[Yavanie]

once thought about it but didn't know where to get a tattoo and of what. Have thought about doing some kind of temporary tatoo and really freak hubby out (he's out of the country and won't be bacck for two more weeks). Also have his Company Christmas party the first weekend in December, always a big affair, cocktail dresses and best suits. Considering a nice little temp tattoo just to freak out his coworkers. Maybe a butterfly but where? back of shoulder, collar bone? don't know where or where to geat a really nice one. Suggestions welcome, especially from the guys, what do you think is sexy that you could see on a woman at a party (suggestions for w hat would be sexy to see on a woman in any situation also appreciated, just for future reference, hubby will be home before Thanksgiving Holiday, they promised!)

Thanks

[Moralanqua]

To answer Inglor -


Male piercings: Personally, a man with metal in his meatstick is really squicky. The practical issues (Tearing skin/tearing condom/infection/losing loose bar sections etc) are enough to make you wonder why so many bother! The sensation is annoying and can chafe too.

I have known 2 men with pierced nipples and both were still whining about the ongoing pain after several years. Plus, you need to be careful around them and I dont like being gentle.

Facial piercings are ugly and always scar. The tongue bar clacks off yer teeth and causes a whole lotta dental problems and almost always a lisp. I HATE them. Did you realise the saliva solidifies around a bar in your tongue? Gross!

Female genital piercings: Very different to male areas. I used get a big thrill just from sitting still on the bus going home! As long as the gal takes care of her extra holes and keeps them immaculately clean and healed right, it looks nice and feels even better. Plus, less work for a man...

[Rous]

I have three in each ear and one in my upper left ear. I did it at Easter and it is still giving me fits. The daughter warned me. I think as long as you stay out of the cartilage it will heal faster. Just an observation. I have no desire to pierce anything else. My youngest daughter has her tongue pierced. I thought I would let her know that I finally accepted it and bought her a new tongue bar. Who knew they came in different sizes???? I was informed that it would fall through. But she appreciated the gesture.

I do want to get a tattoo. The Dude said he did not care, but wanted me to get something only he would see. I said, so what is the point? We decided the lower hip would be fine. It would show when I was wearing my bathing suit, but not any other time. Now, for a design. I want something LOTR, but since he is anti-anything like that, I will have to come up with something not too obvious. I thought about my name in Tengwar. Or my elvish name. Then it is just getting up the nerve. I am allergic to needles. (Stupid phobia for a diabetic.) Oh, well, some day.

[inglor]

[Hathor]

[Rous]

[inglor]

RE: tongue piercings. I've heard 2 bad things about them: The gums directly in front of it deteriorate from being hit and during the actual peircing, there is a danger of hitting a nerve rendering the tongue numb permanantly. Any substance to these?

Inglor

[DarkElfChilde]

One of my friends has a tongue ring, but I don't remember if he said that his tongue was numb or not...haven't seen him for two years now since we graduated high school.

[SpaceWeavil]

One of the drivers I worked with for a while had a thing through his tongue about the size of a marble, one of those bar things with a ball bearing at each end This thing was about half an inch in diameter, and yet he claimed it didn't bother him any, and didn't make his tongue numb. (He also made some other claims about it, but I didn't take him up on his offer to find out if the claims were true... )

I am thinking again about my tattoo thing. It's just the thought that, whatever I choose, I have to live with, and I am wary because I am very much into 'fads'. I did think about getting a white rabbit, but then if my Hugo Weaving / Matrix obsession fades, I am then stuck with something daft. I think I'd get that on the small of my back if I was going to get it at all.

[SilverMoonLady]

You definitely have to consider the permanence of tattoos, which is why your lover's name or the cool thing of the moment is probably not a good idea; also glaringly obvious places are not advisable. The one I chose (after 2 long years of consideration) is something which has been and always will be significant to me, and is located where it wouldn't impede my work unless I become a swimsuit model (impossible outside the borders of the Shire ).
I do think getting a henna or temp tat to try out and 'live with' before you do the permanent one is rather a good idea. Shame you don't live out my way, hubby (body/face painter) is quite good with fantasy script & art.

Sil

[queenoftheshire]

Have you seen those people who have slit the front of their tongues so that it's forked??

Gah...Never...ever....

Haha. Being that Catholic School Girl when I was younger just set in on me. We were only allowed to wear one set of earrings on your lower lobe.
And that was it.

The whole peircing thing just makes me sick...
I've been shown by 3 of my friends how their belly button piercings have been ripped and I don't think I'll ever get one.



It looks great on alot of people...but the farthest I'll go is a few more piercings on my ear.

BUT

Tattoos...I want one pretty badly.
But I need to find the right design. It'll probably be on one of my shoulderblades or somewhere in that area.

Dom's (Yes...I know...) Beatles quote tattoo is awesome.
Haha, and we finally get to see the LOTR one on Lost because of his sleeveless shirt!!!

-thud-

[SpaceWeavil]

[Thuriniel]

My dad didn't allow me to get earrings until I was fourteen. My mother didn't give me permission until I was eighteen (they're divorced by the way). I told my mother that for every year that passed (I asked for them at 15), I would get one extra hole besides the customary two.

Needless to say, I have five ear piercings. Got the first two the day I turned eighteen.

I would consider getting a belly button piercing, I think they're very cool ... but since I'm sort of in the middle of having kids ... I decided otherwise. I wonder what happens to a belly button piercing when you're nine months pregnant.

Besides, my cousin ripped my sister's ring off her belly button ... OUCH! She has quite a scar now. And has no desire to get another one.

As for tongue piercings ... I had this student who kept lisping and slurring in the oral Spanish activities ... it was driving me mad. I didn't know what to do to help him pronounce well. Then he took the oral midterm. And I saw it ... a huge silver ball in his mouth. Mystery finally solved. Made me feel much better as an instructor !

[Hathor]

Ha, ex-Catholic schoolgirl who rebelled over here. *grins*

Yeah, as I said, the horror stories are right. You can lose all feeling in your tongue, but that's why most responsible piercers will check your tongue first. If you have a large enough tongue membrame which doesn't go too far near the tongue web or the front of the tongue, you're pretty much okay. The real problem can be arteries, which is why you should have your tongue checked with a torch beforehand. Does make you bleed eitherway, though. It's the only piercing I've ever bled with, although admittingly I was horribly hungover and the alcohol in my bloodstream probably had thinned it out.

Gum thing? Never heard of it as a problem. Teeth can be a problem, though - I have stopped clacking it too much and playing with it as it is just going to buggar up my teeth.

[Aerin]

I have two holes in each ear, and used to have the rim of the right one done, but, it got infected, and probably because I had no idea how to clean it. But now, I may re do it. and get a few more along the rim as well. I toyed with the nose ring concept, and really want one, but it is taboo in the dental field to have facial piercings...at least here! tripple ditto on the tounge stud thing.

There isn't much that won't make gums receed, so I would n't be surprised if it did, some where or another. Those Madonna ones do for sure!

A gal came in with a barbell right between her eyes, on her nose. I nearly passes out from the thought of the pain.

And, I wore a fake nose loop for Halloween, and every one said it looked silly. So, probably won't . I am just to preppy to be that punky.

Tatoos, are cool. Hubby has a frog playing basket ball on his shoulder. I keep thinking about getting something on mine, but I have no clue what....