Tattoos & Piercings - Lifestyle or health hazard ? (no Spam please)

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Wed May 15, 2002 9:37 am

Originally posted by CM
Infected tongue?

Someone on this board can tell you about this. His wife decided to have this done and...it went wrong.

I will give no names...but he is known for "Spam and runs"

As for me...besides knife fights..(which shouldn't count) accidents at work..(I drilled my own leg once..don't ask) and just plain can't be helped (Welding will cause holes everywhere in your body) I have never and will never allow someone to put holes in me.

Tattoos....Only the one's out of Chacker Jacks boxes. My wife on the other hand..has two..one on her ankle..the other better left unsaid. Why not I? Call me !cheap!. If I want one I will get my kids magic mark set out and save the money.

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Wed May 15, 2002 9:45 am

If tattoos were as permenant as say, a perm, I'd have a million. But there's just something about having an image carved into your skin for all time that disturbs me. Even when people get them "removed" you can always tell that something was there. It's not just that they look bad (not all do, but they require constant maintenance), but I can't say that in 20 years that I will like and follow the same things I do today.

At least with earrings and most piercings, you can take them out and only the most observant people will know. It's hard to hide a tattoo on your shoulder or leg.

Vivien · Post by **Vivien** » Wed May 15, 2002 9:48 am

Weasel: Rofl!!

I've done the magic marker kind myself.

My girlfriends came over last weekend or so and they brought those pastel butterfly fake tattoos and that was way too fun. I think that's the closest I'll be to the real thing.

But, no tattoos for me, or odd piercings...mainly I don't like pain.

Also, I think if I got a tongue ring I'd get the darn thing caught on all sorts of things and accidently rip it out (ouch!)...ditto for naval piercings....ditto for eyebrow stuff...Just not good for clumsy people.

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Wed May 15, 2002 9:54 am

How do you sneeze or blow your nose with a nose ring?

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Wed May 15, 2002 10:03 am

by gwally
How do you sneeze or blow your nose with a nose ring?

as opposed to the finesse one sneezes with without a nose ring?

Blowing your nose - that actually kind of sux.

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Wed May 15, 2002 10:10 am

The 24 hour Tattoo

Originally posted by HighLordDave
If tattoos were as permenant as say, a perm, I'd have a million. But there's just something about having an image carved into your skin for all time that disturbs me.

Yes the main sticking point.."for all time"

I LMAO at the one's who put there wife/husband on there arm...if you look close..most have "bands" hiding the previous one.

Originally posted by Vivien
But, no tattoos for me, or odd piercings...mainly I don't like pain. Also, I think if I got a tongue ring I'd get the darn thing caught on all sorts of things and accidently rip it out (ouch!)...ditto for naval piercings....ditto for eyebrow stuff...Just not good for clumsy people.

Imagine (Worst case) having to call 911 to get help.

"Hello this is 911"
"Yes ...my ****** ring got stuck while taking a bath...help me."
"Don't panic, we have help on the way."

I can already see Dan Rather reporting this....

"Today in Evergreen, Alabama a young women got .....

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Wed May 15, 2002 10:29 am

@Weasel...ROFL

Personally I don't really see the appeal of body piercings, but I think that tatoos can be quite attractive, depending both on the image and the person wearing them.

I have occasionally considered getting a tatoo on my foot....okay...so I'm weird....

But cost, the pain factor (the bonier the area...the greater the pain, so I've heard), and the fact that I have extremely sensitive skin have all combined to act as a deterrant.

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Wed May 15, 2002 10:48 am

Originally posted by Ned Flanders
as opposed to the finesse one sneezes with without a nose ring?

Blowing your nose - that actually kind of sux.

I don't know about you, but I have very spectacular sneezes. Real head-turners. Elegant, even. Poems have been written about my sneezes, and the bards will sing of them for centuries to come......

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Wed May 15, 2002 10:53 am

by Gwally
I don't know about you, but I have very spectacular sneezes. Real head-turners. Elegant, even. Poems have been written about my sneezes, and the bards will sing of them for centuries to come......

I know what you mean. If the average human projects air and germs out of their nose at 70 mph when sneezing, I'm pretty sure I'm double the velocity. Sneezing, still, was never a problem with a nose ring. I didn't even notice but as soon as I got a cold and had to start blowing my nose, I lost the nose ring and never did it again. Alcohol was very much involved (both sterilization and consumption) in my go with nose piercing.

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Wed May 15, 2002 11:06 am

Originally posted by dragon wench
the pain factor

I really don't know if it's that painful. My wife (who has a medical emergency at the slightest event..e.i..A splinter in her hand) didn't cry out or have a break down during her tattoo. (To my surprize)

I will now tell the real reason I will not be tattooed. The needle.
I cannot stand a needle. I hate a needle. I will do all I can when I goto see a doctor to not have to be shot with a needle. I will take 2000 pills instead of one shot from a needle. Come at me with a needle and someone will get hurt.

Is it the pain of the needle?? No it's the thought of the needle breaking off in me. If this was to happen..kiss the place goodbye. I will go nuclear.

Come at me with a gun..I will not give up my money.
Come at me with a needle..I will give you my money and my car.

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed May 15, 2002 11:49 am

I have never considered getting a tattoo because the idea of permanent body scarring doesn't turn me on. Nor does the prospect of having something on my body that will look like a c0ckroach in 25 years (unless you touch them up, they all end up looking like insects). I know some people who have tattoos (my brother and sister to name two), but when I talk to people in their 40s and 50s, most of them regret getting the tattoo on their shoulder that they picked up while in college or in the service.

I would add that all tattoos I've seen have either been garish or dull, and unlike jewelry, you can't remove 'em when you want to.

I've never been tempted to do this, and think the sudden interest is peer-fueled.

As for piercings: well, I've seriously considered an earring, but my wife is dead-set against this. I guess it isn't considered de regueur among the 50s crowd.

A pity. I don't see what's wrong with men wearing tasteful facial jewelry, but that's my opinion.

As for other body piercings: discreet navel rings can be a turn-on, as an bellydancer knows. Breast and labial rings, on the other hand, are (IMO) ridiculous, and a potential health hazard. As for multiple piercings: let taste be thy guide. And where taste doesn't suffice, the fashion police must provide.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Wed May 15, 2002 2:00 pm

Originally posted by fable
As for piercings: well, I've seriously considered an earring, but my wife is dead-set against this. I guess it isn't considered de regueur among the 50s crowd. A pity. I don't see what's wrong with men wearing tasteful facial jewelry, but that's my opinion.

I thought ear rings in men, + or - 50, was totally accepted by now, at least rings even if pearls or gems in men's ears are still viewed as unconventional.

As for other body piercings: discreet navel rings can be a turn-on, as an bellydancer knows. Breast and labial rings, on the other hand, are (IMO) ridiculous, and a potential health hazard. As for multiple piercings: let taste be thy guide. And where taste doesn't suffice, the fashion police must provide.

For bellydancers, there is also the option to use adhesive navel jewels - it works fine for all kinds of jewelry except maybe rings, I'm not sure if you can glue on a ring.

Nipple piercing in women can damage the ability to nurse an infant later on. Nerve damage is, as I mentioned above, not uncommon when you pierce areas with a high density of nerves, like nipples and genitalia. Outer labia piercing should be a less risk for infection than inner labia or various kinds of ****orial hood piercing or the "Prince Albert" for men, where a ring is partly led through the urinary tract.

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Wed May 15, 2002 2:02 pm

by CE
where a ring is partly led through the urinary tract.

Once again, the Prince Albert explanation doubles me over. Man, I hate thinking about that.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Wed May 15, 2002 2:25 pm

Originally posted by Ned Flanders
Once again, the Prince Albert explanation doubles me over. Man, I hate thinking about that.

The Prince Albert actually get me to cringe, and I don't even have the body part in question!

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed May 15, 2002 2:25 pm

Originally posted by Ned Flanders
Once again, the Prince Albert explanation doubles me over. Man, I hate thinking about that.

Doubles you over? I'd have thought it would make you cross your legs.

Maybe I'll try to breach the idea of an earring, again with my wife. In nearly all ways she's hardly conservative, but I suspect this is the St. Louis, Missouri kid coming out.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Wed May 15, 2002 2:36 pm

Originally posted by Ned Flanders
Once again, the Prince Albert explanation doubles me over. Man, I hate thinking about that.

A friend of mine once had a ten hour operation, it was supposed to be a routine vesectomy, it extended a little

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Wed May 15, 2002 2:48 pm

by fable
Doubles you over? I'd have thought it would make you cross your legs.

That too.

by sleep
A friend of mine once had a ten hour operation, it was supposed to be a routine vesectomy, it extended a little

Uh...sorry? Glad it wasn't me. What the hell took ten hours.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Wed May 15, 2002 2:51 pm

Originally posted by Ned Flanders
Uh...sorry? Glad it wasn't me. What the hell took ten hours.

I am also glad it wasn't me, i haven't talked to him about it for 3 years and in fact i haven't talked to him for ages now he left the area and i lost contact... so my memory of exactly what happened is sketchy, apparently they messed up somewhere along the way...sorry i haven't more info

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Wed May 15, 2002 3:18 pm

Those are some pretty delicate areas to be messing something up along the way. Don't be sorry you don't have more info, I don't want to know.

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Wed May 15, 2002 6:07 pm

I don;t have a tatoo or piercing,
but I want one through my eyebrow, as soon as I have the money.

I don;t think it's dangerous to the health, as long as it's done by a professional, and you keep the piercing clean for a couple of days.

I do know that a piercing through the lip or tounge is very bad for you're teeth.