Not including modifications that were forced on you — circumcisions, ear piercings as a baby, and so on — what’s your oldest non-earlobe body modification? The reader in this entry tells me that she got her nipple pierced seventeen years ago at the Gauntlet in NYC — she’s 56 years old now and still loving it!
My nipple piercing (retired) will also turn seventeen on February 14, with my first tattoos turning 19 this year, meaning that I’ve had them for over half my life now. Roo and I were talking about our tongue splits as well, with 1998 being the year that tongue splitting exploded in popularity, many people will soon be walking around — still happy, like the woman below — with decade old split tongues.
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Oldest non lobe piercings would have to be my tragus, and labret.. So, about 4 and a half years old.
If you counted lobes.. I got my second ones when I was about 5, by choice, that’s a bit over 12 years ago. And my first ones when I was 2.. That’s.. A bit over 15 years ago 😀
Oldest non lobe piercings would have to be my tragus, and labret.. So, about 4 and a half years old.
If you counted lobes.. I got my second ones when I was about 5, by choice, that’s a bit over 12 years ago. And my first ones when I was 2.. That’s.. A bit over 15 years ago 😀
Haha! I’m one of the ‘old timer’ crew too. First body mod was nipples (now retired) 17(or is it 18?) years ago.I got a piercing at Gauntlet NYC too the following year- a vertical hood (also retired) by the man himself, Jim Ward. In between there somewhere was my first tattoo, and there’s a branding by Fakir in that time space as well.
Feeling old here..sigh.
Haha! I’m one of the ‘old timer’ crew too. First body mod was nipples (now retired) 17(or is it 18?) years ago.I got a piercing at Gauntlet NYC too the following year- a vertical hood (also retired) by the man himself, Jim Ward. In between there somewhere was my first tattoo, and there’s a branding by Fakir in that time space as well.
Feeling old here..sigh.
wow i love this thread ^_^
all these comments show a significant percentage of mods lasting well beyond the time any “passing trend” would ^_^
as well as pointing out that even retired mods have birthdays! heehee
for me, it’s tie between my centre labret, and both nostrils which I’ve had since I was approx 13 yrs old (I’ll be 25 this June) everything else accumulated since…
my tattoos are babies though.. oldest one is probably only about 5 years old, if that.
“This is not only my skin, this worn canvas, but a lasting expression of who I am.”
wow i love this thread ^_^
all these comments show a significant percentage of mods lasting well beyond the time any “passing trend” would ^_^
as well as pointing out that even retired mods have birthdays! heehee
for me, it’s tie between my centre labret, and both nostrils which I’ve had since I was approx 13 yrs old (I’ll be 25 this June) everything else accumulated since…
my tattoos are babies though.. oldest one is probably only about 5 years old, if that.
“This is not only my skin, this worn canvas, but a lasting expression of who I am.”
Let’s see… i had 20 ear rim piercings by age 18, 1st tattoo at age 21, pierced my own nostril and nipple at age 22, in 1988. i’ll be 42y/o in a month. and my mother said it was a phase i was going through. heh.
Let’s see… i had 20 ear rim piercings by age 18, 1st tattoo at age 21, pierced my own nostril and nipple at age 22, in 1988. i’ll be 42y/o in a month. and my mother said it was a phase i was going through. heh.
lets see….oldest non-lobe piercing….. that would have to be my 7 year old nostril piercing that i got when i was 17. i knew nothing about piercings at the time; the only other piercings that i had were my standard lobe piercings (2 in each ear) that i got when i was a kid, at a mall with a piercing gun (yikes!!).
Needless to say, the gun-created hole got infected, so i went to my very first piercing studio to get it fixed. From that point on, i’ve been mildly obsessed with body modifications, learning all i can. 🙂
to date: 2 tattoos (professionally done) and 12 piercings (also professionally done).
hooray for education!! 🙂
lets see….oldest non-lobe piercing….. that would have to be my 7 year old nostril piercing that i got when i was 17. i knew nothing about piercings at the time; the only other piercings that i had were my standard lobe piercings (2 in each ear) that i got when i was a kid, at a mall with a piercing gun (yikes!!).
Needless to say, the gun-created hole got infected, so i went to my very first piercing studio to get it fixed. From that point on, i’ve been mildly obsessed with body modifications, learning all i can. 🙂
to date: 2 tattoos (professionally done) and 12 piercings (also professionally done).
hooray for education!! 🙂
I started self-piercing my ears at 15… that would make the first 15 years old. My nipples, tongue and navel are all 12! On the flipside… my youngest piercing is a set of 3 dermal anchors… at 6 days
I started self-piercing my ears at 15… that would make the first 15 years old. My nipples, tongue and navel are all 12! On the flipside… my youngest piercing is a set of 3 dermal anchors… at 6 days
Mine is my left nipple…the only piercing i still have from my teenage days(non-lobe)..it is 11yrs old now i was 17 when i got it done in a trailer park, at a no questions asked kinda place.
Mine is my left nipple…the only piercing i still have from my teenage days(non-lobe)..it is 11yrs old now i was 17 when i got it done in a trailer park, at a no questions asked kinda place.
My oldest piercing is my inverse navel. It was done in 1978 at Gauntlet in LA.
My oldest piercing is my inverse navel. It was done in 1978 at Gauntlet in LA.
Non earlobe, that is.
Non earlobe, that is.
I know you said no lobes but my left lobe was done in ’75 , still has a ring in and last August I got another hole in the same lobe. Hardly rushing things with 30 + years between them but the second one was completely trouble free.
In my 50′s and intend to grow old disgracefully.
I know you said no lobes but my left lobe was done in ’75 , still has a ring in and last August I got another hole in the same lobe. Hardly rushing things with 30 + years between them but the second one was completely trouble free.
In my 50′s and intend to grow old disgracefully.
I had to really think but, Besides my lobes I pierced my eyebrows when I was 13. I no longer wear jewelry in them because they were starting to grow out and I didn’t want huge scars on my face. After that was my navel. I wanted something I could hide because I had gotten in so much trouble for the eyebrow ring. 😉 So that is still in so I’d say that’s 13 years old. Wow, it’s kinda crazy when you think about it.
I had to really think but, Besides my lobes I pierced my eyebrows when I was 13. I no longer wear jewelry in them because they were starting to grow out and I didn’t want huge scars on my face. After that was my navel. I wanted something I could hide because I had gotten in so much trouble for the eyebrow ring. 😉 So that is still in so I’d say that’s 13 years old. Wow, it’s kinda crazy when you think about it.