erm...
lets see mine
RIGHT EAR
5 on the lobes
1 tragus
1 cartilage(conch)
p/s- all done by piercing gun( do not attempt to do it that way)

LEFT EAR
3 on the lobes
2 cartilages(helix)
p/s- again all done my piercing gun

FACIAL
1 nostril
1 labret( i took it out last year)
p/s- nose i did it with gun and it hurt like shit...labret is DIY

BODY
1 navel piercing
p/s- professionally done by professional piercee

can someone explain what cartilage is?

Soft bone of the ear...?

and that's why it could hurt like hell.....cos' it's bones you're crushin'....instead of just flesh like in lobes

my first cartilage hurt like crazy and blood was just oozing out....the pain din stop until' 3 weeks later after i removed the jewellery .......yea, one of the jewellery shop people (non professional) took my jewellery out too roughly......i learnt my lesson now as to watch out for signs of 'unprofessionalism' b4 handing my ear to these personnels

oh yea, and cartilage has a lot of parts to it, different piercings on the cartilage are called differently depending on where you pierce it

for mine, it's called helix piercing

like one of the dude b4 this, had piercings on tragus and conch - 2 different areas of cartilage

my advice is, if you have the bucks, go pierce even your lobes with needle instead of gun.....the list of disadvantages are way too long which i don't wanna spend too much time detailing here......

yuck, the way u explain it, makes me feel disgusting.

i believe everyone should becareful with piercing and tattoo-ing too. i'm too afraid so i went to pierce at Poh Kong... I just don't trust some of those piercing booth at mall. And I heard they don't give you any medicine to drop on the ears in case of infection?

oh i do it at those jewelery shops. not those ones from the stalls the stalls one look creepy hahahahah *rofl

This post has been edited by maslight: Oct 3 2006, 06:47 AM

normally in events of infection, your best bet is to get antibacterial stuffs to apply though try not to apply pressure onto the area.....cos' that's one hell of a mistake i did b4, and I reap the pain.....heh

and also normally if ever infection comes.....there could be chances the jewellery gets rejected completely , i.e. you have to take it out...and abandon the piercing

the first piercing session went smoothly and i want to go for another one. hopefully, this time it will be safe too. popi popi.

any of yall got picture of your piercings to share with us?

heh..


alrite alright... i know, i'll share first...............

here's the latest development of mine.....



most bottom lobe has been enlarged to 14G
while the other 2 and helix are still at the normal standard gauge...14/15 + G

soli to trouble u again, ninelives but what is G?

it's the measurement for how thick the needle is that goes through your flesh

the smaller the number, the thicker it goes

normally the max ppl stretch to is 0G or 00G - but you rarely see this in Msia.....though i've seen like onli 3 people so far havin' these gauge around klang valley

Haha.. I don't even know what's the G means and I don't even know how big is mine.

I have 3 on my left ear.[mine looks exactly like the photo that ninelives1980 had posted]
Did it in Dragonfly 1 Utama.
Plan to get more done by end of the year,so which place should i pierce?
Btw,I'm a guy..lol

prolly brow? heh

just curious, if u have big holes, when u dun wear those big sticks anymore, will it return to normal size?

It wont...except you sew it to close the hole...by a doctor.

correct,ninelives1980?

LoL. I wish to have more and more..sigh

oh pic eh? alright, i'll crop off first later will upload hahah.so u did enlargement eh? i heard its pretty scary ?

depends on how long you've worn it...if it's fresh and not fully healed, expect it to close a lot or fully

basically ,large gauge piercings, i.e. stretched ones won't return to the so-called 'normal size', i.e. around 14 - 16G, though they would shrink in size......

a person with a 0G piercing, probably will have his/hers shrink to 8/10G.......
but to 14 or 16G, mmm....tough luck i guess

yeap, unless you get it sewn back by a doctor.....piercers do that also i think
but, i guess it'll be real pain



enlargement.....it's sort of gettin' a new piercing again.....a burnin' sensation realli when the thicker needle enters the existing lobe - warning.....get your lobe healed completely b4 doin' this.....cos' i did mine too fast....and got infection as a result

another reason for gettin' your piercings healed completely b4 doin' enlargement is cos' the piercer will slowly push the needle through your lobe....so it's slow pain....heh

ah....for the proper enlargement procedures better go to piercing studios....cos' the booths i went....the way they do it, ain't exactly how i've read it to be
....
though i must say, the device for enlargement costs a bomb......
not forgettin' too, the jewellery that you use in the process of enlargement.....
say, if u're goin' from 18/20G (which most of the girls have) to 0G.....u would have to fork out your money for 16G, 14G, 12G, 10G, ....and all the way down to your desired gauge....
but remember, like mentioned, there's no turnin' back.....u've been warned

i've pierced my dickhead and my scortrum.
my chick digs it.

haha......the kinda erotic piercings........

just make sure you got professional piercings.......
not some amateur piercers

by the way, if u so wish to share.....u could post your pics of the pierced part online to some sites....tonnes of crazy piercing pics i've seen......though i do not want to get into detail in regards to them.....cos' i do dig piercings, but not up to the extent of possible health risks and stuffs