By Anonymous · Sept. 25, 1997 · 0 comments
n the recent months I have undergone changes. My first piercing experience was at Perforations in Washington D.C. I had been thinking about getting my nipple pierced and one day I just said what the hell and went to Perforations by way of the Metro Rail. I arrived at Perforations and met with Jason. He talked to me in a very professional manner and proceeded to explain the Nipple Piercing. Once I picked out the Jewelry (A 5/8 12 Black Nobium Ring) I began filling out the paper work. Then all went really bad. They asked me for my Drivers ...
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By Anonymous · Sept. 25, 1997 · 0 comments
fter frequenting rec.arts.bodyart for a while, I still had many questions about piecings, so looking for someone knowledgeable, I e-mailed Ardvark, the r.a.b. FAQ maintainer, and soon began e-mailing each other back and forth over the course of almost a year, and I credit her for a great majority of my piercing knowledge, however she still lived in VA at the time, and I was in WA, but I wanted someday to be pierced by her. When she gave me word she would be moving to the San Francisco area, I was thrilled! During my senior year in high school, ...
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By Anonymous · Sept. 25, 1997 · 0 comments
For a couple of months or so I had been planning to create a zigzag pattern around my left bicep (I am right handed and since I was planning on doing the brand myself it was logical to choose the left arm) and I had pre-made the brand out of some unknown metal that I worked into a double V shape (VV) . I knew of a few people who had branded themselves with a coat hanger, but these brands appeared very spread out and they had not retained the desired form, so I assumed all that was necessary was ...
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By Anonymous · Sept. 25, 1997 · 0 comments
"Hi! I have an appointment to have my nipple pierced?" I said brightly to the man standing behind the counter. He smiled welcomingly and asked if it would be my first. When I told him yes, he went into his speel of the health and feeding of a piercing, closing with proper cleaning. "We recommend you should use a cleaning agent. Do you have any Hiberclens?" He asked. "And are you allergic?" My research had not covered this and I stood there looking a little perplexed. I was armed with a lot of book knowledge and little else. Actually, nothing ...
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By Anonymous · Sept. 16, 1997 · 0 comments
>My experiments with self-piercing I have done extensive experimenting with self-piercing. I became interested in body piercing when I was 17. I believe it happened when I saw someone with a nose or navel ring, I don't exactly remember. I immediately wanted to try it, and knowing very little managed to pierce my belly button with a needle. Withing the course of two days, it got infected, because I did not properly clean or sterilize it. The infection was not serious, but it did scare me away for awhile. I was drawn back to it like an addiction, mostly for ...
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By Anonymous · Sept. 16, 1997 · 0 comments
>My Septum and Ear Piercing Experience From a very young age I have always been interested in body art, I always loved looking at people who had piercings or tattoos and wish so much that I could do that. Originally I had hoped and intended to get by tongue pierced, but do to several complications, namely my tongue web being too far forward, and my mother's stubbornness (I'm 17). So I opted to get my ears and septum pierced, I had always liked the look of a pierced septum and think that stretched ears are totally fuckin' awesome, I had ...
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By Anonymous · Sept. 16, 1997 · 0 comments
>My nipple experience, problems... A long long time ago, I had decided I wanted to have my nipples pierced, but it took me a few years until I was 1: of legal age to have it done, and 2: got enough courage up to actually go do it. I finally decided just to go ahead and do it, as I was itching for a new piercing, and it just seemed it was about time to get over the fear I had of it. I've been pierced before, but somehow this just seemed like some unconquerable fear. Fortunately, I've found an ...
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By Anonymous · Sept. 08, 1997 · 0 comments
first became interested in piercing some 13 years ago, when I saw a nipple piercing on a guy on the beach in Brighton. It seemed to be just what I wanted, as I had very flat nipples which were not very sensitive. I didn't do anything about it until late summer the next year I saw another guy with both nipples pierced, again on the beach at Brighton, and so I was determined to do it myself. A couple of weeks later when I was on holiday in the Lake district, I suddenly remembered I had seen an advert for ...
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By Anonymous · Sept. 08, 1997 · 0 comments
too Experience For the last 4 years I had been looking at people's Celtic and tribal tattoo's with envy. I desperately wanted one but have a big fear of needle's. I have to be restrained at the dentist and my doctor knows not to come near me with a syringe. I have had the outline and basic shape of a full tribal band in my head for the past 2 years. I have previously drawn it on my arm and decided that I would one day have it permanently inked there. Well the time came last Saturday. After getting my ...
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By Anonymous · Sept. 08, 1997 · 0 comments
bin 23 Jahre alt und wohne in Deutschland. Den ersten Kontakt zu Koerperkunst hatte ich im Alter von ungefaehr 15 Jahren. Meine Freunde und ich bewunderten oft die taetowierten Menschen auf der Strasse oder im Freibad. Schon damals war klar, dass ich mich irgendwann auch taetowieren lasssen wuerde. Allerdings hat es noch viele Jahre gedauert, bis ich meine erste (und bisher auch einzige) Taetowierung erhielt. Ich erhielt meine Taetowierung, einen Black-Work-Pegasus auf der linken Schulter, vor ca. 2 Jahren. Das Motiv war schon seit mehreren Jahren klar, auch die Stelle, wo es verewigt werden sollte, es fehlte lediglich der Mut. ...
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