A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Say No To Piercing Guns

Alright, if you want it to hurt, they’re great!

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90 responses to “Say No To Piercing Guns”

  1. CreativeNonFiction Avatar

    I guess if he only has one it makes up for the guy a couple posts back with three?

  2. CreativeNonFiction Avatar

    I guess if he only has one it makes up for the guy a couple posts back with three?

  3. Lea Avatar
    Lea

    Oh dear sweet Jeebus…. I love how it looks riveted (sp?), but goddamn! I don’y have those bits, but the OH (other half) does and he just wimpered like a sad puppy when he saw that.

  4. Lea Avatar
    Lea

    Oh dear sweet Jeebus…. I love how it looks riveted (sp?), but goddamn! I don’y have those bits, but the OH (other half) does and he just wimpered like a sad puppy when he saw that.

  5. Lea Avatar
    Lea

    Oh dear sweet Jeebus…. I love how it looks riveted (sp?), but goddamn! I don’t have those bits, but the OH (other half) does and he just wimpered like a sad puppy when he saw that.

  6. Lea Avatar
    Lea

    Oh dear sweet Jeebus…. I love how it looks riveted (sp?), but goddamn! I don’t have those bits, but the OH (other half) does and he just wimpered like a sad puppy when he saw that.

  7. Malice Alice Avatar
    Malice Alice

    Heh heh. Claires. Whenever I meet a new group of girls I like to ask how many got their ears peirced at Claires and then had to take the peircings out due to infection.

    I have yet to see less than 75% of a group raise their hands. Oh, good crusty memories. I wonder if they even bothered to consult a professional before they started handing out rubbing alchohol for cleaning fluid. Silly gooses.

  8. Malice Alice Avatar
    Malice Alice

    Heh heh. Claires. Whenever I meet a new group of girls I like to ask how many got their ears peirced at Claires and then had to take the peircings out due to infection.

    I have yet to see less than 75% of a group raise their hands. Oh, good crusty memories. I wonder if they even bothered to consult a professional before they started handing out rubbing alchohol for cleaning fluid. Silly gooses.

  9. wish_I_were_a_dragon... Avatar

    I imagijne that was an uncomfortable experience, although I do like how its made a lip sorts bit 🙂

  10. wish_I_were_a_dragon... Avatar

    I imagijne that was an uncomfortable experience, although I do like how its made a lip sorts bit 🙂

  11. Em Avatar
    Em

    My body can take any injury pretty well – I’ve healed less-than-ideal needle piercings in a month, and well done oral piercings in days…
    But with the Claire’s gun and the “ear care solution” (at the age of ten, I might add) my lobes swelled up to around twenty times their usual size, and dripped green pus for a fortnight. I still remember the pain. /rant

  12. Em Avatar
    Em

    My body can take any injury pretty well – I’ve healed less-than-ideal needle piercings in a month, and well done oral piercings in days…
    But with the Claire’s gun and the “ear care solution” (at the age of ten, I might add) my lobes swelled up to around twenty times their usual size, and dripped green pus for a fortnight. I still remember the pain. /rant

  13. waxfrog Avatar
    waxfrog

    The riveted look is very cool…

  14. waxfrog Avatar
    waxfrog

    The riveted look is very cool…

  15. Caroline June Avatar

    I don’t really know what to say about this… rather him than me though I guess.

  16. Caroline June Avatar

    I don’t really know what to say about this… rather him than me though I guess.

  17. Toser Avatar
    Toser

    for the record i have 6 piercings from “random mall shop” and the only time i had to take them out was when i had stretched them years later to almost an inch (i have a stainless sensitivity i think)

    knowing what i know now, i wouldn’t go there. i would only even go to a handful of professional piercers on earth.

    but people….no need for a ‘holier than thou’ attitude towards people that dont know any better. perhaps sharing knowledge in a humble way is a better approach? agreed?!

  18. Toser Avatar
    Toser

    for the record i have 6 piercings from “random mall shop” and the only time i had to take them out was when i had stretched them years later to almost an inch (i have a stainless sensitivity i think)

    knowing what i know now, i wouldn’t go there. i would only even go to a handful of professional piercers on earth.

    but people….no need for a ‘holier than thou’ attitude towards people that dont know any better. perhaps sharing knowledge in a humble way is a better approach? agreed?!

  19. yttrx Avatar

    Why say no to piercing guns? You say yes to lukas and haworth…they’re FAR more fucking dangerous.

  20. yttrx Avatar

    Why say no to piercing guns? You say yes to lukas and haworth…they’re FAR more fucking dangerous.

  21. pretty_pantyhead Avatar

    Wow…… thanks to the biggest fucking retard I have ever seen……. now I can say that I have definately seen the biggest fucking retard in the whole world……THANKS!

  22. pretty_pantyhead Avatar

    Wow…… thanks to the biggest fucking retard I have ever seen……. now I can say that I have definately seen the biggest fucking retard in the whole world……THANKS!

  23. jenny Avatar
    jenny

    LOL! @ Ant

    I have four piercings from claire’s and they’re fine for the most part, they just itched and burned like crazy because they put the backs on uber tight. And I think I remember them having to reload the gun by hand, even though they’re not supposed to touch the studs >..

  24. jenny Avatar
    jenny

    LOL! @ Ant

    I have four piercings from claire’s and they’re fine for the most part, they just itched and burned like crazy because they put the backs on uber tight. And I think I remember them having to reload the gun by hand, even though they’re not supposed to touch the studs >..

  25. ÈMþRê§§ Avatar
    ÈMþRê§§

    Got to admit I got a real bad infection off a gun, that was real hard to get healed up.
    Took a few courses of antibiotics, after reading above im pretty sure the girl handled the studs she put in my ears also.

  26. ÈMþRê§§ Avatar
    ÈMþRê§§

    Got to admit I got a real bad infection off a gun, that was real hard to get healed up.
    Took a few courses of antibiotics, after reading above im pretty sure the girl handled the studs she put in my ears also.

  27. Nyarlathotep Avatar

    Interesting; that gun looks like it’s all metal (anodized aluminum?) instead of plastic and chrome. Would it be possible to properly sterilize a gun of that type?

  28. Nyarlathotep Avatar

    Interesting; that gun looks like it’s all metal (anodized aluminum?) instead of plastic and chrome. Would it be possible to properly sterilize a gun of that type?

  29. nikki Avatar
    nikki

    i have a total of 15 piercings in my ears 8in one 7 i other all done with a gun at various different outlets (none piercing studios) and they all healed fine with no problems at all.

  30. nikki Avatar
    nikki

    i have a total of 15 piercings in my ears 8in one 7 i other all done with a gun at various different outlets (none piercing studios) and they all healed fine with no problems at all.

  31. kyuss Avatar
    kyuss

    this isn’t going anywhere good…

  32. kyuss Avatar
    kyuss

    this isn’t going anywhere good…

  33. MissAmbrose Avatar

    That’s just dangerous

  34. MissAmbrose Avatar

    That’s just dangerous

  35. isis Avatar
    isis

    no its not possible, there is no make of gun that can be steralised.

  36. isis Avatar
    isis

    no its not possible, there is no make of gun that can be steralised.

  37. iforani Avatar
    iforani

    nooo! if it is his nutsack you’d think he’d take better care of it :S my gun piercings healed fine but why take the chance?!

  38. iforani Avatar
    iforani

    nooo! if it is his nutsack you’d think he’d take better care of it :S my gun piercings healed fine but why take the chance?!

  39. Hales Avatar
    Hales

    Yeah I’d have to say the piercings I’ve gotten from mall shops were MUCH worse and inflamed after getting them done than the ones I did myself….hmmm, interesting. Besides, with a needle, you can feel it go through, where as with a gun its just bang and done. no fun 🙁

  40. Hales Avatar
    Hales

    Yeah I’d have to say the piercings I’ve gotten from mall shops were MUCH worse and inflamed after getting them done than the ones I did myself….hmmm, interesting. Besides, with a needle, you can feel it go through, where as with a gun its just bang and done. no fun 🙁

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