Body piercings have been steadily growing in acceptance. Ear piercing is considered pretty mainstream, and nose piercing is commonplace as well. Lip and tongue piercing is also not as shocking as it used to be either, as are nipple, navel and genital piercings.
According to wikipedia, some piercings are more popular than others:
- A 2005 survey of 10,503 people in England over the age of 16 found that approximately 10% (1,049) had body piercings in sites other than the earlobe, with a heavy representation of women aged 16–24 (46.2% piercing in that demographic).
- Among the most common body sites, the navel was top at 33%, with the nose and ear (other than lobe) following at 19% and 13%. The tongue and nipple tied at 9%. The eyebrow, lip and genitals were 8%, 4% and 2%, respectively.
- Preference among women followed closely on that ranking, though eyebrow piercings were more common than nipple piercings.
- Among male responders, the order was significantly different, descending in popularity from nipple, eyebrow, ear, tongue, nose, lip and genitals.
How many piercings have you had? Where have your piercings been, and how have you liked them?
daisy / 603 posts
1. two in each ear lobe. = 4.
2. one in my cartilage on the right side.=5
3. my industrial on the left side =6
4. my tongue.=7
5. my belly button.=8
I have eight piercings and I love them all.
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Two in each ear, my septum and four hip dermals.
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I’ve had ten, but I have nine now. I have three in each earlobe, two in my right cartilage and my belly button. I used to have my left cartilage pierced too.
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ears, tongue, lip, clit hood, cartilage. loved them all!
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Just one in each earlobe. I am not really interested in punching more holes in my body. To each their own, as long as the owner of said piercings likes it.
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I used to have three on each earlobe and my right cartilage, but now I’m down to two on each lobe.
I’ve toyed with the idea of getting a nose piercing, but if I want to be teaching then I probably shouldn’t lol.
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Right now I only have 7: 3 in each earlobe and 1 cartilage. I’ve had my eyebrow pierced twice (once had to take it out for work, another time it just stretched out the skin too much and looked weird). I’ve also had snakebites and then a single lip piercing later, all of which I enjoyed while they lasted but took out due to high maintenance. I had my navel pierced but took it out because I got too fat
I plan on getting my navel re-pierced, and if I don’t make the ensemble I’m trying out for on clarinet tonight, I have decided I want my tongue pierced since I won’t have to play for awhile
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i used to have a total of five piercings on my earlobe, but decided to take one out.
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I love my piercings. I once forgot to tell a guy my nipple were pierced though before we hooked up, the look on his face was priceless when he got my top off haha.
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two in my ear lobe, and my left nostril : )
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i have my earlobes, my tongue and tragus pierced
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I’ve pierced my ear 10 times + the 2 on the lobe + a navel. Soon, I’ll have the bottom half of my navel done and possibly my cartilage in my ear at the top [nearest my head]. I only have 6 of those 10 ears though. Both lobes, a second one in each ear, a third in my right ear, and the middle outter on my right ear.
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I’m not planning on any facial piercings, but I’ve also been contemplating my tongue….maybe
sunflower / 413 posts
I have 7. 3 in each ear and my belly button. Plus 1 tattoo.
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I have one in each ear lobe & I’m getting my nipple done in about a week’s time.
I’m not really planning on getting any more done than that, to be honest.
xo’
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None
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I’ve had-
Navel- top and bottom
Nipples
Clit Hood
Tongue
Double TOngue
Monroe
Snake Bites
Vertical Labret
Eyebrow
Horizontal Eyebrow
Chest Surface Piercings
Chest Dermal Anchor
Gauged Ear Lobes
Rook
Industrial
Tragus
Septum
Nostril
Now I just have my gauged lobes, and my dermal anchor.
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I have 6 in my ears
2 in my lip (right next to each other)
Tongue
Nose
Belly Button
But I have had my eyebrow (it rejected intself though) and my left ear cartigage pierced, but I took it out because It was bothering me. I want an eyebrow again, and a monroe though.
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I have my ears pierced. I’ve wanted more, but my pain tolerance is extremely low.
sunflower / 321 posts
both ears stretched to 9/16, a conch hoop in the left, both nostrils.
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I have my ears pierced, and my navel pierced ^^ I absolutely love my navel peircing, I see pictures of my belly button before and it just doesnt seem like it’s
me <3
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I have 2 in each earlobe (but I generally only wear one in each), a cartilage piercing and a nose piercing.
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5/6. Nostril, belly button, septum, eyebrow, and gauged ears. Took out the septum and eyebrow though.
magnolia / 1357 posts
I only have one nipple pierced… well, besides the standard ear piercings.
I would love to get my nose pierced, but I feel like I would take it out because I am constantly sick and having to blow my nose.
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my lobes are stretched to 00, then a second hole above each. tongue and septum done, used to have snakebites, which I probably will do again.
rose / 786 posts
I have two in each ear lobe and my belly button. I kind of wanted to get my nose done, but I opted for my belly button since it’s a lot easier to hide. And I can’t have visible piercings other than my ears for work. I’m also thinking about getting third piercings in my ear lobes, or maybe a cartilage piercing.
cherry blossom / 29 posts
i have 4 lobe piercings in each ear, and 2 cartilage piercings on the left side… total of 10
ranunculus / 3285 posts
I have one in each ear.
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I’ve had seven altogether, but currently only have my ears and nose done.
tulip / 18 posts
I had my nose and about 20 holes in my ears. Now I just have 4 in my ears total. I’m a tattoo type of person.
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1 on one ear, 2 on the other.
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Does it limit your job opportunities if you have multiple facial piercings?
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I’ve had my nose and eyebrow done before but had to take both of them out. What I have now:
6 holes in my ears.2 in my bellybuttonand 1 in my lip
sunflower / 480 posts
I’ve had 5 all found on my ears, but 1 kept being rejected by my ear so I just let it close up and heal.
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I have my lip, navel, and cartilage pierced, along with the safer lobe piercings (three in each ear).
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Oh and the webbing under my top lip.
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@Pollypinks@xanga - Yes.
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I’ve had
Lower lip/labret – 5Eyebrows – 2Nipples – 2VHC – 1Belly button – 2Septum – 1x6mmStretched lobesNostril – 1Tounge – 2Webbing under tounge – 1Various ear piercingsSurface piercings – napex2, sternum
I also had two microdermals… one under each collarbone. I had to get them taken out about a month ago because my son kept catching them. So sad
Now, I have none. I can’t even wear earrings because the holes in my ears are too big. Guess it was just a phase lol. Plus, I had to get a job.
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I’m wondering in this shitty economic time if it’s really worth it…I know my daughter has multiple tattoos, and I’m not making any moral judgment here, but the kinds of jobs she’s been able to get have been minimum. And she’s been to graduate school…The piercing I had done in both ear lobes when I was 17, and I’m 58, gave me nothing but allergic trouble. Huge wells of white callous type material building up in them over time causing swelling and pain, even though I took great care of them, as I’m a nurse. No matter what I did, even taking years off, the same results happened, and now I wish I’d never done it.
sunflower / 255 posts
I have 2 in my left lobe and 3 in my right lobe plus my tragus done, so 6 total; that I love!
and I did have my navel done but I didn’t like it and it rejected anyway.
sunflower / 255 posts
@Pollypinks@xanga - that really depends on the type of job surely? If I had gone into my job interview with face piercings I definitely would not have gotten the job I’m sure.
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Three in ears, nose, belly button. Used to have my eyebrow but it never healed properly so I took it out. I would totally pierce more if my body didn’t react so harshly to them & if it were accepted in my profession.
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I have 2 holes in each lobe, an industrial in one ear, a cartilage in my other ear, my nose, my tongue, and my hood (vertical).
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7
Down to 5 now.
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none, but I want my eyebrow done.
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I have your typical piercing and then another above it.
I want to get my nose done. Or possibly get a beauty mark piercing.
tulip / 7 posts
In middle school, I’ve had four piercings on my ears each, at max. In high school, I’ve gotten my rook, lip, tongue. In college, I got my nose pierced. Ironically, I hated nose piercings and that is the piercing that I miss the most. Currently, I only have a rook piercing. It’s subtle and that’s the only reason I kept it. Piercings were all a phase to me. I hid all my piercings from my parents, except for the ones on my ears!