand thats what this is all about to let ppl know what you think about “How much is to much” before you post things that make you look like an A hole think about what makes you so insecure that you would say something like its disgusting or gross because i can assure you in a few years ppl wont even think about that kind of thing anymore it will become more and more common every trend catches on and lots of ppl fall into them. As for How Many is To many ..well thats all up to the customer while i agree  that an overpowering ammount in one area just takes away from your facial features sometimes it a person can pull it off very well..as for Gauges if you have the looks to pull them off then whos to say you shouldnt. One last thing some one said you get infections alot ..and another said they smell like a corpse well ..that happens when u dont take proper aftercare of the peircings..so in turn if ur always getting infections you might want to try washing everday ..the same goes for the smell you need to wash the peircings very well everday that applys to normal peircings and gauges because even a normal piercing will smell like rotting flesh if you never wash them.

0 gauge, 2 gauge ..on both ears

6 gauge septum

8 gauge both nipples

12 gauge snake bits

I personaly think gauges are GROSS. I have my lobes pierced and my cartilage on my left ear. I love them!! I would get just a stud in my nose, and a second nose hole, but ears and nose but nothing else or body pierced. So yah thats it:)

PEACE

i have 2 holes in each ear at the moment and when i get older i am getting:
nose ring

belly buttoncartilageone more regular in each eari personally dont like gages, i mean, to each his own, but its just not for me.

i have 9 peircings. ( 3 peircigs on ear lobe of my ear.) i have my industreal peircings done and that counts as 2 and i have my nose peirced. i dont mind little Gaugers it just goes to the extreame when all you can see is huge hole in your ears/. Im 16 and getting many more i peirced 4 of my lobe peircings and got the rest done profecinally. i dont know what got me into peircings i just know that i love them to an extent and many people ask me whats wrong with me for haveing 9 i dont think 9 is alot. i love them and no one is going to change my opinoin about it. 

i dont under stand why all the older generations of the world dont think it acceptable to have many peircings. dont most of the older people say its your opionion that matters the most. if they say that so much why do they nag us so much to take all tthat metal out of out body and say its not healthy

@CaraZeba@xanga - Doesn’t really make them look any less gross.

Too many piercings can be unattractive in general, in my opinion. I mean, can I just see the guy’s face?

im sixteen and i have my tragus, cartilage, and four reg. lobe piercings. i think piercings are a good way to express yourself. next i want my rook and my lip pierced. and i think gauges instead of regular ear piercings on guys are cute.have a nice day.  

the only reason i don’t already have gauges and/or facial piercings is that i’d get kicked out of the house. i have the two lobes, a double helix piercing, and my left nipple pierced. i’m getting more done to my ears, and might get a belly button piercing as well. 

you can get an instant hole if you’re pierced with a dermal punch but i don’t know if i would.

i didnt read very many of these posts but
the first couple people really should have checked the facts. i could
go on forever but i dont care all i care to say is that no matter how
big you stretch your ear it will go back to normal if you take it out
and leave it. but everyone should be able to express themselves differently im not saying that your opinion is wrong for you but your personal opinion isnt whats right for someone else i myself have 36 piercings i have streched 4 places in my ears and my lip and taken them out and there now a size 18 gauge where they where a 0 and 00 

no! well, it depends on the person i suppose. but i love piercings on people! it’s so interesting and (i think) it adds to their character. i have my belly button pierced and i’m planning on getting a cartilage or an industrial and my nose or snakebites. piercings are fun. and, believe it or not, addictive

btw, my gauges were at a 2 (one size below a 0) when i took them out and they never went as small as they used to be. they’re about a 14 now, but they’re not back to an 18 yet.

my bestfriend has her ears peirced in like 5 places
it looks cool.

peircings shouldnt have to stop at ears
i have my eyebrow peirced and i love it
i want my nose.

i only have my ears pierced once on each side. my parents won’t let me get facial piercings or stretch my ears, and neither will my job so i just.. don’t. when i go to college i’m going to get a lip ring but that’s all i want really.

i know plenty of people with a bunch of piercings (my one friend has over 20, including stretched ears and tattoos) and personally i just think to each his own. also, you have to know if you can pull it off. like i personally know that i would look stupid with a bunch of piercings because i’m too ‘cute’ looking. too many people are getting tons of piercings nowadays because it’s ‘cool’ and a ‘statement’ and makes you look ‘hardcore’ but honestly if they don’t work for you you just look stupid and like a poser.
anyway, that’s my rant.

omg i totally agree wtih beautiful freak maybe you guys should actually learn the real names for piercings and tunnels i have 22mm streched ears and i love them…tats and piercings are a great way of expressing who you are, personally i think most of you girls are weak and probablly couldnt handle it anyway lol..

punks not dead !!

Okay, for one gauges are just stretching the skin of your ear, people so called ” point of no return” varies with the person’s body type. I have friends that after a 2 gauge it wouldn’t close but I also know a guy that had his at 1/2 inch and you can even tell his were ever gauged.
Personally I love body mod’s and plan on getting plenty of them; at the moment tho I have 3 in each lobe, one in my right cartilage, my nose and my bellybutton. My first holes in my ears are gauged to a 6 at the moment and I’m going up to 4′s hopefully next week, I plan on stopping at 0′s.
I think honestly people should keep their opinions of pierced and modified people to themselves, everyone does stuff like this to their body for a different reason and as long as the person who is modified is happy with it is all that matter.
Yes it can make getting jobs much harder but there are quite a few like me who work in professions friendly with this or plan on going into that kinda profession. I’m going to be a tattoo and piercing artist, so basically to each their own (:

i think gauges look good on the rite ppl. i have both of my ears gauged to a 0 ( 8mm) nd i think they look wickd good nd i want to go bigger. i think guys with gauges are cute too nd i like facial piercings on guys such as the septum and snake bites. too many peircings in one area doesnt look good at all though. other than that im a big fan of piercings ant tattoos nd i am getting my first tattoo in three months nd would like to get my snake bites done nd many other piercings.

i think the amount of piercings you get on your ears is all what you want. what other people think shouldnt matter. im 14 and i have 5 holes on each ear and 1 cartlidge on my left ear. i think piercings are a good way of expressing your style. its all in what you want.

nope you dont have to many. piercings are a way to show off your personality.. and btw when guys have gauges its not that they took a chunk out of there ear its that the piercing started out small and they stretched it.. i have 6 in  my left ear and 7 in my right.. if you know how to make it look good and are able to pull it off i think piercings are amazing.. i also have my belly button and hips done

God, I love piercings. Ears are so average that I don’t really care that much, helix and lobes are too normal for me to even notice. Industrials are noticeable and so are some of the stranger ear piercings like conch/daith/snug/ect. I find metal through body parts sexy, I love lip piercings, tongue piercings, nipple piercings, genital piercings. Eyebrows are pretty sexy too, and septum.
I personally have two lobes, a conch, and a helix piercing in my right ear, three lobes, and a helix in my left ear, my tongue and navel pierced.
I think piercings can be absolutely gorgeous, but it’s possible for them to look terrible too, it all depends on who’s wearing them.
Play piercings (temporary piercings) are also amazingly wonderful. I just love the way metal looks through skin.
Take a look at my deviantART account to see how beautiful it can be!
leslie-elizabeth.deviantart.com

i started stretching my ears not long ago and i love it, the amount of different jewlery you can wear is amazing and if you dont go to big can look nice, i dont want people to see straight through , i agree thats not nice, so at a 4mm and i took them out over night after theyd healed and they shrank back to a smaller size so i know my body will go smaller if i left them out but hey everyone has there own thing and also i stand out among my mates and the people at school b/c im the only one x

left ear- 4mm gauge and a second
right ear-18mm lobe
wish list- tragus, catilage, scafolding, belly button, some form of genital jewlery x